Both OEM NEXEN front tires (LT235/80R17E) had to be replaced last week due to separation with only 11K miles since I purchased the truck FEB-21. Wish I had known (or researched) these POS tires before I signed on the dotted line or I would have insisted on Michelin Defenders I have always used in the past before I left the dealership. My bad...I have ZERO trust/faith in these NEXEN tires. Therefore, I am going to remove/replace these crappy tires this week. My problem is finding a Michelin Defender LTX M/S or Michelin LTX M/S2 in my OEM size tires (LT235/80R17E). Only Michelin tires I can find in my size are the LTX A/T2, Energy Saver, and Agillis???, none of which I really want to pay $2K for. I NEVER had so much as a flat tire in the the 20+ years I rode on Michelin Defender LT tires hauling RVs around the USA!Is there another SIZE TIRE that will fit on my 17" wheels so I can try and find a Michelin Defender LTX or LTX M/S set of tires? If not, looks like I will be buying new wheels also...Thanks in advance.Jack in North Florida, RetiredRiver Life on the beautiful Suwannee River 2021 RAM Big Horn 3500 DRW CC/LB 4x42021 Keystone Cougar Half-Ton 29RKS

Not an uncommon size Google the size and 20 different tire styles and price range pop up.

So, you found out Nexen tires suck. Not newsworthy although you appear to not have been aware. And if you somehow can’t find the Michelins in your size (unlikely), then there are plenty of tires just as good and plenty that are arguably better. Just go get some new tires. Although to your point, I’d think tire/truck warranty may be a possible option? (Idk never had a tire warranty claim, on OE tires.)

Yes, GOOGLE does provide many different manufactured tires in size LT235/80R17E. GOOGLE also provides a lot of links to Michelin tires in the same size. Problem is the only model Michelin tires in that size I can find in stock are the Energy Saver, LTX A/T2 and Agillis. Checked with lots of online tire stores and even called local shops, but NONE have the Michelin LTX M/S2 or Defender LTX M/S in stock. Therein lies my dilemma...

yep, it's sad Ram installs these tires...had my nexen tires replaced at about 22,000 miles with Michelin tires.

I went to 245/75R17E on all my Ram's after the OE tires wore out

'21 RAM Big Horn 3500 DRW CC/LB 4x4 with NEXEN Tire WOES!

blofgren
Explorer
May 26, 2023
Jack in Dixie wrote:
PROBEM SOLVED: As a few members posted, an LT245/75R17E size tire will fit the 2021 RAM 3500 1-Ton dually. Was also able to find the tires I wanted all along in that size tire... the Michelin Defender LTX M/S and/or a Michelin LTX M/S2 tire.

Bought a set of 6 Michelin LTX M/S2s from Tire Buyer dot com. These are the same tires I had on my previous Tow Vehicle (2011 RAM 2500 CC/LB 4x4).

Hopefully this post will help someone else to DUMP the NEXEN tires and find a good Michelin Defender/LTX M/S2 set of replacement tires for a RAM 3500 DRW Tow vehicle. It was a costly lesson for me, but now I have 100% confidence in the tires to drive with peace of mind and comfort. Hard to put a price on that...

THANKS to all for your inputs, even those with the snide comments. I won't bother with another 'silly' post or 'complain' on the forum again.

Jack

Thanks for the follow up. And after reading this thread this morning, I realized that it is indeed 245/75/17's that are available, not 245/80/17 as I stated previously. It's been a couple of years since I replaced my tires. :)
cummins2014
Explorer
May 25, 2023
Cummins12V98 wrote:
cummins2014 wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Learjet wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Learjet wrote:
38,000 miles on my Michelin LTX MS2 tires and they have been great and are wearing great!

I assume you had your front aligned to nearly ZERO toe???

No alignment changes...still set from factory.

I have seen your post about that...but I never had an issue with wear on the front tires. I do rotate the front tires only side to side every 10,000 miles. All good so far :)

VERY interesting!!! Are you the original owner?

I had my truck set to the Thuren specs after the drag link recall replacement from whatever it was to near O toe. I too have never had any unusual tire wear prior to this alignment , hope that doesn't change ,setting to these Thuren specs . This is my third set of tires .

Not sure how much water this holds ,this near 0 toe . Been hearing this since I've owned the truck . We will see . I see no difference in handling , road wander etc . This is the first alignment my truck has had since new , 9 years . Not sure why, mostly because I had the drag link replaced .

To add my son is on his third Ram since 2008 , and its used daily for work ,lot of miles ,and he's never had one of his trucks aligned ,and again no unusual tire wear . Beginning to wonder about this 0 toe thing . Kinda funny that the manufacturer of these trucks don't set the toe to nearly 0 ,makes you wonder .

I don't believe I have ever recommended the near ZERO toe spec for a SRW truck. I only comment and recommend this to DRW trucks.

Didn't say you recommended anything. Thuren recommends it , and yes they recommend it on SRW , same reason you recommend it for DRW .
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
May 25, 2023
Learjet wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Learjet wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Learjet wrote:
38,000 miles on my Michelin LTX MS2 tires and they have been great and are wearing great!

I assume you had your front aligned to nearly ZERO toe???

No alignment changes...still set from factory.

I have seen your post about that...but I never had an issue with wear on the front tires. I do rotate the front tires only side to side every 10,000 miles. All good so far :)

VERY interesting!!! Are you the original owner?

yes, original owner bought new...less than 20 miles on it when I picked it up. Maybe, I got lucky :)

You are lucky!!!
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
May 25, 2023
Jack in Dixie wrote:
PROBEM SOLVED: As a few members posted, an LT245/75R17E size tire will fit the 2021 RAM 3500 1-Ton dually. Was also able to find the tires I wanted all along in that size tire... the Michelin Defender LTX M/S and/or a Michelin LTX M/S2 tire.

