Tires for my fifth wheel.
Hello Fellow RV'S. I was l looking for some advice. I have about a two-year-old Montana mountaineer edition fifth wheel. We took a trip of about six hours on the interstate this past week and on ...
Forum Discussion
Lots and lots of threads online on the topic....always comes down to a few top rated tires as options and a few other scattered favorites. Heres the top ones in every thread.
Maxxis ST
Michelin XPS Ribs LT
Bridgestone Duravis R250 LT
There is often mention of the newer Carlisle ST tires as being very good but Carlisle has a long reputation of lousy ST tires over the years that will be difficult to reverse. The Marathons used to be a good tire but much talk on these forums of blowouts lately.
I myself have the XPS ribs and so far so good. Have been a solid Michelin fan for decades. However, I recently had a blowout on my truck with Michelin LTX M/S2's. Set of tires were only 3 years old and 30,000 miles. All 4 had cracked sidewalls and dry rotting on tread. Bad batches sometimes even on top rated tires.
Maxxis ST
Michelin XPS Ribs LT
Bridgestone Duravis R250 LT
There is often mention of the newer Carlisle ST tires as being very good but Carlisle has a long reputation of lousy ST tires over the years that will be difficult to reverse. The Marathons used to be a good tire but much talk on these forums of blowouts lately.
I myself have the XPS ribs and so far so good. Have been a solid Michelin fan for decades. However, I recently had a blowout on my truck with Michelin LTX M/S2's. Set of tires were only 3 years old and 30,000 miles. All 4 had cracked sidewalls and dry rotting on tread. Bad batches sometimes even on top rated tires.
