Sailun Tire Failure

That may be, but a higher price is no real indication of higher quality either. The tire referred to in this thread is an excellent indication. If we go by the credo "Higher cost equals higher quality", we should be buying Goodyear G614, but, so far, the Sailun S637 is equal to or better than the Goodyear, at about half the cost. And we would never have known because no one would have bought them because they were cheap.

I'm not saying this is true in all things, but one cannot base a choice of product on only one criterion.

Howard and Peggy

Your G614 vs Sailun S637 scenario has nothing to do with my point about nameless tires and wheels and quality on the ebay thread in my reply to philh.

"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."

YUP, I have been saying this for years. I have NEVER had a flat or blowout on a US MADE GY tire since first set dated 2001 with MANY thousands of miles traveled. One tread separation on GY "H" and dealer replaced next morning.

It is ok to bash China for political reasons, but not when they build quility products. Sailun is an ISO approved company that speaks well for thier quaily. In fact China has many ISO approved corporations.

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

TXiceman wrote:
After reading all of the praise and glory for Sailun tires and the 5 years of goos service from my Hankook G rated F19 Maxivantage. I decided to go with the Goodyear G614 235/85R16 tires for our 3 axle trailer.

Shopped them hard and found I could get them for $270 a tire plus installation, etc. Found a couple of tire dealers that would not sell a Sailun as they had trouble with them.

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

Ken

Considering flexible exchange rates, who knows if the money was kept in America? But you now have quality tires that you can count on, and if they have any issue, a real company to back them up.

Cummins12V98 wrote:

TXiceman wrote:
After reading all of the praise and glory for Sailun tires and the 5 years of goos service from my Hankook G rated F19 Maxivantage. I decided to go with the Goodyear G614 235/85R16 tires for our 3 axle trailer.

Shopped them hard and found I could get them for $270 a tire plus installation, etc. Found a couple of tire dealers that would not sell a Sailun as they had trouble with them.

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

Ken

Good call!

Most likely the next set of Saliuns I buy for my trailer will be made in the U S , will I get the good call then :B

TXiceman wrote:
After reading all of the praise and glory for Sailun tires and the 5 years of goos service from my Hankook G rated F19 Maxivantage. I decided to go with the Goodyear G614 235/85R16 tires for our 3 axle trailer.

Shopped them hard and found I could get them for $270 a tire plus installation, etc. Found a couple of tire dealers that would not sell a Sailun as they had trouble with them.

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

Ken

Good call!

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Does anyone know how many GY "G" and Sailun "G" tires are sold?

Lots of new trailers come with Sailun like mine did OEM. I few, but not that many come with G614's OEM, as manufacturers tend to let bean counters choose the tires.

Nowadays there are more and more G rated tires being brought into the business. As of now, Cooper makes the Hercules here, then Sailun is building their own plants in NC, Samson and Westlake are making 14 ply tires as well. For me, I will stick with my GY until they wear out and more than likely go with Sailun unless I upgrade wheels and tires to the 17.5" and then go with Sailun. Lots of people are now using Sailun tires on their trucks and having great results.

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.