*UPDATE* ST tires any better nowadays?
It seems like all the ST tires you can get here on the East coast are cheap no-name brands, Maxxis not available out here last time I checked. I upgraded to LT tires (225/75-16) after my last blowout...
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SoundGuy wrote:Lantley wrote:
My take on all of this is that since the Sailun 637 hit the market and began to make a name for themselves. Goodyear decided to up their game.
I don't think this has anything to do with it at all. Rather, Goodyear had been the subject of so many poor reviews over their Marathon trailer tire, NOT built in the US, that they finally pulled it entirely from the market and directly replaced with the US manufactured Endurance. I bought a set of Endurance when one of the China bombs that came stock on our Freedom Express split for no apparent reason. Comparing the two, there was NO comparison at all. I also compared an unmounted Carlisle HD LR D tire to an unmounted Goodyear Endurance LR D in the same size and there was no comparison there either - when I put my full body weight on the Carlisle the sidewalls collapsed noticeably, did the same with the Endurance and it hardly deflected at all. I thought that might result in an excessively stiff ride but such was not the case, the trailer towed much better with very little body roll. I'd have no hesitation recommending the Endurance to anyone looking for a quality trailer tire. :B
I have no real evidence. My comments are based on my observations'
Sailun is a real player in the heavier ST market' 110 PSI G rated. Essentially the most expensive RV use ST tire class.'
Sailun came from nowhere with a tire as good as the venerable Goodyear G614, but at 1/2 the price!
The revolution had begun. Rather than drop the price of the G614, Goodyear released a new improved line of ST tires called Endurance.
Endurance went after the D and E rated market which I imagine is larger than the G rated market. Endurance also changed the market by ending the cycle of junk ST tires, which also reduced the need to upgrade to G rated tires in order to find a reliable tire.
Call it coincidence,or call it competitive pressure. It all happened at the same time.
Sailun created a buzz in the 110 PSI G rated ST world in the same way Endurance has changed the marketplace. Without pressure from Sailun the G614 would still be the premier pricey tire in its class and the ST market would not have shifted.
