RV vs Truck tires.

[Cubanredneck]

So its time for me to change my current tires even though id hate too. I currently am running GY 670's and had a blow out this weekend. Tires purchased in 2009 and only 20k on them. Tires look new but the wife insists on replacement after the scare the kids had this weekend. No problem i said but after visiting my local GY dealer i was crushed at the price i was quoted for all 6 tires. The current asking price out the door was $3,700. I paid $800 less when i installed these in 09. Has inflation taken that big of a jump? So i naturally started looking around and seen all kind of post from people using truck tires on their rigs so it made me curious. So i started shopping arround today and i received quotes from different truck tire shops and they were significantly cheaper than the GY. I guess my question is is it worth going for the cheaper tire and risking issues down the road or bite the bullet and spend the $3,700?
I was quoted H rated Sumitomos for $2,100 any thought on these? i also looked at hankooks as ive seen them mentioned in the forum but did not receive a price on them yet.

[mike_brez]

TexasShadow wrote:
A very large number of over the road truckers are running Samson tires with good results. They are sold at TA Truck Stops and other locations. I would not be afraid of them.
Bill

I know nothing about them but my new to me rv has them on her.

[TexasShadow]

A very large number of over the road truckers are running Samson tires with good results. They are sold at TA Truck Stops and other locations. I would not be afraid of them.
Bill

[AH64ID]

Do you have any local Toyo dealers? I bought 5 245/70R19.5 M608z's this spring for ~$2,100 and they are more money than their solid shoulder rib brothers. Made in Japan, but a good quality tire.

[Scars]

I too had GY and the tread separated and caused $2400 in damage to wheel well etc. I now have Hankook AH11s that are 2 1/2 years old and have 14,000 miles on them with no problems at all. Just ran them the last 2 days thru 100 degree temps and pulling a trailer and all went well again...so next set (if the MH lasts that long, lol) I will go with Hankook again.

[shawdowboss]

Cubanredneck wrote:

shawdowboss wrote:
We put on 6 GY 19.5's just this spring, total installed was just under $3k. Yes, we shopped other brands, but liked the construction and availability of the GY's. I normally go with the best overall price/availability/etc.

Went with truck tires and did a steer-drive mix. This gives a more aggressive rear tire over the standard all position type tires.

Don't really plan on rotating them due to them aging out before they will wear out, so keeping this kind of mix doesn't bother me.

Did the truck tire to get the heavier duty G rating, and G rated RV tires were even more rare in the size we were looking at. Also, was looking at availability of the RV tire (F or G rating) in case of a mis-hap. Seemed to be more rare around the country than standard truck tires. Yes, we carry a spare, but I don't want to put 3k miles on a 7 year old spare, it's just to get us down the road to a tire shop and not rely on a tire service to have the one we need.

The other factor for us was that truck tires are made and used more, so they will be fresher tires when you get them, not been sitting for months on end. The tire shop I used could only find nearly 1 year old RV style tires between their stock and the regional warehouse, but the truck tires only have 2 that were older than 6 weeks (steer tires), the other 4 (drive tires) were literally factory fresh.

The truck tires do have a slightly higher road noise than the old RV style tires, but that's the only noticeable difference between the new and old tires.

Also looked at the construction, and they are similar to the RV tires, but don't have as much of the UV protection. Since we garage the RV, and park the tires on rubber/plastic pads it's not an issue for long term storage. As far as sitting, there are a lot of trucks and trailers (which the steer we got are rated for trailer use also) that sit nearly as much as motor homes, some with higher loads. The company I work for has units that don't get much more than 10k miles a year on them, and the tires are holding up fine with the sun, etc.

From this research, we decided that the extra money and risk of not having a replacement tire readily available and heavier rating made us lean towards truck tires.

Did you use the GT G647?

Yep used GY g647's on the front and 622's on the back

[univmd]

We just got 6 brand new Michelins for $4k out the door, this is with the FMCA discount. Our GY670 were dated 2007 with 55,000 miles. They were causing the steering wheel to wobble this year because of flat spots all over the front tires. But they served us well.

[mpierce]

Hankooks are good. Personal experience with them. People I trust have had good luck with Sumitomos.

[bluwtr49]

If you really drill down through all the tire posts, the only tire that are consistently derided are Michlen and Goodyear. Is this a meaningful reference...who knows for sure my I personally don't recall seeing anything negative about truck tires.

As a happy owner of truck tires (Hankook) I would buy whatever is readily available and competitively priced.

[bsinmich]

If you join FMCA you will get a special deal on Michelin RV tires. People who have used it are very pleased. A new benefit with FMCA as of 10-1 is the return you home if you have a health problem someplace away from home.

