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dezl_dr's avatar
dezl_dr
Explorer
Jun 10, 2014

I thought with 17.5 tires my troubles were over

Bought a new bigger RV and the tires were the 17.5 goodyear. With a tire like that I thought the constant checking and worry would be over.

Getting ready for a long trip in a few weeks. I had towed this rig about 2500 miles so far with out any issue.

I pulled the tires to check the lugs, brakes, bearings and rotate and balance the tires. A 16 ply is tough to get on and off the wheels but the shop managed.

First tire took 1.5 oz to balance and looked true and round. The second however hopped and wobbled like a bowl of jello. At 11 oz of weight and still not balanced I told them to stop.
I've noticed any time I had one bad tire the mate on the same axle would also be bad. I checked the other side and yep two bad tires. It may not be as bad, hasn't been on the balancer yet. I'll drop those off in the morning.

Bigger tires + bigger RV = the same troubles.

Rotate, balance and check your tires yearly and hopefully save yourself some headaches.
  • Cummins12V98's avatar
    Cummins12V98
    Explorer III
    Jun 10, 2014
    I would personally take the tire to a GY dealer and have them look it over.

    Since the hated GY G 16" tire has been mentioned. I have had two sets of the G's and never even a flat. They were dated in 07. Now have the GY H and never a problem.

    My Dad had problems with the GY G's that came on his HH Premier. But GY took care of everything and since he replaced with 07 and newer tires there has not been a problem since.

    If I had a tire go bad and it was the fault of my RV and GY replaced ALL my tires for free and I have since had no problems I personally would not even think of looking at another tire!
  • NC_Hauler's avatar
    NC_Hauler
    Explorer
    Jun 10, 2014
    Cummins12V98 wrote:
    I would personally take the tire to a GY dealer and have them look it over.

    Since the hated GY G 16" tire has been mentioned. I have had two sets of the G's and never even a flat. They were dated in 07. Now have the GY H and never a problem.

    My Dad had problems with the GY G's that came on his HH Premier. But GY took care of everything and since he replaced with 07 and newer tires there has not been a problem since.

    If I had a tire go bad and it was the fault of my RV and GY replaced ALL my tires for free and I have since had no problems I personally would not even think of looking at another tire!


    now now......That had to be directed at me:)....my tires were manufactured 0606, and again, the problem was with a sagging spring pack that caused the thread to come off one of my G614's tires, yet GY replaced ALL FOUR of my tires...BUT, THEY AIN'T CHEAP to buy, and my money tree since my daughter and two grand daughters have moved in with the wife and I has dried up to some extent. I will look at GY G614 because I've had zero issues with them and tow my 16,000# 5er on and around some fairly mountainous, curvy roads, BUT I will ALSO look at the reputation of the Sailun tires before I buy and will go with a cheaper cost tire if need be...unless they lose their Quality accreditations, I would have no problem buying the tires because I know what it takes to get these certifications....and unlike a lot of Chinese junk tires out there...THIS manufacturer has Quality processes in place in their manufacturing processes.
  • dezl_dr's avatar
    dezl_dr
    Explorer
    Jun 11, 2014
    Several people don't bother to read the post before the advice starts.
    G114 215/75/17.5, H rated tires.
    18K# rv that sit way too much before I bought it.
    The tire is evenly mounted on the wheel, the wheel was perfect on the balancer.
    The tech shouldn't have tried to balance it when it wasn't round or true.

    Maybe they wouldn't blow out, not a chance I'm willing to take. 3 of the 4 weren't true and I ordered 4 new ones.

    I bought G114 again. Why??? several reasons. The tires have a 75mph tow rating.
    they lasted 6 years by the date code and I've never heard of one blow out without warning. I feel the out of round and balance a warning.

    I asked about sailun tires, several places, was told they wouldn't go that cheap.
    The cheapest good tire was only 75 cheaper then what I bought.


    I've been a fleet manager and tech for too many years, I posted just so others with the 17.5 tires might check theirs. I've made my mind up on my path.
  • hone_eagle's avatar
    hone_eagle
    Explorer
    Jun 11, 2014
    Thanks for the heads up ,mine have been on the trailer since new 2008 and are perfect ,would use them again.
    the reason these threads wander sometimes is I think people are too lazy to read from the beginning and only respond to the last post ,thereby losing 'the thread'
  • mpierce's avatar
    mpierce
    Explorer
    Jun 11, 2014
    All brands, all sizes, will have some failures. The problem is to figure out the rate of failure.

    Just because Brand X has "A" tire failure, does not mean brand x is bad. If that was the case, there would be NO tires to use, as they ALL have failures.

    The question is, which ones have acceptable rates of failure, and which ones fail too much.
  • JIMNLIN's avatar
    JIMNLIN
    Explorer III
    Jun 11, 2014
    hone eagle wrote:
    Thanks for the heads up ,mine have been on the trailer since new 2008 and are perfect ,would use them again.
    the reason these threads wander sometimes is I think people are too lazy to read from the beginning and only respond to the last post ,thereby losing 'the thread'

    X2. :)

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