Tires What Make

I just replaced my BF Goodrich Rugged Trails at 56K miles with the exact same tire. They probably had another 10K in them but I plan on towing about that many miles this year and didn't want to have to worry about buying them on the road. Tire wear was even across the board. Cost was 900 bucks out the door.

My original Michelin AT/2 were very quiet; traction was poor in snow and ice and the tread life was absolutely terrible. I put GoodYear Wrangler Adveturers on my truck. Ride might be a little worse; they are quite noisy and throw some rocks on gravel roads but traction is excellent and tread life seems to be very good so far.

I put Yokohama Geolanders. Haven't towed with them yet. But over the winter, they had great traction.

For what it's worth, I had a set of Hankook ATM RF10's on my previous truck, they where fantastic and are still going throng now, (father in law bought my old truck) and my father is on his second set on his tundra and very happy with them too. I just took off the factory michelin's off my super duty and replaced them with BFG A/Ts, the michelin's where beyond soft and squirmy.

Road Runners wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

blt2ski wrote:
anything but micheblows! I'm not the only one with that opinions.

Cooper or toyo are my first choice in brands.

marty

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That's for sure. I wouldn't put Micheblows on my wheelbarrow.

Why do you say this? I have used Michelins for a long long time. We have two cars and our truck. Never had a blowout on these vehicles with Michelins. Before I put Michelins on my fiver I had Goodyear blowouts, Cooper blowouts and Firestone blowouts. Once I went to Michelins on my fiver, ten years ago, my blowout problem disappeared.

I would like to hear you personal experience with Michelin blowouts. A statement like yours needs to be supported.

Well in my case it's because of problems like is pictured below:




I did not throw Michelin under the bus after one, two or three tires.........No it took me around 10 tires to blow to learn my lesson. :S

I have several friends that work or own tire shops. I talked to them about this problem and they told me they see it a lot. They have seen several blow up in the spare rack of motorhomes!! Most of mine blew up in my driveway!! (more than 8!!!)

In all fairness this was in the 80's to late 90's. For all I know they might make the best tire in the world right now. I don't really care if they do or not; I'm not going there again.

BTW these were ALL Michelin X radials. They flat out screwed up on the rubber compound.

BTW I agree with Ben, Michelin used to make really good tires until about mid 80's. After that, they were cracker, blowers.

After many, many sets of Michelin LTX's..no longer recommend them.

Now running Bridgestone Revo Duelers on the same Sub, same house and no cracks

Now running Yokohama Geolander ATs on the same Silverado, same house and no cracks


Tire side wall cracks?

blt2ski wrote:
Sorry Rico, what ever the sidewall says! not sure 80 lbs in a P-metric would be very smart......then again, use NW'rs arnt very smart Ive been told! Something to do with skiing in mtns, that high elevation of ours gives us some kind of edema which is not good.......that is my story, and I am sticken to it. oh, the michiblows did not get me to the top of rainer too well.......

Marty

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I had 3 Michelin XRV blowouts on our motorhome and Michelin denied any responsibility for the problem. The weight was verified as UNDER the tire capacity. The pressure was certified by the dealer, the day before one of the blowouts, but according to Michelin, it was my fault. Instead of calling out someone, do a simple internet search of Michelin problems and spend the next week reading. Premature sidewall cracking, zipper blowouts, etc. It is all there for your reading.

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

blt2ski wrote:
anything but micheblows! I'm not the only one with that opinions.

Cooper or toyo are my first choice in brands.

marty

X2
That's for sure. I wouldn't put Micheblows on my wheelbarrow.

Why do you say this? I have used Michelins for a long long time. We have two cars and our truck. Never had a blowout on these vehicles with Michelins. Before I put Michelins on my fiver I had Goodyear blowouts, Cooper blowouts and Firestone blowouts. Once I went to Michelins on my fiver, ten years ago, my blowout problem disappeared.

I would like to hear you personal experience with Michelin blowouts. A statement like yours needs to be supported.

Everyone has an opinion on tires. I think I can speak to this subject well.

OE tires on Chevy C20 Uniroyal 80K same tire from Costco 80K then went to Michelins two sets 100K.

98 RAM 2500 4x4 Michelins 120K then BFG 3rd ten take offs 100K+ two times.

VW Diesel pickup OE Michelins no rotation 75K front and 150K rear.

11 RAM Dually OE General 25K 2/3 worn out and tread separation on front tire.

Michelin MS2's replacement for above now have 20K and still look new.

Bottom line you usually get what you pay for. Properly aired tires based on load will get you a long ways.