Michelin's and there owned Uniroyal, BFG and Kelly springfield tires seem to have a love or hate relationship with people on here. I would take firestone or Firebombs as they were called a decade or so ago with some issues on Explorers. ANyway, michiblows are not my favorite tire, as I have yet to get one to go over 35K miles with out a tread seperation or a blow up. Coopers have been over all the best for how I drive. With Toyo's M55 the absolute best tire I have gotten from an overal mileage at just under 80K miles. Otherwise, 40-50K is normal, Coopers I usually get about 50-55K or there abouts.
I will also say, I am about as hard or harder on tires as anyone per my tire dealer!
marty