Sailun Tire Failure

fj12ryder wrote:

TXiceman wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
"At least I kept my money in America. Bbbbut you can go do what you want with your $$$$."

My thought is "At least I kept my money in my pocket". :)

And most of it went to China.....

You might want to read that last line: "At least I kept my money in my pocket". Most of it stayed in my pocket. That's the general aim: keep more money in my pocket.

I look at it this way: I could buy those Made in America Goodyear tires for about $300 each, that's $1800 for my triple axle toyhauler. Or I could spend about $1100 for the Chinese Sailun tires. The $700 I save will be spent traveling, paying for food at American restaurants, paying for RV sites at American RV parks, paying for attractions at American places to stop, and most important paying for American made beer, not that German stuff from St. Louis either. I only have so much money to go around, so where I spend it is important to me. $700 spent on tires is $700 that won't be spent traveling.

That $700 gets spent locally rather than given to a big anonymous company. You spend yours where you want and I'll spend mine where I want and we'll both be happy. And you'll add to that Goodyear CEO's bottom line. :) And he'll be happy.

So you can save $700 on a set of 6 tires, BUT how much will it cost to repair a trailer after a thread separation. It will cost several times your $700 savings plus no use of the trailer for weeks or months. Consider it insurance.

Ken