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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: Roland DuBree on October 09, 2014, 12:22:53 AM

Title: Sumatoma tires
Post by: Roland DuBree on October 09, 2014, 12:22:53 AM

Anyone have any experience with Sumatoma tires?  I am looking at 275/70R22.5 tires for my 2001 Beaver Contessa.  I like the load/inflation tables and cost.  The load tables indicate I can run with air pressures in the 90 -100 psi range for the loads I have on wheel locations.  I like the lower pressures since I am able to more easily add air at lower pressures with the coach air system. The higher air pressures take forever to add.

I am about  to replace 2 fronts due to a slit in the slide wall of one of my Yokahama tires.  Clearly a tire failure according to Yokahama dealer but even with only 37000 miles on it they will not warrant any thing because it is over 4 year old.

Title: Re: Sumatoma tires
Post by: LaMonte Monnell on October 09, 2014, 04:26:08 AM

I run Toyo's on my 2001 Contessa and with my weight I run 90 in front and 100 in the rear!

Title: Re: Sumatoma tires
Post by: Dick Simonis on October 09, 2014, 02:31:15 PM

I've heard good things about those tires.  Personally, I went with Hankook in the same size and was very pleased.

Title: Re: Sumatoma tires
Post by: Stan Simpson on October 09, 2014, 04:11:38 PM

If you Google Sumitoma Tires, they are the old Dunlop. They have been in the tire business in Japan since 1909. They started as a joint venture with British owned Dunlop.

Stan