Michelin's replacement for 225/75 16 LTX M/S2 ?

Is it really worth the aggregation and stress that it causes for $200 ?

I had Hankook tires on my 2005 E350 Ford Econoline RV which was the original set. They were okay tires until I had one tire fail. I found out that the tire size was Ford specific so I went to a Ford Dealership for a replacement tire under warranty. This was after talking to numerous tire dealers who handled Hankook tires but didn't have any in stock to fit my vehicle because it was a size to fit Fords only. The Ford dealer said that they indeed have the tire in stock until they found out it would have to warranted and at that time didn't have one in stock after all. I traveled the length of the state of Utah and heard the same story until I finally found a Ford dealer in northern Utah who said they would provide the tire after authorization from Hankook for a warranty replacement. A call was placed to Hankook in Northern California for authorization. We waited and waited for over four hours for a reply but never got one. The Ford dealership suggested that I could go ahead and purchase a new tire and carry the damaged tire back to California with me for warranty. I can't repeat what I told him! Finally I told the Ford dealer to put on the new tire, keep the damaged one there for Warranty when I got ahold of Hankkok in California. I took me two weeks before I arrived home in California and I had been calling Hankook daily for about a week and never got a response. Finally, I took the bull by the horns and call the Hankook headquarters back East somewhere and expressed my displeasure about the situation and the contact person apologized profusely,authorized a warranty refund and said essentially the Hankook rep in California was going to get reamed! I owned a PleasureWay Excel TD at that time and numerous owners were. complaining about failure and blowouts and swore that they would never use Hankooks again ever!

Check out the tires offered on the FMCA tire program. A few hoops to jump through but if you're a member the savings are pretty good. I was going to buy a set of the Michelin Agis tires for my Class C. But ended up trading it in for a new Jayco 26xd that came with Hankooks. Only have 7800 miles on them but so it's a bit to early to tell. They do ride well though.

Neighbor works for a statewide landscaping business and they switched to Hankooks and good reports coming from that move.

Yes, i would think it would go to the lowest bidder. Fleet prices while offering a well made tire is the right business move.

bobndot wrote:

SFVdave wrote:
Has anyone switched to Hankook? I heard mixed reviews.

I'm running them as OEM's Dynapro HT's .
They are fine and doing well after just having their 3rd birthday. After birthday #5 they will leave the class C coop and live the rest of their life on the sides of a tug boat.

They hold the road well in rain, handled off grid hard-pack mud well, I didn't slip or slide at all up to 20 mph or so.
Also had to drive in an early fall 2" snow fall that did cover the dirt road and it handled in town local driving just fine . No toad, no trailer.
However, many people say that they do not perform well in snow. My experience is only limited to that one time with this 24' class c.

I don't think FORD would be putting them on their new vans if they were inferior or had
problems. Didn't they used to come with Goodyear Wranglers which wore out quickly? they probably got a better price on the Hankooks.

SFVdave wrote:
Has anyone switched to Hankook? I heard mixed reviews.

I'm running them as OEM's Dynapro HT's .
They are fine and doing well after just having their 3rd birthday. After birthday #5 they will leave the class C coop and live the rest of their life on the sides of a tug boat.

They hold the road well in rain, handled off grid hard-pack mud well, I didn't slip or slide at all up to 20 mph or so.
Also had to drive in an early fall 2" snow fall that did cover the dirt road and it handled in town local driving just fine . No toad, no trailer.
However, many people say that they do not perform well in snow. My experience is only limited to that one time with this 24' class c.

SFVdave wrote:
I bought my MH new. The tires were over 8 months old which I just found out today. Have the MH 5 years and 6 months as of next week. So tires are just over 6 years old. So again, they are starting to develop ozone cracks and I will definitely get new tires by year end setting me back $1,524.42.

6 years old and cracked? I’d look for a different brand...

And a better price. You can get good quality LT E tires for $150-160/ea. With install and everything, you can save a few hundred off that price. Just a thought.

midnightsadie wrote:
I tell my dealer if there over six months old I won,t pay for them so don,t put them on. I do check the date code before I pay. one time on my bornfree I made them take,em OFF . I also write on the work sheet tires must be under six months old or void.

Lol, the paranoia around tires is sometimes astounding.

Has anyone switched to Hankook? I heard mixed reviews.