Cooper tires

Cooper tires only......

Not putting micheblows on my rigs. I've had as many as 24 or there abouts on the rad at once. NO issues etc

Michelin I've had more tread separations than ones that last 50-60% of tread warranty.

More money by % noted, less miles for Michelin in my case, higher cost per mile vs Cooper.

Best tire I've used mileage etc is toyo m55.

I would pay to put Cooper on my rigs vs freeby Michelins.

Marty

So I thought I'd take a look at replacement tires for my truck using the cost per mile concept. Here is what I found out:

Cooper Atp...265/70/17...$183.00 per tire....55000 mile warranty. Total $1030.00.
Michelin At 2............215.00 per tire....60000 mile warranty. Total $1119.00.

Both tires at $.018 per mile.

So based on manufacturers warranty, it comes down to personal preference.

The MS2 I had put on my 2012 F250 handled great but don't last when toving.

bid_time wrote:
The price of Michelin is not outrageous, you buy them and they lasts for 75,000 miles (my real life experience on two sets). The cost per mile is about $0.003 per mile (a penny a mile for 4 tires). I'm about to buy my third set and I have 149,879 miles on my truck as of yesterday (last time I looked). They would even last a few more months but winter is coming and from now until Dec 31 you can get $70 back on a set of 4. So, I'm jumping in now. -- You get what you pay for.

Michelins are my replacement tires ALWAYS. The M/S2 I think are still made in Canada. They stop faster, are better in wet conditions and they are quiet. Great tire and as stated "you get what you pay for".

I bought a set of Coopers for my Toyota van, was not very happy with them, one had some type pulling problem, just never ran straight, dealer said it was called radial pull, he replace one or two of them but we much have not replace the right one as it continued to pull or push depended on which side it was placed.

I got tired of mess with them as I was going to trade the van in a few months.

finally I found the fix: had the front tires moved to the back, traded the vehicle off in about 10K miles, so it was going to be someone else's problem at the next tire rotation.

That was my only experience with Cooper tires.

I always run Michelins on old dodgy do right, big heavy truck with that diesel engine banging around up there, just drives right and pulls good with those heavy Michelin tires.

Over the years I have tried other brands, but so far, I have been more satisfied with the Michelins.

Just my humble opinion,

I'm not a fan of Michelin, so I'd actually prefer Cooper even if the price was the same. I'm considering the ST Maxx to replace my stock Firestones once I wear them down a bit.

Cooper has a great reputation for quality tires. Besides being sold under the Cooper name, the supply lots of "house brand" tires. Haven't personally run them, but know people who have and felt they were good.

I've run Michelins on my 04.5 silverado. They are getting more expensive. Maybe it's the way I drive, but I've never been able to get anything near the claimed 70K mileage, maybe 40K. But the same with Michelin MXV4's on my sedan. more like 25K on that one instead of 50K. And while the Michelin truck tires were good for traction wet and dry, the michelin car tires which claimed good wet traction are IMHO very poor. Way worse than the Continental DWS which is a way less expensive (<1/2 the price of michelins) and equal wearing tire.

So, IMHO don't get hung up on the michelins, take a good look at the coopers.

Wow! You guys sure get tires on the cheap! I have Continentals on my Ram 1500. Cost me $1400 in Jan '13 an I won't get 50,000KM out of them. In fact this is my 3rd winter for them and I'll have to creep around on them. That's over $450 a year for tires. I'm very disappointed with these tires since they came with a 110,000 km tread rating.The SR-As that came on it were better tires.

When shopping for tires too many just focus on total price rather than price/mile. Yeah you can get a cheap tire but what good is it if its wore out after 30K mi. You may actually end up spending more for "cheap" tires in the long run.

As far as Cooper tires wearing I would put them up there with the best of them.

Cooper st maxx .650 for 4 tire installed with hazard warranty and other b.s
10k only but look new.275/60/20