Sailun tires

R250 or XIBs, all steel ply or Bridgestone R500HD true commercial poly carcass.

Wonder if Goodyear has that accreditation?? Just wondering....

NC Hauler wrote:
I spent the last 23 years of my career at Continental Automotive.. was in the manufacturing of ABS systems and the last 16 years manufacturing brake calipers.. Some of our customers are Volvo, Mercedes Benz. BMW, GMC, Ford, Chrysler, Fiat, VW, Mazzerati, Honda, Subaru etc( may have missed a couple), as you would well know, if we had recalls or failures with our product, brake calipers, it wouldn't take long before you'd be out of business. We received quite a few accolades from more than several of these manufacturers for our high quality product.. which speaks volumes on our quality, and the company is booming.


There is a standard, an accreditation of one wants to have a great reputation for a great quality product that needs to be met if you want to compete world wide. It's ISO, TS16969 criteria. This is what a company tries to qualify for to prove there prouducton processes and quality controls process are very important, with safety being #1 of course.. You have auditors who come into your plant once a year and check out engineering processes, Training processes with everyone, from Plant manager to the worker, all training records, all machining and production processes, in our case, also plating processes AND ESPECIALLY QUALITY CONTROL CHECKS AND PROCESSES..It's carried out on all shifts with Supervisors, Quality Control Techs, Maintainence Techs and the operators.. questions asked randomly wherever the Auditor wants to go.. about assembly processes, quality processes, 5S, shop cleanliness and on.. VERY THOROUGH..

We have been TS 16969 accredited every year I worked there and IT IS A BIG DEAL.. Sailun tires has the exact same accreditation!! Back when we were having all the China made tire threads. Everyone, including myself were anti China made tires.. one day Sailun came up in a tire question, and I googled them and found out they met the same stringent audited crierium that my company also met... I was sold on them due to what I knew about TS 16969 requirements... and you HAVE TO EARN IT! I was promoting them before it was still the norm to condemn all China made tires.. I wouldn't hesitate to purchase Sailun tires as long as they have the TS 16969 accreditation... it speaks volumes for reliability and quality in a product.

They produce a high quality tire at a very affordable price, making it a great pick for a TT or 5th wheel tire.

All I can add is I bought into this accreditation business a few years ago. Based on NC Haulers wisdom a purchased a set of Sailun's. At the time they were less than 1/2 the price of the G614.
I have yet to hear a bad report from anyone actually using them.
Thanks Jim

larry barnhart wrote:
We bought a 2018 chev with china tires. 500 miles later they were replaced.

Just don't want china tires.

chevman

I felt the same way Larry, and still on almost any tire made in China, BUT, knowing what MY company goes through year after year to be TS 16869 accredited, and knowing Sailun tires has done the same thing, I would not feel bad at all in highly recommending Sailun tires to be used on TT's and 5ers. and when I need to replace mine, IF Sailun is still accredited, I'll include them on my short list.
Can't speak to tires on an automobile.

Jim

Hate to tell you more than the tires are from china, as with other vehicles.

We bought a 2018 chev with china tires. 500 miles later they were replaced.

Just don't want china tires.

chevman

We bought a 2018 chev with china tires. 500 miles later they were replaced.

Just don't want china tires.

chevman

I spent the last 23 years of my career at Continental Automotive.. was in the manufacturing of ABS systems and the last 16 years manufacturing brake calipers.. Some of our customers are Volvo, Mercedes Benz. BMW, GMC, Ford, Chrysler, Fiat, VW, Mazzerati, Honda, Subaru etc( may have missed a couple), as you would well know, if we had recalls or failures with our product, brake calipers, it wouldn't take long before you'd be out of business. We received quite a few accolades from more than several of these manufacturers for our high quality product.. which speaks volumes on our quality, and the company is booming.


There is a standard, an accreditation of one wants to have a great reputation for a great quality product that needs to be met if you want to compete world wide. It's ISO, TS16969 criteria. This is what a company tries to qualify for to prove there prouducton processes and quality controls process are very important, with safety being #1 of course.. You have auditors who come into your plant once a year and check out engineering processes, Training processes with everyone, from Plant manager to the worker, all training records, all machining and production processes, in our case, also plating processes AND ESPECIALLY QUALITY CONTROL CHECKS AND PROCESSES..It's carried out on all shifts with Supervisors, Quality Control Techs, Maintainence Techs and the operators.. questions asked randomly wherever the Auditor wants to go.. about assembly processes, quality processes, 5S, shop cleanliness and on.. VERY THOROUGH..

We have been TS 16969 accredited every year I worked there and IT IS A BIG DEAL.. Sailun tires has the exact same accreditation!! Back when we were having all the China made tire threads. Everyone, including myself were anti China made tires.. one day Sailun came up in a tire question, and I googled them and found out they met the same stringent audited crierium that my company also met... I was sold on them due to what I knew about TS 16969 requirements... and you HAVE TO EARN IT! I was promoting them before it was still the norm to condemn all China made tires.. I wouldn't hesitate to purchase Sailun tires as long as they have the TS 16969 accreditation... it speaks volumes for reliability and quality in a product.

They produce a high quality tire at a very affordable price, making it a great pick for a TT or 5th wheel tire.

NC Hauler wrote:
The ONLY reason I talked about Sailun tires and mentioned the 16" is because the OP was specific about what tire they wanted.. I agree with JIM, but again, OP was specific about a particular tire.. Seems to want to go up a size.. 16" XPS ribs would work and quite a few more for that matter... if only going to 16", nothing wrong with running your trailer on tires with a great reputation, as well as being reliable.. peace of mind is hard to put a price on.

Jim

Jim I know you are now retired. But could you post the info on the quality standard that Sailun's are made to meet. You were familiar with this criteria because you also had to meet the same standard at your workplace It was your comments concerning this standard that sold me on Sailun's years ago. The info on quality is worth repeating again and again.
It is this international quality standard that separates Sailun's from the ther Chinese tires. Sailun tires has been a game changers in the RV tire market place.

NC Hauler wrote:
The ONLY reason I talked about Sailun tires and mentioned the 16" is because the OP was specific about what tire they wanted.. I agree with JIM, but again, OP was specific about a particular tire.. Seems to want to go up a size.. 16" XPS ribs would work and quite a few more for that matter... if only going to 16", nothing wrong with running your trailer on tires with a great reputation, as well as being reliable.. peace of mind is hard to put a price on.

Jim

Also if the OP is stepping up to a 16" wheel anyway, the cost of the Sailuns are as cheap if not cheaper than a 10 ply tire with less capacity.

I wish they made them in a 20" that would fit my truck. LOL