Goodyear Unisteel G614 RST Radial Tire - 235/85R16 126R

[peaeye1]

Replaced westlake 80R G rated tires with The Goodyears. The 5th seems a little more "firm" when towing, but have only towed it home from the tire shop. The westlakes were just on the high side of their carrying capacity , and had way more bulb than I liked to see. I hope these tires live up to the good things I have heard about them.

[1ofmany]

TucsonJim wrote:

1ofmany wrote:
Can't say I have ever heard of the Weslake brand.

They frequently are installed by the towable RV manufacturers. It's pretty much impossible to find them in a retail tire store.

Thanks!

[TucsonJim]

1ofmany wrote:
Can't say I have ever heard of the Weslake brand.

They frequently are installed by the towable RV manufacturers. It's pretty much impossible to find them in a retail tire store.

[1ofmany]

Can't say I have ever heard of the Weslake brand.

[lawnspecialties]

The E rated Westlakes we had on our Work & Play were flawless for about 8000 miles in a year and half. Pressures were always 80 psi and the camper was stored out of the sunlight.

But its hard not to group all the E rated China made tires into a fail group. Towmax tires created that way of thinking. My torn up Cyclone will always be a memory. Its bad enough a tire tears up your camper but it also screws up a long awaited vacation. So we tend to go overboard.

I have Westlakes on both my landscape trailers. They were take-offs from fellow RVers. Not too hard to find them on craigslist if you keep an eye out. But my campers will always have G614s as long as I can afford them.

[NC_Hauler]

Old-Biscuit wrote:

peaeye1 wrote:


Now Jim, lets don't get a bidding war going.

" That would be unperfesional and unwarranted"

It would only be a bidding war IF someone was actually interested :B

Tis a true statement:B

[christopherglen]

Google finds many g614 failures, not a lot recent. Judging by the hits I would say most of the suspect tires should have aged out by now.
I have 6 g614's on my trailer, and am VERY happy. High pressure on the highway, low pressure at Pismo, scrubbing in tight places. Never an issue, they loose less then 5 psi a year from 110 - cold.

[Old-Biscuit]

peaeye1 wrote:


Now Jim, lets don't get a bidding war going.

" That would be unperfesional and unwarranted"

It would only be a bidding war IF someone was actually interested :B

[peaeye1]

NC Hauler wrote:



I'll one up that...What would you give for 7 Westlake tires , spare with zero miles and rest with approx 500 miles on them....I'm no gambler...Thought about using them as planters, but hate for someone to be smelling a flower and the tire blows:B


"out of the wall complaint?"....may want to do the research....


Jim

Now Jim, lets don't get a bidding war going.

" That would be unperfesional and unwarranted"

[NC_Hauler]

peaeye1 wrote:

RinconVTR wrote:
LOL...now the Westlake failures come out of the wall.

Let's be clear. I did not say there were not ANY failures, I said they are "not common".

Meaning, I can find more reported failures online of most other popular options than I can Westlake brand, by a long shot.

I have never had an ST tire fail, but that doesn't mean anything. That's just my luck. There's not a tire on the road that hasn't failed.

Well Hoss, what would you give for 5 westlakes, with 800 miles on them, 1 with no miles. Ship on your dime. Say when! I would like for them to go to a good home and someone to 😄 love them.

I was going to put them on a utility trailer for around the place.Something I would not be depending on too much,or use one to start a brush pile burning.

I'll one up that...What would you give for 7 Westlake tires , spare with zero miles and rest with approx 500 miles on them....I'm no gambler...Thought about using them as planters, but hate for someone to be smelling a flower and the tire blows:B


"out of the wall complaint?"....may want to do the research....


Jim

[peaeye1]

RinconVTR wrote:
LOL...now the Westlake failures come out of the wall.

Let's be clear. I did not say there were not ANY failures, I said they are "not common".

Meaning, I can find more reported failures online of most other popular options than I can Westlake brand, by a long shot.

I have never had an ST tire fail, but that doesn't mean anything. That's just my luck. There's not a tire on the road that hasn't failed.

Well Hoss, what would you give for 5 westlakes, with 800 miles on them, 1 with no miles. Ship on your dime. Say when! I would like for them to go to a good home and someone to 😄 love them.

I was going to put them on a utility trailer for around the place.Something I would not be depending on too much,or use one to start a brush pile burning.

[RinconVTR]

LOL...now the Westlake failures come out of the wall.

Let's be clear. I did not say there were not ANY failures, I said they are "not common".

Meaning, I can find more reported failures online of most other popular options than I can Westlake brand, by a long shot.

I have never had an ST tire fail, but that doesn't mean anything. That's just my luck. There's not a tire on the road that hasn't failed.

[NC_Hauler]

Old-Biscuit wrote:
I have Goodyear G614s on my 5vr........OEM tires
At 3 1/2 yrs had blowout that did $3500 damage to 5vr.
Goodyear DID cover the damage costs and new tire....but it cost me Hotel Room 3 days as we were FTng while 5vr in factory for repairs.

Did replace those with another set of Goodyears because they did pay for the damages AND not much else was available in that size and load rating at the time.

NOW>>>>>>>

I am going to give the Sailun S637 a try next set of tires.

'G' Rated alternative 16" tire vs Goodyear

4,080# Max Load Rating at 110 psi (Goodyear G614s---3750#/110 psi)

Good reviews............and lower price point

Ditto:..I've read more bad reviews on the Westlakes than the G614's...I will replace the new Westlakes on my TH with the much much higher Quality Sailun S637 tires... They are quite a bit cheaper in price compared to the G614's....and I've not read the first negative on the S637's...some reports going back 3 years or so....The G61`4's are great, but it's nice to have a cheaper priced tire and the company be ISO, TS 16969 compliant.....speaks volume for the tire.

Jim

[Helmsey]

RinconVTR wrote:
I would have no fear running Weslake tires on any trailer. In my research over many years, they have a great reputation and its not common to find a reported failures. There are far more (easy to find) reports of the G614's failing.

I find it very odd you did not feel comfortable with Westlakes because you are nearing their capacity...whatever that means. 80%? 90%? Do you even know? And they have a larger "bulb" where the rubber hits the road, which means what exactly. Its more prone to fail if it has a certain size bulge? Good tires do not bulge at all?

Those are very unprofessional and unwarranted perceptions, even for an internet forum.

TPMS gave no warning before the Westlake let go. I opted not to use the same tire when replacing these 4.

[1ofmany]

We have run our G614s over two years without incident...happy with them so far.