Hello Everyone,I'm looking for your input.I have a 24' Class C MH on a Ford E-450 chassis.I want to purchase 6 new tires before our road trip in June.I currently have Good Year Wrangler A/T LT225/75R16 on the front and Falken High Country A/T LT225/75R16 on the rear.I have All Terrain tires on it now,because we had major tire problems with the Hercules tires that where on it during our road trip in 2011.The All Terrain tires where all that was available at our time of need.The MH actually rides quite smooth with these tires and considering how rough some roads/highways are,they have stood up quite well,Just wondering if I should stick with All Terrain tires or go with a good quality highway tire.Any help to this topic would be greatly appreciated.Thank you in advance.

All my MH's came with Michilin tires. I just installed 6 Firestone tires on this MH.Little cheaper than the Michilin.Never had good luck with Gooyear.

I went with Michelin's a two years ago. I had done a lot of research and did not find a good tire test for RV that pitted several of the better known tires against one another. I am glad I got the Michelin's because when they found a problem they recalled a bunch of tires and I got new set after 10k miles. If you search the forum(s) you'll find people using mostly Goodyear and Michelin and then to a lesser degree other brands. To me the big advantage of going with a popular, but more expensive tire is for the people that travel longer distances. With Michelin or Goodyear should a tire go bad while on a trip, you are more likely to find a store that can replace a bad tire so all the tires on a given axel are the same.

go michilin, theres others out there but there the best, I,m also buying 6 225x75x16r M S 2 this week ,quoted $1469.out the door.

Just got my six Michelin M/S tires replaced under warranty with the newer M/S2 tires. Only have a few hundred miles on them so far but these tires are very quiet. I also replaced the older spare (not recalled) with a new M/S2. It was $208 mounted and balanced, $227.12 with taxes.

i went with the bf goodrich commercial t/a, mostly because of cost but we use them on some duallys we have at work and they seem to wear very good

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Arizona_Kid
Explorer
Aug 10, 2014
regalroute66 wrote:
Hello Everyone,

I'm looking for your input.I have a 24' Class C MH on a Ford E-450 chassis.I want to purchase 6 new tires before our road trip in June.I currently have Good Year Wrangler A/T LT225/75R16 on the front and Falken High Country A/T LT225/75R16 on the rear.I have All Terrain tires on it now,because we had major tire problems with the Hercules tires that where on it during our road trip in 2011.The All Terrain tires where all that was available at our time of need.The MH actually rides quite smooth with these tires and considering how rough some roads/highways are,they have stood up quite well,Just wondering if I should stick with All Terrain tires or go with a good quality highway tire.

Any help to this topic would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Check out the new Goodyear Wrangler A/T Adventure with Kevlar sidewalls. They come in Load range E, and ride like a highway tire. They are replacing the Silent Armors.
j-d
Explorer II
Aug 10, 2014
Hancook, Hancock = HANKOOK
jtbr3
Explorer
Aug 10, 2014
Used Hancock 2x in last 7 years for RV as well as for SUV. Nice ride and much cheaper.
Nevadastars
Explorer
Aug 08, 2014
TyroneandGladys wrote:
have had Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S for the past 4 years and very pleased with them. Because of the high temp here will be replacing them very soon and intend to buy them again.

I have been in the market for new tires and thought about these, until I noticed they were D rated, not E. At least that is what TireRack is showing.
wolfe10
Explorer
Aug 06, 2014
OK, I e-mailed FMCA about availability of smaller than Class A tires through their fleet program with Michelin. Here is response I got:

Brett:

Light truck and auto tires are available through the Michelin Advantage Program. The member must use a Dealer that handles National Accounts and sells auto, light truck, and motorcoach tires. In order to give a price on the tire we MUST have the MSPN, or Stock number for the tire.

Please let me know if you have further questions, or need more information.

Sincerely,

Kathy

So, give FMCA a call: 800-543-3622 Ext 317
aeejbe
Explorer II
Aug 05, 2014
aeejbe wrote:
rondi wrote:
If you're going to buy Michelin, consider using the FMCA buying program. You basically buy the tires from Michelin thru FMCA paying a reduced price. You then pay the Michelin Tire Distributor to install, balance,etc them. So work out all prices. I saved over $500 last year when I had 22.5" tires on installed on our Class A. Not every tire store can get the direct shipment from Michelin--so you gotta check if one is close to you. hop over to FMCA.com and read about it.

Personally I would install Michelin. The Ford E450 comes with LTX MS2 LT225/75R-16 LRE. Why they install a Light Truck tire on the E450 is beyond me. That's what I have on my 3500lb Ranger! If you want a slightly heavier duty tire--Michelin has one with steel sidewalls vs the stock tire
http://www.michelinrvtires.com/michelinrv_en_us/tires-retreads/tireInfo.do?tread=XPS%20RIB

Ron

My decision was to replace our 16 inch tires with Michelin’s XPS Ribbed tires. Our 29 foot BigFoot is a very heavy vehicle & I “feel” more secure with their all steel belted construction.

DO NOT expect FMCA to be of any assistance for you, regalroute66. When I really needed their help about a year ago, that so called "Michelin Advantage Program" only applied to Class A sized vehicles... ...ie, vehicles with tires that are 19.5 inches or larger. THAT unfair policy caused them to lose a whole lot of points in my book!
Ron: I do hope their rules have changed since then.

??An Update??... ... This just found today - a/o June 2014).

A 'changed' M.A.P. policy
Too late for me though --> Comments?
TyroneandGladys
Explorer
May 03, 2014
have had Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S for the past 4 years and very pleased with them. Because of the high temp here will be replacing them very soon and intend to buy them again.
chaeworld
Explorer
May 03, 2014
Michelin XPS RIB,that replaced the recalled Michelin LTX.
All steel tire with a large RV. No more LT tires for me.
Ductape_Dave
Explorer
Apr 28, 2014
Hancook, hands down!
aeejbe
Explorer II
Apr 28, 2014
rondi wrote:
If you're going to buy Michelin, consider using the FMCA buying program. You basically buy the tires from Michelin thru FMCA paying a reduced price. You then pay the Michelin Tire Distributor to install, balance,etc them. So work out all prices. I saved over $500 last year when I had 22.5" tires on installed on our Class A. Not every tire store can get the direct shipment from Michelin--so you gotta check if one is close to you. hop over to FMCA.com and read about it.

Personally I would install Michelin. The Ford E450 comes with LTX MS2 LT225/75R-16 LRE. Why they install a Light Truck tire on the E450 is beyond me. That's what I have on my 3500lb Ranger! If you want a slightly heavier duty tire--Michelin has one with steel sidewalls vs the stock tire
http://www.michelinrvtires.com/michelinrv_en_us/tires-retreads/tireInfo.do?tread=XPS%20RIB

Ron

My decision was to replace our 16 inch tires with Michelin’s XPS Ribbed tires. Our 29 foot BigFoot is a very heavy vehicle & I “feel” more secure with their all steel belted construction.

DO NOT expect FMCA to be of any assistance for you, regalroute66. When I really needed their help about a year ago, that so called "Michelin Advantage Program" only applied to Class A sized vehicles... ...ie, vehicles with tires that are 19.5 inches or larger. THAT unfair policy caused them to lose a whole lot of points in my book!
Ron: I do hope their rules have changed since then.