michelin tires

[Anonymous-0]

a few fellows who work in the same construction co. as i do say they can get 125000 miles out of a set of 16 in michelin truck tires i have 68000 on my bridgestones and there pretty much shot is there any truth to this or are they messin with me. thanks RICK

 

[oliver power]

I THINK they are messing with you. Michelin is the only truck tire I will buy. Have had many sets (265 & 245 75R 16). I believe they are rated for 50,000 miles. I always get an easy 70,000 miles on them , before putting new ones on for winter. Still look like they have another 25-30,000 left till bald. Without looking ,I believe the ones I buy are XC-4. They are an on/off road tire. Superb road tire. No noise , & grip very good. Not an agressive off road tire. With 4 x 4 , I've never had a problem. Once you try a set , you won't buy anything else. That's what happened to me.

 

[Anonymous-0]

If you can find a set that will hold air, they might. Had four sets, over the years, and had to add air to one or more every week. I have talked to others who had the same problem. Never had this problem with any other brand.

 

[pat sublett]

I only have experience with light truck tires but, yes I have used them for 30 years. I have even required dealers to pull new stock tires off and replace them with Michelins before I bought the vehicle. I am convinced that tey are the best.

 

[RobMD]

Seems like I never buy tires because I always keep my front end lined up true, tires rotated, and correct pressures every time.

Any big brand seems to work well for me because I keep them in tip top shape.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I think it might be far fetched..... but I know a guy who had Firestone Steel Tex on a '99 Ford F250, 4x4, power stroke, put 94,200 miles on the original set. But he rotated tires every 6,000 miles and kept the recomended air pressure in them.

 

[Jonak]

Several years ago a friend told me to buy michelin and tire troubles are over. I have found this to be true. Car tires had 90000 on them and I put on new ones. They are a great tire.!!!

 

[ScottyHOMeY]

I'm in there with Oliver. Got 17" LTX A/S, LR E, on my Ram goin' on 75,000 miles. They'll get through inspection next month no problem and no more than I can affod to drive it, would probably get me into next summer, but I'll probably change them out for four more before winter.

The pickup weighs just shy of 4 tons empty, and probably 20 of those 75k are with trailers weighing from 6k to 12k+.

So, yeah, I've been quite satisfied with them.

The Goodyears on the car are another matter. 8^(

 

[kito169]

I bought a 2000 Chevy 2500 p/u in 2001. It had 16 inch 10 ply rated Michelin tires on it. At 80,000 miles the tires still had 8/32nds tread. I replaced them then because I was tired of the truck getting squirrelly every time the road was damp. If someone spit on the ground, I got stuck. They were good on mileage but traction was terrible. The Coopers that I use now only last 50,000 miles but the traction is great. I put the Michelins on my trailer. They are great there. Rick

 

[Pair-a-dice farm]

It may depend on the type. My Dodge had michelins on it when I bought it new and I only got about 30K. But I live on 3 miles of rough ozark gravel roads.

 

[Anonymous-0]

The shop I buy my tires from sells Michelin, and I've bought them and had good mileage from them. Tire guy always stresses that they have NO road hazard warrantee, so the last few sets I've bought have been Uniroyal, and I have good service from them also. Actually, the only tires that I've had trouble with was Firestone and Cooper, and there'll be no more of them for me.

 

[old]

A lot depends on the type of driving and the roads you drive. They are for the most part the top of the line tires but you also pay the top of the line price for them. But yes if you drive a lot of HWY miles then but them because they do last. I know I did tire repair for years and had very few of them come back for repair etc.

 

[dave guest]

Only thing I know about michelins. My niece was some kind of factory rep and she insisted michelin never has a "second". All less than 100 per cent tires are destroyed and never sold anywhere.

 

[dave guest]

Only thing I know about michelins. My niece was some kind of factory rep and she insisted michelin never has a "second". All less than 100 per cent tires are destroyed and never sold anywhere.

 

[bc]

Most of the Michelins I see are a hard rubber highway tread that isn't very deep. They may last and be good for interstate driving.

I do enough driving in rain, mud, and snow that I like a lot of deep tread. I just buy the best mud & snow tires at sams.

Some of those shallow tread michelins would kinda scare me come winter time. I don't even let the mud & snow tires wear even close to bald or the wear stripe before I replace them.

Having hit black ice and rolling 3 times, we don't take chances any more. Having hydroplaned, slipped on ice and snow, etc., I just don't want to go without some type of deep tread that sheds snow and water.

