What's the longest lived, decent traction, load range E, 235 - 85 R - 16 Highway - Towing truck tire ?
Summer - dry & wet ?
Winter - snow & ICE ?
Thx for your inputs !
I'm leaning towards Michelin. ...
What's the longest lived, decent traction, load range E, 235 - 85 R - 16 Highway - Towing truck tire ?
Summer - dry & wet ?
Winter - snow & ICE ?
Thx for your inputs !
I'm leaning towards Michelin. ...
"An analog man living in a digital world"
Michelin LTX. Wear like iron and are decent in the snow. I've had a set from Costco on my F250 for 8 years, 75,000 miles. Never had a flat and still have about 1/3 tread life.
Matt King
FV19 Citation XTC-41
CenDiv-Milwaukee
KEEP THE KINK!
Ditto, cost more up front but more than make up the difference in wear.
Excellent. Thx.
"An analog man living in a digital world"
One more for the Michelin LTX.
Another Michelin LTX owner here. Another perk of the Michelin's is they're low rolling resistance tires - probably gives you ~1mpg.
I have a 4x4 Tundra we use to tow. The truck is driven a lot without towing as well.
We put a set of Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armor Pro Grade tires on it 6 year/60k miles ago. My first impression was - these suckers are going to be gone in a year.
I would estimate 50% tread life remaining today. No road noise. Some off road use too.
We've abused them: over loaded, run over crap
There's Silent Armor and Silent Armor Pro Grade (more$ obviously).
I've never owned Mich LTX, but lots of other Mich tires.
I'd consider both the next time I need to buy....
Thx !
"An analog man living in a digital world"
Michelin LTX!!!!!!!
Had the Michelin LTX as an OE tire on one or more of my trucks - it was a very good tire. Can not speak to life as these were company vehicles and were with me for less than one year.
The Hankook DynaPro ATM has a horrible name but it actually quite a good tire and available in load range E for a very appealing price. Had some on an older full sized SUV for about a year and was very pleased with their performance.
Mark Silverberg - SE Michigan
Lynx B FV & Royale RP3 FF
240Z Vintage Production Car
PCR, Kosmic CRG & Birel karts
Still boycotting Mich here = I like Pirelli Scorpions on my F250
Michelin boycott started in response to what Michelin did at Indy F1.......how soon the others forgot huh?
And I agree the problem is...it was a land rover
the Scorpions gave me about 70,000 miles - check your compounds - even on street tires
In a life long time ago I worked at a company that made wheels for 18 wheelers.
We used to test wheels using a tire test machine with a BIG driven drum and a hydraulic ram to press the wheel tire assembly against the drum.
Ran the assembly about 60 mph at 2 1/2 times the rating of the wheel (or 5 times the rating of the best tires).
Michelins lasted 4 to 5 times longer than any other brand we tried. And we bought the tires 30 at a time so we had plenty of opportunity to try various choices.
Tried some McCrearys once. They lasted about an hour before blowing.
Michelin LTX hands down (there are a few different LTX models). It will transform how your truck rides and handles for the better.
Peter Calhoun
Motorsport Manager- Michelin North America, Inc.
Swift DB1-86 FF1600 (bye-bye 3.12)
2009-10 SCCA CM National Champions
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