New Tires For Tow Vehicle...
I've got a 2013 Ram 1500 Big Horn 5.7 3.73 and pulling a 26' camper that's around 7,700 - 8,000 lbs. I still have the original tires on it with less than 19,000 miles on them. I'm interested in re...
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:rwess wrote:
Do not buy Michelin. They do not last. 36,000 miles on a set of LTX M/S2's with a 70,000 mile warranty. They cost $1250. Regularly rotated and balanced. All 4 tires wore evenly.
Discount Tire said they have very soft rubber and do not last on 3/4 and 1 ton trucks. The new Defender LTX M/S 2's have been downgraded to 50,000 mile warranty. Mine were load range E on 3/4 ton Chevrolet Gasser. Original Bridgestone's lasted 60,000 and still had tread left when I got the Michelin's.
I do like Michelin's on my cars.
I just through up in my mouth a little after reading this post. I wanted the longest lasting tires put on my truck and several people recommended Michelin's so that's what I went with. My tire buddy says he got 80K out of his Michelin's. I'm beginning to wonder if it was fake news now?
There will be those that swear they get tremendous miles out of their Michelins but then there will be most people that don't, like Turtle and myself. And lets not even mention the sidewall cracking that many experience with them. I have Michelin LTX's on my truck and they will not make it to the 70000 mile warranty. And at 4+ year old they are already cracking all around the sidewall. The dealer says "that looks normal for Michelin"! My trailer has the same tire and it also has cracking-same response. And the warranty is only for 5 years I believe regardless of mileage so mine will time out. For the premium price I paid on the truck's tires I expected more. The trailer's tires were replaced with Michelin during the BFG recall in 2013. I liked the BFGs better.JMO