That said, we had a good michelin mud and snow on our expedition that got good mileage but it was almost double the cost of the goodyears and goodrichs I've been buying at sams and still get similar mileage. That michelin had excellent tread and treadwear but then sam's didn't carry it again. Seems like it was a load range D tire which was a regular 80 psi truck tire.

The tires on my pu now could probably make to next summer but come December I'll probably play it safe and get new ones.

 

[Anonymous-0]

thanks for the replys guys i app. it. RICK

 

[Gun guru]

A friend of mine got 100k miles out of a set of Good Year tires on a 1998 Ranger truck.

 

[El Toro]

Here in MD if your tire tread is worn too much
you can get a ticket and the car will have to be state inspected which is about $100 plus any repairs and new tires. In the state of PA your car is safety inspected once a year and that includes worn tires. When my father-in-law was living it was inspected every 6 months in PA. MD has it if the car is sold and retitled. Anything that has to do with safety is inspected. Exhaust, brakes that includes worn shoes or pads, worn rotors or drums, brake line and hoses, lights and rusted holes into the vehicle's interior where exhaust leaks can enter. Easy to lose traction when the tread is worn too much on wet pavement. Hal

 

[Sam#3]

Yep, I did that on my Mazda. Took care of them, air pressure, slow starts and lay off the brakes, reasonable speed. They still had a lot of service left when I swapped them but I was taking a trip into snow country. I estimated another 10-15k.
Every state I've ever lived in has some sort of safe equipment law that says tires worn into the wear ridges are unsafe.

 

[jose bagge]

Michelin owns Uniroyal...Uniroyal doesn't come with a manufacturer's Road Hazard Warranty either

 

[Anonymous-0]

I have tried Bridgestone/Firestone, Goodyear, Goodrich, Pirelli, Continental, Kelly Springfield, and Michelin. Michelin wear the best.

Other softer tires may offer a better ride but the Michelin's wear the best and seem to never need rebalancing.

One other tire that I like is the Kelly Springfield as it offers a nice ride and reasonable wear without needing to be rebalanced ever time it is driven.

 

[jose bagge]

The LTX in a load range E run at high inflation will get incredibly good mileage on the highway, and i regularly see our commercial accounts get 100k or more on them. Most of the standard load stuff is run underinflated and wear accordingly.
The Crossterrains seem to only go about 60-70k max- again, mostly SUVs and mostly underinflated.
FYI, Michelin owns BFG and Uniroyal. Two of the best buys right now in 16" LT sizes are the BFG Rugged Trails and the Uniroyal Laredo Cross Country- both fine tires for the dollars.
I can run any tire I want ( stock almost everything), and I pulled the LTXs off after I got tired of having to have my wife pull my 2500HD out of the pasture with her BFG All terrain equipped Suburban just about every weekend- flat out no off highway bite. I'm running Yokohamas now (despite the name, made in good old Salem, Va) as an experiment- wear like iron, dig well, noisy as he!!.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I remember in the days of bias ply tires 15-20K was about the life of a tire.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I recently purchased my first set of Michelins.

Some tall skinny 16" highway rib models in load range E for my Chevy 3/4 ton

Over $1000

They have very deep tread and smelled like tires for weeks after purchase.

 

[Butch(OH)]

My experiance matches Jose. I have a set of 245-16 LTX on my 2000 Ford Super Duty 250 2wd right now that if nothing happenens to them will surpass 100K for sure. They are at 84K right now and if I had my camera near by I would take a pic. Id guess just over half but not 2/3 worn out They ride a bit rough but are prefectly quiet at any speed and were round new and have stayed round. Only knocks I have are as Jose said, mud traction leaves somthing to be desired, snow traction is better but not spectacular and the price is not for the faint hearted.

 

[Goose]

My experience with tires over the years has been that my degree of success with a tire is inversely proportional to the price and brand name recognition.

In other words, I've had the best service out of el cheapo, off brands than out of high dollar popular brands. All of that advertising isn't free. A couple of places locally used to sell a brand named "Falls". They were probably the best tires I ever bought at probably 2/3 the price of popular brands. I don't even know who made them. I heard once Cooper, but I'm not sure.

 

[bc]

The LTX was the tire I was thinking of. But dollar per mile wise compared to tread depth, I've been using the goodrich's all terrains from sams. Even on the cars. Daughter lives in a college town with steep hills, Lawrence, KS, with lots of snow and ice in winter. Stop signs and lights are usually at the crest of the hills. Wouldn't want her slip sliding around on some of those highway michelins. Some of them brand new do not pass the penny test where you stick the penny in to see if Lincoln's head is uncovered or not.