Bought a set of 6 Michelin LTX M/S2s from Tire Buyer dot com. These are the same tires I had on my previous Tow Vehicle (2011 RAM 2500 CC/LB 4x4).

Hopefully this post will help someone else to DUMP the NEXEN tires and find a good Michelin Defender/LTX M/S2 set of replacement tires for a RAM 3500 DRW Tow vehicle. It was a costly lesson for me, but now I have 100% confidence in the tires to drive with peace of mind and comfort. Hard to put a price on that...

THANKS to all for your inputs, even those with the snide comments. I won't bother with another 'silly' post or 'complain' on the forum again.

Jack

I have to ask what are the date codes on the obsolete MS2's???
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
May 25, 2023
cummins2014 wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Learjet wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Learjet wrote:
38,000 miles on my Michelin LTX MS2 tires and they have been great and are wearing great!

I assume you had your front aligned to nearly ZERO toe???

No alignment changes...still set from factory.

I have seen your post about that...but I never had an issue with wear on the front tires. I do rotate the front tires only side to side every 10,000 miles. All good so far :)

VERY interesting!!! Are you the original owner?

I had my truck set to the Thuren specs after the drag link recall replacement from whatever it was to near O toe. I too have never had any unusual tire wear prior to this alignment , hope that doesn't change ,setting to these Thuren specs . This is my third set of tires .

Not sure how much water this holds ,this near 0 toe . Been hearing this since I've owned the truck . We will see . I see no difference in handling , road wander etc . This is the first alignment my truck has had since new , 9 years . Not sure why, mostly because I had the drag link replaced .

To add my son is on his third Ram since 2008 , and its used daily for work ,lot of miles ,and he's never had one of his trucks aligned ,and again no unusual tire wear . Beginning to wonder about this 0 toe thing . Kinda funny that the manufacturer of these trucks don't set the toe to nearly 0 ,makes you wonder .

I don't believe I have ever recommended the near ZERO toe spec for a SRW truck. I only comment and recommend this to DRW trucks.
Learjet
Explorer
May 25, 2023
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Learjet wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Learjet wrote:
38,000 miles on my Michelin LTX MS2 tires and they have been great and are wearing great!

I assume you had your front aligned to nearly ZERO toe???

No alignment changes...still set from factory.

I have seen your post about that...but I never had an issue with wear on the front tires. I do rotate the front tires only side to side every 10,000 miles. All good so far :)

VERY interesting!!! Are you the original owner?

yes, original owner bought new...less than 20 miles on it when I picked it up. Maybe, I got lucky :)
blt2ski
Moderator
May 25, 2023
ive only had one Micheblow tire that was any good, that is was an XDE M+S in a true truck tire 225-70-19.5 LRG tire. ALL of the LT or P metric tures didnt do so well. Glad micheblows work for someone generally speaking.
In the meantime, I've found Cooper to be better tgan micheblows. Toyo too, but they are asking for too many of my kids per tire. Good Year a mixed bag......

Glad OP has issue fixed?!?!?!?.....

marty
fj12ryder
Explorer III
May 25, 2023
"THANKS to all for your inputs, even those with the snide comments. I won't bother with another 'silly' post or 'complain' on the forum again."

Ya gotta ignore certain members, who really try to post like members, "dicks" IOW.
Jack_in_Dixie
Explorer
May 25, 2023
PROBEM SOLVED: As a few members posted, an LT245/75R17E size tire will fit the 2021 RAM 3500 1-Ton dually. Was also able to find the tires I wanted all along in that size tire... the Michelin Defender LTX M/S and/or a Michelin LTX M/S2 tire.

Bought a set of 6 Michelin LTX M/S2s from Tire Buyer dot com. These are the same tires I had on my previous Tow Vehicle (2011 RAM 2500 CC/LB 4x4).

Hopefully this post will help someone else to DUMP the NEXEN tires and find a good Michelin Defender/LTX M/S2 set of replacement tires for a RAM 3500 DRW Tow vehicle. It was a costly lesson for me, but now I have 100% confidence in the tires to drive with peace of mind and comfort. Hard to put a price on that...

THANKS to all for your inputs, even those with the snide comments. I won't bother with another 'silly' post or 'complain' on the forum again.

Jack
cummins2014
Explorer
May 25, 2023
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Learjet wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Learjet wrote:
38,000 miles on my Michelin LTX MS2 tires and they have been great and are wearing great!

I assume you had your front aligned to nearly ZERO toe???

No alignment changes...still set from factory.

I have seen your post about that...but I never had an issue with wear on the front tires. I do rotate the front tires only side to side every 10,000 miles. All good so far :)

VERY interesting!!! Are you the original owner?

I had my truck set to the Thuren specs after the drag link recall replacement from whatever it was to near O toe. I too have never had any unusual tire wear prior to this alignment , hope that doesn't change ,setting to these Thuren specs . This is my third set of tires .

Not sure how much water this holds ,this near 0 toe . Been hearing this since I've owned the truck . We will see . I see no difference in handling , road wander etc . This is the first alignment my truck has had since new , 9 years . Not sure why, mostly because I had the drag link replaced .

To add my son is on his third Ram since 2008 , and its used daily for work ,lot of miles ,and he's never had one of his trucks aligned ,and again no unusual tire wear . Beginning to wonder about this 0 toe thing . Kinda funny that the manufacturer of these trucks don't set the toe to nearly 0 ,makes you wonder .