Michelin LT failure
Well, I never expected to be writing this but I had a blowout on my second set of Michelin 16” LT load range E tires. They were only a year old. We were on our way back to Houston Tx a week ago fr...
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SeniorGNC wrote:
Well, I never expected to be writing this but I had a blowout on my second set of Michelin 16” LT load range E tires. They were only a year old.
Maybe it is time for RIBs on the trailer and a tire pressure monitoring system.
So a friend lost a three year old BFG Commercial TA on I-10 in Arizona this spring and it was outside of the recall range. BFG/Michelin paid for his trailer damage and new tire.
Most LT tires are poly ply carcass offerings! Then there is a class of commercial grade LT tires with steel ply carcasses, like the RIBs you reference and Bridgestone Duravis R250 and M895. Despite the "commercial" in the name the TA is a poly carcass tire. I assume you had one of the LTX family of Michelin tires?u
I ran the Michelin XPS RIBs for years and now the R250s.
We tend to do long days in our migration to and from Arizona, one 500+ day, 2 400+ days and one shorter day. It is nice to know I have the best tires available back there on the trailer. I spend little time worrying about tire failures.
You will find that the R250's are about 50 dollars less per tire verses the Ribs.
Chris
