Michelin Truck Tires

[SJB358]

Just wanted to put up a note about my truck tires. Been running AT2 265/70R17's E rated on my truck for the past two and half years. They have 60,000 miles on them and still have enough to get me through the hunting season and maybe Spring. They are excellent in the wet roads and have worked well in the snow as well. Pretty decent off road tire, but nothing is really great on a truck this heavy either. They are very quiet going down the road and have lasted twice what the previous Toyos did. Anyhow, the only thing I don't like is they aren't made here. I think I'm going a different route the next time around, but these have been excellent tires. I would stick with them, but I wanna go up a tire size and Michelin doesn't have an E rated tire for me in that load range. Scotty

 

[Oldtrader3]

Scotty, I have the Michelin LT235-65R15 (M&S). The ones that I have now have 55,000 miles on them and still have tread, not enough for heavy snow, but good for here. This is my 3rd set of these and I used them in Utah and Wyoming, with and without chains (on front) in up to 3 feet of snow. Plus, I have run them on sheep trails and never lost one.

They are 6 ply and 2 side ply, so ride a little stiff but bite pretty well. I have tried other tires (Bridgestone, Armstrong) and like these really well. Plus if you run them at 45 PSI, they get really good mileage. For snow, I don't like high floatation because they don't bite deep enough.

 

[SJB358]

Same here Charlie. The Michelins are pretty good all the way around. It is going to be a little tough to get away from them to be honest. Not alot of tires out there with the great track record the Michelins have. These are excellent tires and it really looks like they will easily make it to next Fall at least. I am going to look at the Coopers, but if push comes to shove right now, I would buy another set of these Michelins and probably be happy for another 70,000 or more. Scotty

 

[rjm158]

I've been a Michelin devotee for many years, both for car and truck tires. In my experience, they seem to last far longer than other brands I've tried. They might cost more initially but I think the longevity makes up for it.

Just my .02

Ron

 

[JD338]

I have had really good luck with the Michilan LTX on my pick up trucks. On my 2500HD, I keep them inflated to 70 psi.

JD338

 

[Too Tall]

I bought a brand new set of Cooper's, 10 ply. The second day I was driving along this fence, and a dead tumble weed poked through the side wall. Took them back and had them put back on my wore out Toyo's, and have been running Toyo's ever since.

I'd stay a long way from Cooper's.

 

[elkeater2]

My '04 Dodge ctd came with Michelins. They wore like iron to 62k. They had traction like iron too. Considering that was a tire made 7 years ago, that's probably not even relevant. :lol:

My latest are Hankook 285 load range E's. They are DynaPro ATM RF10. One year old, great traction, negligible wear for 15K. I like so far. I do drive through tumbleweeds pretty often, too. :lol:
EE2

 

[SJB358]

I bought a brand new set of Cooper's, 10 ply. The second day I was driving along this fence, and a dead tumble weed poked through the side wall. Took them back and had them put back on my wore out Toyo's, and have been running Toyo's ever since.

I'd stay a long way from Cooper's.

Ran Toyo's the previous set, OC AT's and they were plain wore out with 35K on them. I like them a bunch though. Scotty

 

[DrMike]

I needed tires this fall. I fully intended to get two sets, winter and summer. I'd run Blizzaks for the past several winters and Toyo as summer tires. They served me well. I was prepared to put on a set of Michelin or Bridgestone studded tires as my winter tires, but the owner of the tire store talked me into trying Nokian tires. They have great tread for snow and mud. They have reasonable traction on ice and compacted snow. We'll see how they wear. I intend to run them as all seasons for the next couple of years.

 

[SJB358]

I've heard good things about the Nokians as well Mike. Just a little tougher to find around here. Not hard, just not a stocked tire at most shops. I think my current tires will go 75K or so before they need to be replaced. Should be able to make it to next Fall hopefully. I will start saving my duckets for them then! Scotty

 

[nvbroncrider]

Well on my 98.5 Dodge 2500 CTD I put on my third set of tires yesterday. The jury is out. My first set was a set of Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs. They lasted my 20,000 miles. 15K on pavement and 5K on rocky twice a year bladed dirt road. I wasn't too happy with them. 2nd set was a set of BF Goodrich A/Ts they were a good set of tires and lasted better than the Duratracs but I think they were too soft of a compound for my truck. They wear like iron on half-tons but at 6800-7K empty and up to 27K loaded on a road that has grades of 12% it's the ultimate test for a tire. I also run 4WD all the time to help with tire spin and wheel hop to help preserve them. I only got 20K on them. They also weren't very good in the snow as the only size they made were a 265-75R16. So I'm trying the Michilin LTX A/T2. If they last me longer than 25K I'll be happy. As they will likely see only 5K of pavement. I already think they are a much firmer tire and will withstand the weight a lot better than the BF's. Only time will tell.

 

[SJB358]

I have about 70K on my Michelins and they are still good. I will swap them out in the Fall, but they have really lasted on my Dodge CTD as well.

