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Yosemite_Sam1's avatar
Jun 28, 2021

Chinese RV tires... holding up!

Got a new RV with factory installed Made in China tires with unknown brand.

I figure I'll have it replaced after a year.

But to my pleasant surprise, after a thousand miles and 5 months in deep winter storage, the air pressure on it has held up.

Well, maybe in another year or two?:B

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  • I have a lot more confidence in US or Japanese branded tires even if marked Made in China as I'm pretty sure it was made under our standards and strict supervision.
  • I've had US and Chinese made Marathons and Chinese Carlisles. Both my 5ths had 235-16E tires and GVWR's of just over 10K and 12K. I ran them at max sidewall pressure, didn't cruise above 65 MPH and changed them at 7 years. Never had a problem with any of them.
  • Agree @Sagebrush -- seems these Chinese tires are getting better lately as I'm reading it's reviews.

    The key perhaps is to check it more often as some are still bad.
  • Almost all RV tires are Asian sourced, so its not much of a choice really. Goodyear has their American made ST tire though.

    I haven't had any issues with my last 10 China specials. I even got many years out of the tire wheel combos I bought at Tractor Supply on my Haulmark enclosed. TowKing brand in 15". I also bought Towmax tires with good results surprisingly, I didn't have a choice due to the small size of the utility trailer... 14" suckers.

    My Mastertrack UN203 ST225/75R15's are holding up good on my 30' 5th wheel toy hauler, the air pressure has held steady for months actually. They are wearing really good, no issues at year three.

    I've had others fail in less than two years! TrailStars in 16" were terrible years ago, never tried them again. For a while I was only getting 3 years tops out of ST tires, I think the quality has improved.

    At least with the Mastertrack Chinese made tires. I'm not getting the weather cracking and tread cracks at all on the last two sets of Chinese tires. I have one set of Taiwan made Linglongs over 4 years old and they have zero cracks so far after thousands of miles.

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