Goodyear G670RV Price

Just more Goodyear bashing. Like other brands don't have issues.
With thousands of tires out there, some are gonna have problems.
IMO, most are from bad alignment,underinflation/overinflation and, sometimes just bad luck.
People seem to knock a tire (brand) because they picked up a 10-penny nail and the thing blew out.

Norm & Deb wrote:
Google Goodyear Florida Law Suit and read about the blowouts and people maimed and killed! After reading that, ask yourself if you really want to spend a dime with Goodyear.

Took your advice and it seems that Goodyear isn't the only tire company who has issues with law suits and their issue seems to be directed toward the G159 tires not their whole line.

The G159 tires don't seem to be adequately rated for sustained speeds and age is an ongoing factor in tire failures for all manufacturers. Uninformed consumers who don't know how to determine a tire's age or ignore reasonable efforts to inspect their tires are asking for trouble. That doesn't absolve the manufacturers from a significant share of the blame, but I also don't want to see us go back to steel clad wooden wheels either.

Hopefully there will be a brighter future for tire technology.

Google Goodyear Florida Law Suit and read about the blowouts and people maimed and killed! After reading that, ask yourself if you really want to spend a dime with Goodyear.

So....if one wants to buy a new motorhome on the east coast...and it is driven from the west coast to the east coast dealer....would you buy it? Or...would you make the dealer take the depreciation so you would buy it as "used"?

You're simply not real.

KazooTom wrote:
Last year I had to replace all 6 of my tires. Priced the Goodyear and found them to be very expensive also. Goodyear must be quite proud of them. Priced Michelin through the FMCA program and saved $1500 over the price of the Goodyears. Check the FMCA web site for the Michelin advantage program. They provide several "sample" prices for various sizes of Michelin tires. Most all Michelin commercial dealers will work with the program.

I did the same thing; replaced my 8 year old GY's with Michelin's via the FMCA program. Well worth joining FMCA for a year just to get the tire discount. You can down load prices from here: http://www.fmca.com/join-family-motor-coach-association/member-benefits/fmca-connections/3455-tire-connection

It's a shame you aren't in Les Schwab's geographical region. When we bought our rig, it had 9 year-old GY tires on it. They were very harsh riding and noisy. We went to our local Schwab store and go 6 new Toyos (19.5 rims) for less than $2300, including new CRES valve stems and dynamic balancing of each wheel. The Toyos are quiet, ride smoothly and we're very happy.

We have no connection with Schwab, other than excellent service for the 25+ years we've been where they are.

Mine was trucked out the 2500 miles, not driven, for $300 more than driving it. Of course, that's easier for a B!

Francesca Knowles wrote:

jerseyjim wrote:
So....you think the RV selling dealer should remove any and all tires from rigs that have been driven from the factory to his dealership and replace them with tires that have never hit the ground?

Please.

Yes, I do. Let THOR use any old tire they choose to get the rigs there to the point-of-sale.

I wouldn't pay Discount Tire for "new" rubber that has a thousand miles on it; nor would I lend such equipment to some paid-by-the-mile speed jockey.

Why should an RV be any different?

You bring up a good point. When my coach was sold as new, it had a "delayed mileage" for warranty purposes, of 3,120 miles. That is mileage that was put on my coach before it was sold for the first time. Who knows what the tires, engine, transmission, etc, went through in those 3,120 miles of travel.

jerseyjim wrote:
So....you think the RV selling dealer should remove any and all tires from rigs that have been driven from the factory to his dealership and replace them with tires that have never hit the ground?

Please.

Yes, I do. Let THOR use any old tire they choose to get the rigs there to the point-of-sale.

I wouldn't pay Discount Tire for "new" rubber that has a thousand miles on it; nor would I lend such equipment to some paid-by-the-mile speed jockey.

Why should an RV be any different?

CT_WANDERER wrote:
I jut check on Goodyear G670 RV 245/70R 19.5 Load range G. I was given a price of 558.33 each included balance mounting & tax. is this a good price or should I keep looking? Would like to change them before I leave this fall for my winter trip? I am in CT would I do better for price in TX? The tires are now 9 years old. Thy still look perfect. Gary

That's ridiculous and besides that, they're not even good tires for wear in my experience. In fact and so far, I've been happier with the cheapest Chinese version of Hercules and as far as I'm concerned, if it has a US DOT number on it's side, then it's good to go, as I've quit paying for names. You might want to look at Triangle as well... Tires
Oh and by the way, Korean Hankooks have one of the best reputations in all of them, but do cost more than the Chinese versions. I do suspect that's cuz they do in fact cost more and the mindset is don't pay less for tires and especially if they're Chinese. Also keep in mind that there will be more big names going to China for their manufacturing, as time goes on.