 

[bc]

I can agree with Oliver and Lumps but I'm fresh out of thousand dollar bills. When I hit the lottery, Michelin will be back on top of my list again.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Ahhh - he failed to tell me that. . .

 

[bison]

with 20 mls of gravel till the hardtop, i have'nt found a tire that lasted beyond 20 k,incl michelin. they all seperate at some point,even if the tread was still decent.

these days i use used hyway tires that have not seen gravel yet,15 to 20 buck a piece, they usually last as long as new ones before they come apart

 

[Christopher S.]

Real good luck out of the Michelin LTX

 

[El Toro]

She probably should have studded tires in that area. They outlawed them here in MD. My wife swore by those studded tires on ice. I installed the studs here in the kitchen. The Post Office trucks still use them. Hal

 

[Anonymous-0]

Depends how many burnouts the teenager you lend the car to does when your not looking.Actually I work with an electrician that owns a tire place he says it depends on road surface, tire pressure, road temp,distance driven on hot tire, any strikes to sidewalls and many other factors that influence tire life.Ill ask him on monday but to me that sounds like alot of miles to be asking for.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I suspect it would not be in their economic interest to make them so well, so long as they are a little better than the rest.

 

[trucker40]

A lot has to do with having them balanced,then keeping the right air pressure in them,and if you drive on smooth highway roads.Ive gotten over 100,000 miles out of 22.5 steer axle tires.I stayed on fairly smooth roads,not much mountains,and rotated from side to side a couple of times.100,000 miles is not even a year on a big truck.I liked BF Goodrich the best,but Bridgestone did good too.I even had some off brands go 80,000 miles.All my trucks had set back axles too,which is a little harder on tires I think.Its not unusual for Michelin steer tires to go over 100,000.I had a new Bridgestone steer tire that only went 15,000 when the driver hit a tall curb and ripped the rubber off of the sidewall.He drove it 20 miles like that,but not fast.Ive done the same thing myself.Swinging a tractor trailer around a turn at night,especially where there are high curbs you dont know are there,or in the middle of the road(Illinois)?????You can tear up any tire.Mountains like in Arkansas seemed like it would cut 20,000 to 40,000 or more off of the life of steer tires.BF Goodrich held up the best for me on those roads.Air pressure is very important.I would check mine with a guage once a month and look at them every day when I was driving.If they need 5 pounds,put 5 pounds in.Always use the same guage and check it once in a while to see if its close to another guage.Guages get worn out and dont read right after a while.Also its a good idea to put new valve stems in when you change tires.I had lots less flats after doing that.Even a big truck valve stem that costs 15 dollars or more is way less than the cost of repairing a flat out on the road,and tearing up a new tire because I was too cheap to change the stem.If you put a new valve stem in while its out it gives you a chance to get the salt and just plain corrosion out of the wheel that way.Sometimes that right there will ruin a wheel when all you had to do is clean that out,you just didnt know it was there with the old stem in the way.

 

[1936]

The side wall will not take bean stubble have been my experience.

 

[Jeff in TX]

Thats about right. They stopped making the steeltex and replaced them with transforce. People say they are good. I am still on the first set with about 30,000 miles on them and they look real good. Will probably make it to 80,000 pretty easy.

 

[bc]

You nailed it with the heat as the deciding factor. Puttering around town is a lot different than a road trip to california. Then you have to consider and compare the tire compounds to what your everyday driving is and how much heat is generated. Some tire compounds take the heat better, typically the highway tires. But what provides for high heat doesn't always give the best traction.

 

[buickanddeere]

I"ve had the best traction,longest service life and fewest problems since running Michelins on all highway vehicles.
I may even put a set on the tractor since the Michelins are a bit cheaper than the radial Firestones in some sizes.

 

[D13]

I used to take my dad's 70,000 mile Michelins and put them on my cars for 15,000 more miles.

I will never buy another Firestone, got my 99 truck stuck on flat wet grass, sidewalls started to collapse at 25K.

just replaced the factory Firestones on my 2004 minivan at 51k, lots of tread left but threw belts in 3 and seperated tread on the 4th. Put on michelins, whole different ride, much firmer sidewall, more noise, little less traction, but back in no longer wanders around on the highway.

Had real good luck with Goodrich's on my 1/2 tons, but its Michelins for my 3/4.