Hey All! I've had some tire issues in the past so ready to try something different. I have been running toyo's forever out of convenience. I was planning on going with the Michelin LTX A/T2 tires but I see these Michelin Agilis Cross Climate tires. They are about the same price. So wondering if they are better.Also I see the XPS Rib which is a fair bit more but if it means no tire issues, I'm in!Or if there are some higher weight capacity tires I'm missing please fill me in.What do you all think?Thanks!

Generally all tires of same size and load range have the same weight rating, so no chance of more capacity without upsizing tires. But not being specific about the issues you’ve had, dunno if you’re needing more weight capacity or not. However, quality wise, I don’t believe you can do any better than Toyo, so your issues likely don’t reside with the brand.

How much is heavy ? An E rated tire is the common tire for class C’s. I have been running many tires in fleet trucks , IMO, i have not found much difference between good quality tire brands. Toyo’s are very good tires. A common tire used today on class C’s is the Hankook Dynapro HT RH12 which i have and are fine. Many owners run them with no issues. If you decide to choose a winter tire , they offer better traction in snow but mostly dry pavement running might cause premature wear. Just something to look into . I would not base my purchase on which tire manufacturer spends the most on advertising .

Holiday27 wrote:I was planning on going with the Michelin LTX A/T2 tires but I see these Michelin Agilis Cross Climate tires. They are about the same price. So wondering if they are better.I believe that the Agilis Cross Climate replaced the LTX A/T2. It's basically the same tire, just a different name.If you want significantly more weight capacity, you will need to go with a higher Load Range tire. If you have Load Range D tires go with Load Range E; if you have Load Range E tires, go with Load Range G tires.-Michael

FWIW I ran a set of 4 LT245 70R16 LTX A/T2 tires on my Roadtrek to about 70,000 miles until they finally wore out (started seeing some tread separation). I still had enough tread depth on them to prorate a new set of LTX MS2s to 50% price. They were great tires and the aggressive tread pattern made them good in sand, snow, mud. I believe the CrossClimates are similar.

I like the all-steel cased commercial grade tires like the Michelin Rib or in our case we run a set of Bridgestone Duravis R238s. All LT225/75R-16 tires have to pass the same testing in the NHTSA FMVSS 139 test. But I believe you get more design margin in a heavier all-steel cased commercial tire. The all-steel cased tires weigh 9-10 lbs more per tire than the non-steel cased tires and I like riding on 25% more tire.Our previous set we ran for 8 years, a set of Bridgestone Duravis M895s. Great tires, never let us down but no longer offered by Bridgestone. M+S rated unlike our current All-Season tires. Similar to the no longer available Goodyear G947 RSS Armor MAX. I don’t know of any good all-steel cased commercial M+S tires. Possibly the Michelin XPS Traction which had a more aggressive tread.

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RambleOnNW
Explorer II
Nov 06, 2021
Holiday27 wrote:
Michelin's installed today. Very happy so far. Drove about 5 miles so not a great test but felt smooth. Install went well except the tire shop missed the locating pin the first time so rear wheel was on crooked. They were pretty embarrassed but got it fixed quickly...

Tires are made in France FYI. Makes sense since they are a euro rated tire technically.

Glad I replaced them as some of the tires were coming close to the pull date and right before I took it in I noticed a split on the sidewall of the passenger outer dual.

Those Agilis C-metric look beefy. The sidewall ‘For DOT test and normal highway use in North America’ seems unusual. What about driving on gravel? Any roadtrips yet?
Holiday27
Explorer
Oct 17, 2021
Michelin's installed today. Very happy so far. Drove about 5 miles so not a great test but felt smooth. Install went well except the tire shop missed the locating pin the first time so rear wheel was on crooked. They were pretty embarrassed but got it fixed quickly...

Tires are made in France FYI. Makes sense since they are a euro rated tire technically.

Glad I replaced them as some of the tires were coming close to the pull date and right before I took it in I noticed a split on the sidewall of the passenger outer dual.

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Holiday27
Explorer
Oct 09, 2021
ron.dittmer wrote:
For the E350 and E450 chassis.

CLICK HERE for Michelin's extra capacity "E" rated tire. (500-600 pounds more per tire compared to the standard "E" rated tire)

CLICK HERE for Michelin's standard "E" rated tire.

Yep, the first link are the ones I got. Discount matched Costco's price which was awesome!
ron_dittmer
Explorer II
Oct 09, 2021
For the E350 and E450 chassis.

CLICK HERE for Michelin's extra capacity "E" rated tire. (500-600 pounds more per tire compared to the standard "E" rated tire)

CLICK HERE for Michelin's standard "E" rated tire.
Holiday27
Explorer
Oct 08, 2021
cbigham wrote:
That's what I ordered as well. Wednesday.

Nice! Hopefully we have a winner.
cbigham
Explorer III
Oct 08, 2021
That's what I ordered as well. Wednesday.
Holiday27
Explorer
Oct 08, 2021
cbigham wrote:
Those the lt or c version?

C, load index 121 :B
cbigham
Explorer III
Oct 08, 2021
Those the lt or c version?
Holiday27
Explorer
Oct 08, 2021
Michelin Agilis Cross Climate tires on order for install so I'll keep you posted... @$1358 seems pretty fair.
Holiday27
Explorer
Oct 05, 2021
bobndot wrote:
One of our members switched to the following tire.

The LT235/85/16E is 3040#. It fits the OEM wheels that the 225 75 16 rolls on and at a little over one inch in diameter larger will offer you about 1/2” more ground clearance while fitting the wheel wells. Seems to me to be a good option bc it offers two advantages over the stock LT225 75 16E.

I think the only issue with those would be that they might touch on the duals. Mine are very close at the 225 size.

I have a friend that did that as well. He purchased some BFG traction tires. They were pretty beefy and I remember they didn't touch on his 28ft bigfoot, no slides but still a pretty heavy rig.

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