 

[Oldtrader3]

Just to add, my present LTX-MS Michelin's on my 1999 Ford Explorer LT were installed in April 2003. They replaced Brigestone's that were worn out at 28,000 miles! They are over (9) years old and presently have 63,000 miles on them. They still pass the 3/32'nds tread test (actually about 1/8th+). I had two Explorer's at the time, both with LTX's.

Now, I have not beat these tires up in the Escalante Mountain sheep trails like the others I had because I can't beat me up like this anymore. However, they have been all over the west to Salt Lake, to Napa and wherever and still get 23 MPG from this (old as me in dog years) Ford V-6, run at 45 PSI.

I will buy another pair pretty soon after three home runs with them. Just my $.02.

 

[SJB358]

It is hard for me to go away from Michelins as well. I was really thinking of trying a set of Coopers this next go around, but I can see it'll be a tough call when I do have to do it. The Michelins have been excellent and seem to be the best heavy truck tire I have used to date.

 

[tjen]

I ran the LTX AT2 265l75R16 C on my K1500 silverado for 90K before I needed new ones. Those tires staied round and smooth as did the other 4 sets of LTX AT tire I have used since 1990 o verious 4x4's.

They quit making them in the C/114 load range so replaced them with LTX MS2 which works great and from Nov-March I use Bridgestone snowtires as I did with the old LTX AT tire that were great in snow/sand/mud but not on ice.

The newer LTX AT2 is as good of winter tire you can run untill you use atual snowtires with winter rubber componds that work better than allseason componds at 45 degrees and below.

A friend bought a used K2500HD with new toyo At tires and it just would not move in snow. It was so bad he put BF AT on and presto a new snow eating truck was born. He is now gonna switch to the flagship of all Michilen AT's the LTX AT2 Michilen owns BF Goodrich and Uniroly.

 

[Kodiak]

I have had 3 sets of Cooper off-road 16"s on my 4x4 Off Road Ford Ranger. Always bought them as the dealer usually had the lowest $ cost on them as compared to all others.

You get what you pay for.

On almost every set, I had to return for a cupped/out-of-round tire in the four. But they run 30% rough roads in a year.

Did I mention that you get what you pay for

I'm also tire shopping, come spring of 2013.


Old Jim

 

[SJB358]

Can't beat BFG's AT's or Michelin AT2's. Had the AT2's for 75k miles on my Dodge, I'm sure I'll get nearly the same outta the BFG's if there anything like they used to be. Like Jim said, you get what you pay for in truck tires.

 

[meatmachineman]

Can't beat BFG's AT's or Michelin AT2's. Had the AT2's for 75k miles on my Dodge, I'm sure I'll get nearly the same outta the BFG's if there anything like they used to be. Like Jim said, you get what you pay for in truck tires.

Can't go with ya on the BFGs, Scotty. I read a lot of good (and some not so good) reviews on the All Terrain T/A KOs. I went ahead and went with a set on my 04 Super Duty and they are not fairing that well. I've got about 14k on them so far and the wear is scaring me a bit. I think I'm going to be looking at about 30k when it's time to finally replace them. The truck had a set Michelins on it when I bought it. I don't know how many miles they had, but I think I might go back to those when the time comes. They were much quieter and much more well mannered on the road.

From my experience, tires are a crap-shoot and will behave and wear differently on different vehicles with different drivers in different areas.

 

[SJB358]

Can't beat BFG's AT's or Michelin AT2's. Had the AT2's for 75k miles on my Dodge, I'm sure I'll get nearly the same outta the BFG's if there anything like they used to be. Like Jim said, you get what you pay for in truck tires.

Can't go with ya on the BFGs, Scotty. I read a lot of good (and some not so good) reviews on the All Terrain T/A KOs. I went ahead and went with a set on my 04 Super Duty and they are not fairing that well. I've got about 14k on them so far and the wear is scaring me a bit. I think I'm going to be looking at about 30k when it's time to finally replace them. The truck had a set Michelins on it when I bought it. I don't know how many miles they had, but I think I might go back to those when the time comes. They were much quieter and much more well mannered on the road.

From my experience, tires are a crap-shoot and will behave and wear differently on different vehicles with different drivers in different areas.

Yup, I am with you Robert, I have had great luck out of the BFG AT's, but then I have seen others that swore at them. Michelins are always great mileage tires, but they don't really have a good traction tires. I likes the AT2's, but if I needed a tire that could plow through slop and such, they wouldn't have been great picks. I will say I have 15K or so on my BFG's, put them on about a month before I went to Idaho. They seem like new still. Maybe you got a soft set.. I read something about tires that sit a little longer harden up, rather than a straight off the line tire? Again, I have no idea. Had a set of Toyo OC's, and they lasted 35K before they were SHOT!

 

[nvbroncrider]

Well my LXT AT 2's came off my truck today. Lasted me 14,500 miles. Was hoping 20,000 probably had 3K left in them but lost one do to a sidewall. This is my 4th set of tires for the truck in 3 years. Had to put a set on when I bought it. I really liked those tires but at the price and not getting the mileage I was expecting I'm gonna try a set of Hankooks. I was really surprised how well my Michelins handed the 18" of snow we had this year. Drop her in 2 hold her @ 3K and it would go straight through 3 foot drifts no problem.