Michelin LT 225/75r16.....your opinion?

cgmartine wrote:
To start with, you can disregard what you read on Face Book. Second, your tires are Michelin, one of the best, if not the best brand. Your motorhome is a 2015 and has 3,000 miles, so your tires are brand new. With proper maintenance, they should be good for at least 50,000. Also, unless there is some very bad unusual wear, you can also disregard rotation for another few thousand miles.

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You can also disregard a lot of what you read on this site. Those 225/75/16 tires are more than adequate for your MH.The 2 front tires combined, are rated for 5,360#,on a 5,000# rated axle, while the rear duals are rated for 9,880# on a 9,600# axle. If you overloaded those tires, you already have overloaded an axle or two.
You don't need tires rated for the GCWR of the vehicle. Your trailer tires would be supporting the weight of what's being towed, other than the tongue weight which would be included in your GVW.
All that being said, you have to be mindful of what weight you're running. It's quite easy to overload many of the class Cs out there. Some have plenty of OCCC, while others have not so much.

neil, I still don't think the coach's tires need to be rated all the way to the combined weight. But I can see what you're saying. Did your friend's race trailer/RV combination got into a porpoising motion where the tongue load went way up every time the combination bounced? Overloading the rear axle and tires?

Please don't put large tires on the same wheels. the spacing would allow the tires to rub on each other. Boom!!!

JD, I am being careful, just like to see a little reserve capacity on tire loading. Towing anything behind will add tongue weight and work the tires harder pulling it. Friend pulls a 25 ft race trailer behind his 30ft motor home and had to go to larger tire after 2 blow outs with brand new tires and $4500 damage to his motor home (Khumo) If OP not going to pull anything it is all good, just trying to help with my own experience.

Hi,

I live in Canada where tire rot is less of a concern (lower temperatures). My Michelin tires lasted for 9 years and 60,000 miles. There was lots of tread left but I was concerned with the age.

When I replaced them I got new wheels and went to a taller wider tire. That gave me a mileage advantage on the flat prairie driving that I do.

Thanks for everyones comments. I appreciate them all. Checked my tires this morning and they are indeed the MS2's. Just ready to get out there and start camping this spring. Hope to see some of you at a campground somewhere.

cgmartine wrote:
To start with, you can disregard what you read on Face Book. Second, your tires are Michelin, one of the best, if not the best brand. Your motorhome is a 2015 and has 3,000 miles, so your tires are brand new. With proper maintenance, they should be good for at least 50,000. Also, unless there is some very bad unusual wear, you can also disregard rotation for another few thousand miles.

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To start with, you can disregard what you read on Face Book. Second, your tires are Michelin, one of the best, if not the best brand. Your motorhome is a 2015 and has 3,000 miles, so your tires are brand new. With proper maintenance, they should be good for at least 50,000. Also, unless there is some very bad unusual wear, you can also disregard rotation for another few thousand miles.

Careful, Neil. He has a gVwr of 14500 and his tires reach that with a little reserve. The gCwr of 22000 is his coach at up to 14500 plus a towed vehicle or trailer of up to the difference. More practically capped around 5000 by chassis extension and hitch limitations.

And, KD4, recall was on LTX MS. They were replaced with LTX MS/2 and that's what the OP has, on a 2015 coach so dates will be good even if they were made in 2014.

There's really no worries here. Just weigh and set the pressure.

These tires are rated 2680 lbs load ( less probably for duals) so 6 @ 2680 would be 16,080 lbs which is a lot less than the 22,000 gcwr. claimed. Need to weigh your rig and get axle weights with your camping gear onboard. Your quoted gcwr is more likely a gross tow rating. Best to upgrade to a larger tire like a 265/75 with a load of 3415 per tire in a Michelin LTX. for example. JMHO