Ran the new 16/265 LTX MS/2's on factory wheels. 3 1/2 years later, dry rot, bad dry rot
....we are at 5 years and 3 months with Michelin LTX A/T2 at LT245/75R16 @ 3042 LBS weight rating, and the camper was only unloaded for the last ~7 weeks of this life-span; all 4 tire sidewalls (and between tread blocks) look like nearly factory new...go figure! Regardless of their condition (still have ~70% tread), they will all be replaced with the same tire brand, but in a higher weight rating size (LT265/75R16 @ 3415 LBS) this April.
We had a set of BFG TA/Ko (BFG is Michelin: same size as above, LR-E; these replaced the awful OEM Steeltex GM tires), and after just 2 years and 5 months, the tread was at ~84%, but the side walls and between tread blocks were so terribly cracked/crazed, I feared for our lives. So, at 2 years and 7 months, I scrapped the still virtually new tread but cracked BFG TA/Ko set, and replaced them with the LTX A/T2 series (date stamp manufactured 2 months before my date of install on truck).
