Goodyear G614 tires

[wacdmc]

In my reviews of these forums the last few weeks, I've read about a bunch of Goodyear G614 failures but no Sailun S637 failures.

I can't see spending $500 extra to get Goodyear tires with a history of blowouts in order to replace tires on my camper that also have a history of blowouts (Power King Tow Max).

Were the Goodyear failures on older models and are they improved now?

[CYNCWBY]

I've been following this post for quite a while and just came back to it after we bought our Montana Mountaineer mid Sept. Of course it came with GY Marathons which I don't trust at all due to 2 of them coming apart on my tri-toon boat trailer. So after reading lots of rv forums and doing lots of research I bought 4 Sailun S637's from "Rustybore" on ebay.

$800 shipped to my door, now these are some SERIOUS tires. The Marathon weighed 37 lbs. the Sailun weighed 61 lbs, lots of steel belts and rubber. I could collapse the Marathon by just pushing down on it, couldn't even budge the Sailun. The sidewall is about an inch thick, I was very impressed. We have only taken 2 short trips so far but I'm very happy with them. So run what you like but don't rawdog a product that you don't use or haven't even seen.

[Dixie_Flyer]

I bought a new Montana fifth-wheel in March of 2011. In the spring of 2012 on our way to Virginia we had four Good Year factory equipped tires go bad all at the same time. I bought four Good Year G614 tires at that time and hope I have good results with these over the next few years. We made a three thousand mile trip that summer and this past summer we made a fifteen hundred mile trip and so far all is great. BTW the G614 tires required me to buy four new wheels rated at 110 PSI as the old wheels were rated at 80 PSI.

Also let me add that Good Year paid for damages to my camper when a Good Year Marathon lost its tread and knocked a hole in the floor of my camper and did over $4,000 worth of damage. This was in 2008 when I had a Forest River Wild Cat. I had rather do business with a company that will stand behind their product with that kind of regard for their customer.

So when I bought the Montana and it had Good Year tires on it I just sucked it in and went with it. When I was stuck in a Virginia campground with four bad tires all it took was a phone call to Customer service and the problem was taken care at no cost to me. It helped me to get home so I could buy the G614 tires and a new set of wheels that would handle the 110 PSI tires

[Me_Again]

fj12ryder wrote:
I'm interested, but not to the point of trying to find something about the Sailun tire in all those tire posts. Thread title would make the posts easier to find.

Guess I should have linked directly to the thread, as I can not now weed through all the many tire problem post and find it again. I do not have a logon on their site to do a search. Maybe one of their members can search and find it. Sorry, I look twice!

Chris

[fj12ryder]

I'm interested, but not to the point of trying to find something about the Sailun tire in all those tire posts. Thread title would make the posts easier to find.

[Me_Again]

NC Hauler wrote:
Thanks guy's, will check a little harder....I just gave it one shot....

NC, found something interesting on the Heartland web site that Fasteagle pointed me to in another thread. People there are reporting the inter and outer ribs of the Sailun tires wear much faster than the center even at full inflation.

Here is his clickie
Down the page is a forum "External Components - For all Heartland brands" within that is "Tires and Wheels (For RV's)"

Chris

[Blackcell]

Travlingman wrote:

Blackcell wrote:
I need to replace my stock Duro's "E" rated next year. Tread & sidewalls are still very good but they're hitting close to 6 yrs old and I almost always have to add 10-15lbs of air everytime we want to go camping. I have a big trip planned next year and I want tires to be the least of my worries. I did some research months ago and concluded on going with G614 but dreading the cost. That is until I hit this thread. Wow, lots of great info in here! I have 7000lb axles but I also don't load up to capacity or even near my weight capacity limit. I'm not a full-timer or anything remotely close; long time before I can retire. So, I was debating if "G" rated were more about handling max capacity, peace of mind, combination of both or something else I'm missing? I also want (like to have) tires that are rated above 65mph just for that extra margin of safety. I hope the positive Sailun reviews continue.

Plan on buying rims too as I doubt the ones you have now will be rated to handle the pressure of "G" rated tires.

Gee, nothing is ever easy these days and I'm a silicon/sw engineer.

[Us_out_West]

NC Hauler wrote:
Thanks guy's, will check a little harder....I just gave it one shot....

Ya you will be able to get Sailun's from any good dealer.

