Tow vehicle tire trauma.....
Yep...this a.m. ...greater Phoenix metroplex. Planned on camping this weekend , but, now need to get remaining tires replaced... camp site cancelled. 4 years old, Michelin LTX M/S 245/75/R16.....
Forum Discussion
Brian...before was a BFG KO/AT guy and had several sets on my K5 and Silverado...until
they started to blister between tread ribs...to finally not hold PSI
K5 went to commercial class when I switched both axles to 1 ton
GM 14 bolt rear and Dana 60 front
Talked to my tire dealers and they both called in the local area rep...and last time
found that Michelin then owned them.
He said warranty two times...to then say won't anymore and would discount a set
of Michelin LTX-AT's
Bought them for both my Silverado and years later for my Sub when the OEM Firestones
lost their ability to hold air
The Silverado had about 6 sets and my Sub had 5 sets. Mixed between LTX-AT and LTX-MS
Didn't know much about the date code metrics...even though worked my way through
college and one was as a tire monkey. So never took notice till the news and this
portal started to discuss date codes
Havine over 11 sets of Michelin LTX series on two vehicles over a +couple
decades provided much actual experience. Do note that I'm really, really tough
on my tires and vehicles. More so with my trucks
Check how my setups handle empty, loaded and hooked up...but when hooked up I
don't get it sideways purposely...check them with PSI's I like, which is towards
the rated high end
But also note that the alloys on my Suburban are 10" wide bead to bead with
LT265/75R16E's. On purpose for 'that' kind of performance I want for my TV. For
serious off roading...OEM steel wheels with LT255/85r16E's, which are 6.5" wide
bead to bead and that is for the type of performance I want for that purpose
As for the last tire image...it from my road bicycle after getting doored...that
destroyed my fork/tire and messed up my chest. +$800 bucks worth to my 30 year old
road bike.
My speedo says just under 60 MPH when going down some local hills...think a bit
less, but after checking out my crumpled bike waiting for the cops...noticed that
the tires (front and rear) were cracked. So took pictures for these types of
discussions.
Association is that they are the same OEM and same experience with bicycle and
auto tires. They were about 1 year old...NEVER left outside over nite,
always garaged on a rack with no load on them over nite, 303 on all of
my tires (one of those Michelin area reps said warranty denied if they
found anything other than 303 was used). Sidewall says max PSI of
around 119 PSI and aired them up to 110 PSI
biketire cycletire bicycletire
I now have Conti Gater's on that Trek 1000 road bike and Bontrager's on my
Trek Madone 6.5
The Conti Gaters are stored on the same bike rack, in the same garage
and ridden on the same roads (albeit less miles now that I have a
2nd road bike) and they show ZERO cracking and actually perform much
better than the Michelin 23mm X 700mm's
Ride one of my MTB's when it is wet out there...road bikes do not
perform well enough for me when the pavement is wet...and...they
can't go as fast as my road bikes...even going down hill...to meters me...
they started to blister between tread ribs...to finally not hold PSI
K5 went to commercial class when I switched both axles to 1 ton
GM 14 bolt rear and Dana 60 front
Talked to my tire dealers and they both called in the local area rep...and last time
found that Michelin then owned them.
He said warranty two times...to then say won't anymore and would discount a set
of Michelin LTX-AT's
Bought them for both my Silverado and years later for my Sub when the OEM Firestones
lost their ability to hold air
The Silverado had about 6 sets and my Sub had 5 sets. Mixed between LTX-AT and LTX-MS
Didn't know much about the date code metrics...even though worked my way through
college and one was as a tire monkey. So never took notice till the news and this
portal started to discuss date codes
Havine over 11 sets of Michelin LTX series on two vehicles over a +couple
decades provided much actual experience. Do note that I'm really, really tough
on my tires and vehicles. More so with my trucks
Check how my setups handle empty, loaded and hooked up...but when hooked up I
don't get it sideways purposely...check them with PSI's I like, which is towards
the rated high end
But also note that the alloys on my Suburban are 10" wide bead to bead with
LT265/75R16E's. On purpose for 'that' kind of performance I want for my TV. For
serious off roading...OEM steel wheels with LT255/85r16E's, which are 6.5" wide
bead to bead and that is for the type of performance I want for that purpose
As for the last tire image...it from my road bicycle after getting doored...that
destroyed my fork/tire and messed up my chest. +$800 bucks worth to my 30 year old
road bike.
My speedo says just under 60 MPH when going down some local hills...think a bit
less, but after checking out my crumpled bike waiting for the cops...noticed that
the tires (front and rear) were cracked. So took pictures for these types of
discussions.
Association is that they are the same OEM and same experience with bicycle and
auto tires. They were about 1 year old...NEVER left outside over nite,
always garaged on a rack with no load on them over nite, 303 on all of
my tires (one of those Michelin area reps said warranty denied if they
found anything other than 303 was used). Sidewall says max PSI of
around 119 PSI and aired them up to 110 PSI
biketire cycletire bicycletire
I now have Conti Gater's on that Trek 1000 road bike and Bontrager's on my
Trek Madone 6.5
The Conti Gaters are stored on the same bike rack, in the same garage
and ridden on the same roads (albeit less miles now that I have a
2nd road bike) and they show ZERO cracking and actually perform much
better than the Michelin 23mm X 700mm's
Ride one of my MTB's when it is wet out there...road bikes do not
perform well enough for me when the pavement is wet...and...they
can't go as fast as my road bikes...even going down hill...to meters me...
