Tires

Which Michelin and which Cooper tires are you talking about ?
Some folks may use a tire type/tread design thats not the best choice for the job.

JIMNLIN wrote:
Which Michelin and which Cooper tires are you talking about ?
Some folks may use a tire type/tread design thats not the best choice for the job.

I am guessing the Cooper AT3's by his description.

I am going to repeat more should be looking into the Sailun Terramax At's . I know anyone on here that has any experience with the Sailun S637's should know the quality of the Sailuns.

Its bit crazy ,and that includes me that I went out ,and spent double on a set of Toyo's. I won't make the same mistake twice. It will be the Sailuns on my Ram 3500 next time around.

Old habits die hard on here when it comes to tires, it took awhile, but some of us caught on to the quality ,and value of the Sailun tire brand .

mt1729 wrote:
I have had 3 sets of michelins on my tow vehicles over my lifetime. None made it over 30,000 miles. They never wore much but everyone got weather checks in them so bad I replaced them. The tires I run now have about 60% tread left at 24,000 miles. The michelins were load range E a highway tread. The ones I have on now are cooper load range E kind of a radical all season tire. I will say I'm kind of hard on tires. To much speed & weight I guess. If I can get 40,000 out this set I'll be well satisfied.

Same here ,no more Michelins , Goodyears, and Firestones for me. IMO the most overrated, over priced tires on the market. Arguably some of the worst, the Firestone Transforce is the worst wearing tire I have ever had on a truck, Michelins were a close second .

phillyg wrote:
I don't understand when I hear about Michelins, or any other good truck tire, only lasting 30,000 miles. I've never gotten less than 60,000 miles from Michelins on any of my vehicles.

I've never got more than 40K miles out of michelin truck tires, and have yet to have a car that got more than 45K out of a set of tires. My truck tires tend to last around 30K miles a few sets have gone more, none less, doesn't depend much on the brand or what truck I have.

I suspect you and I have much different driving habits and types of driving.

At least discount tires honors the tread life warranty well and I usually get close to a 50% discount on my next set based on mfg warranted life and what I get.

JIMNLIN wrote:
Which Michelin and which Cooper tires are you talking about ?
Some folks may use a tire type/tread design thats not the best choice for the job.

I think the michelins had like a ms2 on them if that means anything. They came on my ram diesel in 2006 when it was new. Went back to the dealer & he made me a deal on new ones just like-em, one that I couldn't turn down. They weather checked as well. Went back a 2nd time. Same thing. Even my spare which is the same & has never been out the spare tire carrier, is all weather checked. The tread was a very hard tread. I don't know if I could have ever worn them out. The coopers I have now, say Discover atp road venture. So far I'm pretty happy with them. They also ride better.

I'm currently still on the OEM tires on my 2014 F150 w/ HD Pkg. They are LT245/75R17 LRE BF Goodrich Rugged Trail TA tires. Currently have 63K miles on them and there is still some good tread left.

Unfortunately, someone replied to a post of mine, saying BF Goodrich had changed this tire, and it isn't nearly the tire it was.

I may change them out next year, just because they will be 5 years old. Not sure what brand, or type I'll buy.

phillyg wrote:
I don't understand when I hear about Michelins, or any other good truck tire, only lasting 30,000 miles. I've never gotten less than 60,000 miles from Michelins on any of my vehicles.

Like anything else, tires are a balance between cost, useful mileage and traction.
Like the old moniker "cheap, fast or good...pick 2", tires are the same.
Wears like iron = horrible traction in wet or snow. Excellent traction = softer rubber and or more aggressive tread which lowers fuel mileage and tread life. And low price generally equals the lowest common denominator between tire life and traction.

I had Cooper Discoverer ATPs on my 2008 F250. They were great. Aggressive tread ( and I NEEDED them once) but they were quiet like a highway tire. When I need to replace my current Michelins on my F350, I will be looking at them again.

One of my departed bil would use the same tire as I did on the same truck. We both drove chevy super Cheyenne for years as our personnel trucks. I could always run my trucks tires for 50k-60k back then . He was always lucky to get 30k miles out of the same tires.
We had completely different driving styles. He was on either hard on the gas or the brakes.
I never use a tire tire till the wear bars show mainly because of poor mud/snow/wet road traction and they seem to pick up objects ie; nails/glass/small sharp rocks/etc easily.

Several years ago,I went to COSTCO Tire to complain/wine/gripe about my Michelin LT 265-17 tires that were garbage and wearing out . Guy behind the counter listened to my complaints then looked up my info and said you have nearly 60,000 miles on them.
Seems like time flies when you are having fun.
With that, I put 4 new Michelins on the Dodge/Cummins.
60k miles most of which were pulling -no bad at all