Hi Everyone. Well, after 15 years the RV-Dreams Community Forum is coming to an end. Since it began in August 2005, we've had 58 Million page views, 124,000 posts, and we've spent about $15,000 to keep this valuable resource for RVers free and open. But since we are now off the road and have settled down for the next chapter of our lives, we are taking the Forum down effective June 30, 2021. It has been a tough decision, but it is now time.
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Nope, but one of our Duro's blew out after about 3 months... That's when we replaced all of them with Goodyear G614's...
Just one of our "newbie" lessons....another one was learning to slow down. pk
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Sumitomo is a Japanese manufacturer that makes really good tires. If you do a search on other forums you will find that several folks have had good luck with the 17.5-inch "H" Load Range Sumitomos.
However, many of us on this Forum have had such good experiences with the Goodyear 17.5-inch "H" Load Range G114s, that we feel it is worth the extra dollars for them. We know they are a really solid tire. With that said, if the G114s weren't available, I'd probably go with the Sumitomos. I believe they may be the only other 17.5-inch "H" Load Range tire with a speed rating that matches the G114s. Michelin 17.5-inch tires have a much lower speed rating, and though we keep our speed down, I prefer a little extra cushion in all my ratings.
If you go with Sumitomo, be sure to report your experience back here and let us know how they worked out for you.
2 Wingfoot dealers told me that the g114s were discontinued, limited to stock on-hand, and no production runs were scheduled. This may be BS but no dealers in OKC could get the G114s. Going with the Sumitimos, they are 200 less per tire installed. I'll post an update after we have some time and miles on the tires.
pk
