Tire Discussion (Moved from TV Photo Thread)

[blwnsmoke]

Originally Posted by DocGTO

Sweet rig! You will love those Michelins for towing. Great weight rating, quiet, and good traction in foul weather/terrain.

Thanks. I had Goodyear Wrangler ATS on my 07 6.0.. was getting about 55,000 miles per set. Not looking forward to having to replace the Michelins due to their cost but unloaded they ride VERY nice.

[fordmantpw]

Originally Posted by blwnsmoke

Thanks. I had Goodyear Wrangler ATS on my 07 6.0.. was getting about 55,000 miles per set. Not looking forward to having to replace the Michelins due to their cost but unloaded they ride VERY nice.

I'm needing to replace the GY Wrangler ATS on my '08 F250. Do you like the Michelins better than the Goodyears so far?

[blwnsmoke]

Originally Posted by fordmantpw

I'm needing to replace the GY Wrangler ATS on my '08 F250. Do you like the Michelins better than the Goodyears so far?

So far I love the Michelins.. But to be fair, I just turned 5,000 miles yesterday on the truck so it isn't a fair comparison. The truck drives and rides beautifully!! Smooth, quiet and precise.

My first set of Wranglers I changed out at 52,000 but only because winter was coming and I wanted new tread (I plow).. if it was the summer, I could have gone longer. My 2nd set I had 55,000 on them and still could have gone a little longer. Keep in mind as well that I neglected the tire rotations and only had 1 done in the 107,000 miles between the two sets.

However, I found them at buy 3 get 1 free.. So I went to Townfair tire, bought them, then the next day brought in the buy 3 get 1 from a competitor and they price matched plus took another 10% off. I ended up paying about $850 for 4 new tires mounted/balanced and these are the 20" tires lol. So that is another reason I stuck with them.. was always able to finagle a great deal. At almost half the price of Michelins, I didn't care if they were not as good of a tire, I got the mileage and saved a boat load of money.

Michelins if I'm not mistaken are around $400 a piece.. Ouch!!

Sorry, got a little off topic lol.

[Lynkage]

Originally Posted by fordmantpw

I'm needing to replace the GY Wrangler ATS on my '08 F250. Do you like the Michelins better than the Goodyears so far?

I use the Michelin LTX MS2's the entire summer (almost 6000 miles of towing) and by far out perform the BFG rugged trails that were on it.

Very stable with a very heavy load at 29K. 4k of it directly on the rear end. My Michelin LTX M/S2 245/75-17 were about $220 each X6 from Discount.

[mackman1994]

I wouldn't give 10 cents for a Goodyear tire but I do like my Michelins that came on my 2012 F -350. 30,000 miles and close to 2/3 tread yet. About 9000 of those miles towing.

[fordmantpw]

Are the Michelins that come on the F2/350's the LTX AT2? That's what I'm leaning toward. Thanks for the input all. Sorry for the derail of the post.

[mud yapster]

I can't remember what came on mine sorry

[Bryce]

Originally Posted by mud yapster

I can't remember what came on mine sorry

On your '01. Originally it would have had Firestone Steeltex tires.

I had Michelin LTX AT2 fir a while and the sidewalks starting having tiny cracks in the sidewalls at about 25k miles. Discount Tires warranties them out and I went back to BFG ATs.

[fordmantpw]

Originally Posted by Bryce

I totally agree!!!


On your '01. Originally it would have had Firestone Steeltex tires.

I had Michelin LTX AT2 fir a while and the sidewalks starting having tiny cracks in the sidewalls at about 25k miles. Discount Tires warranties them out and I went back to BFG ATs.

How are the Michelins vs. the BFGs for stability while towing, smoothness and quietness, snow traction, wet traction?

[ironj]

Ive had (have) bfg at, the factory Michelin at, yokahama geolandars and nitto trail grapplers. ..obviuosly the nittos and yokahamas were great off road but mpg was down 2-3 towing with them (larger than stock 35x12.5x20")

Between the bfg and michellin, the bfg were louder, didnt last as long and were not as good mpg wise.. only about .5mpg diff tho from michellin..

The bfg seemed (to me) to perform better wet...

That said, I run the factory michellins when I tow and out of all I like them best....

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[fordmantpw]

If anyone wants to contribute to the 'fordmantpw new tire fund', let me know!

[B and B]

Originally Posted by fordmantpw

Are the Michelins that come on the F2/350's the LTX AT2? That's what I'm leaning toward. Thanks for the input all. Sorry for the derail of the post.

I have these tires. They are a tad noisy but tow great, lots of traction, rain they clear the water from the tread,Snow they also kick it too. Highly recommended here.

Brian

[blwnsmoke]

Originally Posted by fordmantpw

If anyone wants to contribute to the 'fordmantpw new tire fund', let me know!

I'll see your tire fund and raise you a 5th wheel hitch fund.

[fordmantpw]

Originally Posted by B and B

I have these tires. They are a tad noisy but tow great, lots of traction, rain they clear the water from the tread,Snow they also kick it too. Highly recommended here.

Brian

Thanks for the input!

Originally Posted by blwnsmoke

I'll see your tire fund and raise you a 5th wheel hitch fund.

I will donate to yours if you donate to mine!

[beechjet16mf]

We just finished our ALCAN trip in June, and have Michelin LTX MS2's on our Suburban.
We have 9000 miles on the tires, and when we had them installed in April, I measured the tread depth with a micrometer. I can't believe that there has been so little wear on them. We towed our Flagstaff 27RLWS and had absolutely no tire problems. I have run a set of these on a 2500 Suburban over 60,000 miles before I changed them. They still had tread, but we were headed into winter, and I decided more tread was better.