Wanli Motorhome Tires

If I had a choice, I would buy the Hankooks. They're a great tire with a smooth ride.

JaxDad wrote:
I’d like to see anything close to evidence to back up a statement like that.

Which statement? I think I'm agreeing with you.

bigred1cav wrote:
I think when my life and my family's life depends on tires, I want US Made tires

I’d like to see anything close to evidence to back up a statement like that.


All you need to do is read the various threads on this, and other, forums about ‘bad’ tires to see that there’s very rarely a mention of off-shore tires.

Further, some of the more popular brands like Double Coin and Samson amongst others have proven to be very high quality in commercial truck service.

Bruce Brown wrote:

bigred1cav wrote:
I think when my life and my family's life depends on tires, I want US Made tires.

Good luck finding that. With today's world economy every brand has tires built all over the world.

Not to mention that it has not been effectively demonstrated that foreign made tires are inferior safety-wise than US-made tires. Yes, "knock-offs" or fake versions of US-branded tires have issues and are illegally imported. But foreign brands imported to the US, like Wanli, compete legitimately with other brands and as such need to offer a safe, reliable product or they'd be out of business.

Every US brand (Goodyear, Cooper, etc.) has manufacturing facilities overseas. Conversely, many foreign brands have facilities in the US (like Michelin, Bridgestone and Pirelli). The DOT code on the tire will tell you where it was made.

In general you do get what you pay for. If you want to spend 2x or 3x to buy an "American" brand be careful - the brand isn't a guarantee that it was made in the US. The compromise in a lower-priced tire is often in tread design that might result in more road noise and/or materials that might result in a harsher ride. Then there's just pure mark-up because of the brand - paying more for a name. The compromise in a less expensive tire is not necessarily in safety.

Bruce Brown wrote:

bigred1cav wrote:
I think when my life and my family's life depends on tires, I want US Made tires.

Good luck finding that. With today's world economy every brand has tires built all over the world.

Many tires are built int the USA and all you have to do is look at the DOT info on the side wall and it will tell you the country of origin. For instance there are some Toyo tires that are made in the State of Georgia manufacturing plant.

bigred1cav wrote:
I think when my life and my family's life depends on tires, I want US Made tires.

Good luck finding that. With today's world economy every brand has tires built all over the world.

I think when my life and my family's life depends on tires, I want US Made tires.

Ihave the same size tires replaced mine with Hankooks (made in Korea)paid $305.00 ea.mounted and balanced.Have a couple of friends who use them on comercial trucks and swear by them.Have had them for just over a year put about 6000 miles on them including a trip from NH to Key West no regrets.

good luck
Rick

I am running Samson GL283's on mine for the last 4 years
No Problems
6 are under a grand delivered
https://simpletire.com/samson-245-70r19.5-880202-tires?stmodel=radial-truck-gl283a&stcategory=other&sttype=commercial&gclid=Cj0KCQiAl8rQBRDrARIsAEW_To9cicndRQMiEo-JYgZ28yUJaH652MEhmQZ3QMRIm1cr632Baj2kYZEaAlyZEALw_wcB

We have been running the Wanali brand on our fire trucks for several years, they have held up well with no issues at all.