Tires: Michelin vs. Bridgestone

We had the Bridgestone R250's on our 38' Beaver and I really liked them. We had them for the seven years we owned the coach and they were still in excellent condition when we sold it. We had put 65k on the tires and they were wearing fantastic. No irregular wear patterns or issues at all.

Mike.

Michelin and Bridgestone are two very good choices for RV tires! I chose Michelin XRV, because they there a soft rubber tire made for RV applications (long periods of sitting and UV protection).

I went with the Firestone FS 560 Plus 9R22.5 on my coach. Have champagne taste with a hard cider income. And I wanted a tire made in the USA, which the Firestone was.

Won't matter much on a 21 yr old lightweight class A. Buy what you want.

If it were me I would stick with the Michelin XPS ribbed. I think they are the very best tire and safest tire you can put on a fifth wheel.

I've had Duravis tires (not sure of the model) on a 3500 SRW truck hauling my truck camper. I had them loaded right at or over their weight capacity and logged thousands of trouble free miles.

We went for the Michelins, no regrets.

The problem with the Firestone TransForce's is that they are not steel sidewalls like the R250's unless they have recently changed their composition. Have not heard of anyone having problems with the R250's and they will be my next tire purchase if available. I was traveling in the Pacific Northwest just outside of Portland Or and needed two steer tires this summer, the R250's were not available in the NW, they would have to come from a warehouse in southern CA and it would be 6 days. Was told the reason they were not stocked up there was that they were not considered a good winter/wet tire in my size which is Lt235/85/16. Hope this helps.

I would be looking at Toyos.
The Duravis is a summer tire. Not sure if you want that style in Colorado.

Look at the Firestone Transforce also. Another option that has gotten good reciews