Forgot to mention earlier that we went to a local Big O dealer here in Reno and they were able to get them from their warehouse over the hill in Sacramento the next morning...and they were dated recent as their warehouse had the tires on b/o since August.

Great service.

[NC_Hauler]

Thanks guy's, will check a little harder....I just gave it one shot....

[Lantley]

Lantley wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:

Us out West wrote:

JEBar wrote:
it appears that Sailun tires aren't readily available in NC .... I can't find a dealer anywhere around so that leads to the question as to a support structure across the country

Jim

Might check the Find Installer feature on Simple Tire.

lokks like there are quite a few out your way.

Followed the trail, so to speak and I saw an installer, but they don't carry the brand....:h
I, like others, would like to purchase at a place that I can go back to if I have an issue. Thus, I don't want to order them or have to take care of everything on my own. THAT is a hassle, if I need help with the product....again, it'll be 2 years before I purchase tires, but, if and when I need some, I'll check again for availability in and around my area.....

NC when I purchased my Sailun's I went to my local independent shop, who ordered them from his distributor (Carroll Tire I believe?) at my request.They had them next day. The shop had heard of Sailun,but they generally did not carry them.
I'm confident an independent commercial tire shop in your area will have access to Sailun tires. But you will have to request them by name.

[Lantley]

NC Hauler wrote:

Us out West wrote:

JEBar wrote:
it appears that Sailun tires aren't readily available in NC .... I can't find a dealer anywhere around so that leads to the question as to a support structure across the country

Jim

Might check the Find Installer feature on Simple Tire.

lokks like there are quite a few out your way.

Followed the trail, so to speak and I saw an installer, but they don't carry the brand....:h
I, like others, would like to purchase at a place that I can go back to if I have an issue. Thus, I don't want to order them or have to take care of everything on my own. THAT is a hassle, if I need help with the product....again, it'll be 2 years before I purchase tires, but, if and when I need some, I'll check again for availability in and around my area.....

NC when I purchased my Sailun's I went to my local independent shop, who ordered them from his distributor (Carroll Tire I believe?) at my request.They had them next day. The shop had heard of Sailun,but they generally did not carry them.
I'm confident an independent commercial tire shop in your area will have access to Sailun tires.

[NC_Hauler]

richardcoxid wrote:
Re: my post dated 10/17/13

I think that Les Schwab has about 400 tire stores in WA, OR, MT, ID, WY, Sears, it is important to me to have a dealer in areas that I normally travel. Also their guarantee is outstanding!

Check out- http://www.geostartrucktire.com/tires/steerhighway/geostar-g574

Thought we were talking about GY G614's and/or Sailun tires....

[NC_Hauler]

Us out West wrote:

JEBar wrote:
it appears that Sailun tires aren't readily available in NC .... I can't find a dealer anywhere around so that leads to the question as to a support structure across the country

Jim

Might check the Find Installer feature on Simple Tire.

lokks like there are quite a few out your way.

Followed the trail, so to speak and I saw an installer, but they don't carry the brand....:h
I, like others, would like to purchase at a place that I can go back to if I have an issue. Thus, I don't want to order them or have to take care of everything on my own. THAT is a hassle, if I need help with the product....again, it'll be 2 years before I purchase tires, but, if and when I need some, I'll check again for availability in and around my area.....

[richardcoxid]

Re: my post dated 10/17/13

I think that Les Schwab has about 400 tire stores in WA, OR, MT, ID, WY, Sears, it is important to me to have a dealer in areas that I normally travel. Also their guarantee is outstanding!

Check out- http://www.geostartrucktire.com/tires/steerhighway/geostar-g574

[Us_out_West]

JEBar wrote:
it appears that Sailun tires aren't readily available in NC .... I can't find a dealer anywhere around so that leads to the question as to a support structure across the country

Jim

Might check the Find Installer feature on Simple Tire.

lokks like there are quite a few out your way.

[NC_Hauler]

JEBar wrote:
it appears that Sailun tires aren't readily available in NC .... I can't find a dealer anywhere around so that leads to the question as to a support structure across the country

Jim

I didn't see any in or around our area either, more in Canada...I'll be looking in two years, so I will keep an eye out to see if they filter into or around this area and like you, wonder about the support one would get if ordered.....maybe a bump in the road? Time will tell......