Blowing tires on 5th wheel
First I apologize if this subject has been cover in the past. I did a search and went back a bit and didn't see anything fairly recent I'm starting to get very frustrated and its beginning to ruin ...
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Quint Da Man wrote:
Okay for what it's worth I just got off the phone with Michelin. This is not to discredit anybody's experience or opinion of their recommendation. It's strickly being pass on as additional information to consider.
As many people recommend for my rig and confirmed by Michelin the XPS rib tire LT235/85R16 E is the proper tire to shoe my rig with at the wieghts and ratings I gave them, EXCEPT, according to them it is strickly a summer tire and should not be use in temperatures under 40 degrees F. They recommend the LTX all season. The reasoning is the LTX has compounds that are added to the rubber to keep it pliable in sub freezing weather so the tread can interface with the road as designed. The XPS does not have these coumpounds and therefore the rubber hardens at or below freezing preventing the proper tire/road interface.
Again just passing on the info from Michelin take it for what its worth and again thanks to all who help me out.
Thanks for providing Michelin's answer. So often we never get the final resolution. That being said, I wonder why they recommend the LTX when they will not warrant ANY BFG tires that they also make. If you should decide on the RIBS or LTX I suggest you get a written response with the name and position of the person you spoke to so you will have it when they refuse to honor a warranty on the LTX. Can't speak of the RIBS because I have not heard of anyone on this forum mention a problem with the RIBS
