Toyo vs. Hankook tires

wolfe10 wrote:

rivercity22 wrote:
That's what I was told by a friend of mine that manages a tire store, Chinese tires are ok for trucks but make a motor home ride really rough.

Sorry, confused.

One is Japanese, the other Korean.

Actually the only way to tell where a tire was made is by looking at the DOT manufacturing codes. DOT codes
The facts are both Toyo and Hankook have a manufacturing plant in China and the truck tires could be made in China. The Hankook could also be made in Korea or Hungary. The Toyo could be made in Japan or another plant. The profits from the tire sales all go back to Korea or Japan but where the tires are made can only be determined by the manufacturing code. The BRAND name has nothing to do with where the tires are produced.

Brett, stop being a stickler for details. You are making it hard on the "Do not buy from China" folks.
I'm running Hankook 11R22.5's on the back of my MH and like them and the price. I put Toyo's on a previous MH and I liked them too.

Have the Hankooks in your size for almost 2 1/2 years now.

Inflated for the proper weight, rides like a dream and are very quiet.

I will stay with Michelin!!!

Had a TOYO blowout. We have Firestone (made in USA) now. YMMV

rivercity22 wrote:
That's what I was told by a friend of mine that manages a tire store, Chinese tires are ok for trucks but make a motor home ride really rough.

Sorry, confused.

One is Japanese, the other Korean.

That's what I was told by a friend of mine that manages a tire store, Chinese tires are ok for trucks but make a motor home ride really rough.

viajante wrote:
I switched from Michelin's to Toyos and will never do it again. The Toyos made the rig ride like a truck. Luckily, Les Schwab gave me full value for the Toyos in exchange for Michelins.

Do you have air ride on your coach? Isn't the Sunrise a gasoline coach with leaf springs on the chassis? It rode like a truck because that is a truck chassis.
Toyo's are a 16 ply rated tire and do not have the zipper blow outs that Michelins used to have because of the softer side walls.

I have the air ride and it rides nice and smooth with Toyo's.

I switched from Michelin's to Toyos and will never do it again. The Toyos made the rig ride like a truck. Luckily, Les Schwab gave me full value for the Toyos in exchange for Michelins.

I replaced the junk Goodyear G670's with the Hankook's on the front of my 05 Monaco Diplomat. They rode better, smoother and lasted longer. I've never tried Toyo, but thought they might be a little harder compound.

Hankook could make a killing in the RV market if they would just offer more sizes.