[mike_brez]

jocat54 wrote:
Sure hope everyone is right about the Hankooks---just ordered 6 of the AH12 (255/70x22.5). They were $1906.11 delivered to Leakey, Tx. Then another $150 for the Dynabeads. Will cost about $300 more to get them mounted.

I think you will be happy with them.

[Cubanredneck]

shawdowboss wrote:
We put on 6 GY 19.5's just this spring, total installed was just under $3k. Yes, we shopped other brands, but liked the construction and availability of the GY's. I normally go with the best overall price/availability/etc.

Went with truck tires and did a steer-drive mix. This gives a more aggressive rear tire over the standard all position type tires.

Don't really plan on rotating them due to them aging out before they will wear out, so keeping this kind of mix doesn't bother me.

Did the truck tire to get the heavier duty G rating, and G rated RV tires were even more rare in the size we were looking at. Also, was looking at availability of the RV tire (F or G rating) in case of a mis-hap. Seemed to be more rare around the country than standard truck tires. Yes, we carry a spare, but I don't want to put 3k miles on a 7 year old spare, it's just to get us down the road to a tire shop and not rely on a tire service to have the one we need.

The other factor for us was that truck tires are made and used more, so they will be fresher tires when you get them, not been sitting for months on end. The tire shop I used could only find nearly 1 year old RV style tires between their stock and the regional warehouse, but the truck tires only have 2 that were older than 6 weeks (steer tires), the other 4 (drive tires) were literally factory fresh.

The truck tires do have a slightly higher road noise than the old RV style tires, but that's the only noticeable difference between the new and old tires.

Also looked at the construction, and they are similar to the RV tires, but don't have as much of the UV protection. Since we garage the RV, and park the tires on rubber/plastic pads it's not an issue for long term storage. As far as sitting, there are a lot of trucks and trailers (which the steer we got are rated for trailer use also) that sit nearly as much as motor homes, some with higher loads. The company I work for has units that don't get much more than 10k miles a year on them, and the tires are holding up fine with the sun, etc.

From this research, we decided that the extra money and risk of not having a replacement tire readily available and heavier rating made us lean towards truck tires.

Did you use the GT G647?

[shawdowboss]

We put on 6 GY 19.5's just this spring, total installed was just under $3k. Yes, we shopped other brands, but liked the construction and availability of the GY's. I normally go with the best overall price/availability/etc.

Went with truck tires and did a steer-drive mix. This gives a more aggressive rear tire over the standard all position type tires.

Don't really plan on rotating them due to them aging out before they will wear out, so keeping this kind of mix doesn't bother me.

Did the truck tire to get the heavier duty G rating, and G rated RV tires were even more rare in the size we were looking at. Also, was looking at availability of the RV tire (F or G rating) in case of a mis-hap. Seemed to be more rare around the country than standard truck tires. Yes, we carry a spare, but I don't want to put 3k miles on a 7 year old spare, it's just to get us down the road to a tire shop and not rely on a tire service to have the one we need.

The other factor for us was that truck tires are made and used more, so they will be fresher tires when you get them, not been sitting for months on end. The tire shop I used could only find nearly 1 year old RV style tires between their stock and the regional warehouse, but the truck tires only have 2 that were older than 6 weeks (steer tires), the other 4 (drive tires) were literally factory fresh.

The truck tires do have a slightly higher road noise than the old RV style tires, but that's the only noticeable difference between the new and old tires.

Also looked at the construction, and they are similar to the RV tires, but don't have as much of the UV protection. Since we garage the RV, and park the tires on rubber/plastic pads it's not an issue for long term storage. As far as sitting, there are a lot of trucks and trailers (which the steer we got are rated for trailer use also) that sit nearly as much as motor homes, some with higher loads. The company I work for has units that don't get much more than 10k miles a year on them, and the tires are holding up fine with the sun, etc.

From this research, we decided that the extra money and risk of not having a replacement tire readily available and heavier rating made us lean towards truck tires.

[Cubanredneck]

So after searching around a bit this is what it has boiled down to.

6 G rated tires mounted, stems and balanced

Dunlop SP348 $2,019 US
Sumitomos 718 $2,000 JAP
BF Goodrich ST230 $2,400 US
Falken RI128 $1,900 JAP
GY G647 $2,525 US
GY G670RV $3,243 US

These are the only name brands i could find locally. Im leaning more on the American made tires just b/c we live in America and i like to support American products.

[Dog_Trainer]

I put Cooper roadmasters on the front this spring They replaced Sumitomo 718's. They have a better ride and a Higher load range. Very happy with them. About 350.00 ea mounted and balanced.