BeatCJ wrote:
From this thread: http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27614417/gotomsg/27620514.cfm#27620514
At the beginning of winter, I had a set of 245/70R19.5 Michelin XDS2 tires installed on one of my F-550 trucks at work. I was very impressed with their poor traction performance. I was driving it in about 6" of snow, and came up on a stuck F-350 with the OEM tires. We chained up the F-350, and made it to the turn around, I walked back to my truck with the Michelins, and drove right through. I was really impressed, the best 19.5 traction I have seen. I drive F-Series trucks with several 19.5 tire brands on a regular basis.
As a trade off, I did notice some tread squirm at freeway speeds.
After a month, they still look like new, but it probably only gets driven 150 miles a week. The truck weighs about 16,000, 24/7/365.
When first installed my Hercules I had "tread squirm" on the hiway. stopped after about 1000 miles. Chalked it up to crowning of tire when first inflated to max PSI. No issue since.
