Goodyear G614 tires
In my reviews of these forums the last few weeks, I've read about a bunch of Goodyear G614 failures but no Sailun S637 failures. I can't see spending $500 extra to get Goodyear tires with a histo...
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Lantley wrote:Me Again wrote:
Jim, one of the interesting questions to be asked is, are there manufacturers that have started using the Sailun OEM on 7k axles? Does either Tredit or Tireco have this tire in its stable. Here is part of the answer!
http://www.tredittire.com/SailunHercules-P64.aspx
On the left hand side of the picture it is branded "For Trailer Service Only"! That may indicate that is did not under go the same DOT testing that a normal LT tire does.
Chris
Honestly I have no problem with that designation because we are discussing trailer tires. I like the fact that it is designed specifically for trailer use. I imagine it has stiffer sidewalls than a true LT tire.
Sailun is making a heavy duty commercial grade specific product.They are not trying to build a general use LT Tire like an XPS RIB, Duravis or Commercial T/A.
It appears to me that Sailun is making just what the Doctor ordered for our heavier trailers
Oh the myths of sidewalls. The Sailun S637 is a steel ply carcass tire and will have a very stiff sidewall just like the G614, G114(17.5""), XPS Rib, BS R250 and M895, or any other commercial grade steel ply carcass tire. These are all tires that weight 56 to 61 or so pounds.
The run of the mill 35 pound ST does not have a stiffer sidewall than the run of the mill poly carcass LT that weighs 41-44 pounds. The sidewall of ST tires fall between P rated and LT tires. If ST tires were as good as their marketing, we would not be reading about all the failures. FE recently put up a link to the Heartland forum. I will link even deeper than his link, right to the tire section. See if you see what I saw when I went there.
http://www.heartlandowners.org/forumdisplay.php/58-Tires-and-Wheels-(For-RV-s)
Chris
