BFGoodrich Commercial T/A or Michelin LTX M/S2

[mwilson]

Just installed a new set of Michelins on my '04. 5 because the Michelins that were on there were down to DOT minimums for a commercial truck. Those tires had 150,000 highway miles on them. Always maintained psi and rotated at approximately 7k miles. The tread was still flat across the tire, no cupping anywhere and this truck had alignment issues for most of those miles. The alignment has been fixed and I expect to get 180,000 miles out of this new set which is what I always got out of the Michelins on my 2001.



Godspeed,

Trent

Trent is right on about the rotation mileage.



I screwed up last summer and went 15,000 before rotating. Now I have 2 tires worn about a 1/3rd more than the other two.



Rotation is critical.



Mike.

 

[BillGotthelf]

I am running 2 Firestone Transforce and 2 Michelin's. I have 22,000 on them and the wear is even between all 4 tires. Judging by the wear I should see 60-70,000 miles. This is on a 4x4 and since money is tight I will be putting 4 Firestones on when I need to.

 

[firefighter_2000]

Michelin's

I cant speak for the Michelin's but out of the vehicles I've owned, I've always run Michelin LTX M/S tires on all but two sets. One set was a Uniroyal Laredo, and it should have been called a Uniroyal Pain in the @$$... The other was a Michelin LTX A/S. They were great tires as well, but only got about 10k less than the M/S. Each set of M/S tires I bought got just between 80 & 90k before replacement. Never had a blowout (knock on wood) either. The uniroyal's I got 30k. Had my "trusted" tire guy at the time talk me into those. I now have a new tire guy who insists on the Michelin LTS M/S. Says its the best tire on the road today. Only draw back is holding in the stones, but I have the wheel well liners so its not so much a problem.

Thanks

Craig

 

[HBarlow]

My HitchHiker fifthwheel came with a set of Uniroyal LT235/85R16 LRE. One of them slung its tread and the casing disintegrated at 65mph on I-40 with 16,000 miles and about one year old. When I took it to my local SAM's Club the following morning one of the tire men, a good friend, showed me the second one on the street side also had a major tread separation which would have been slung off in another 100 miles. Junk!

I figured the Uniroyals were junk but thought I might get two years out of them before installing Michelin XPS Ribs. Barely even made one year.

 

[KAltizer]

Check out Hankook, I had BFG's good but not rated for the truck. Hankook has the DynaAT I believe, so far I have had excellent road wear and I plow snow I was the only one to make it through the drifts this past season. All the other trucks run BFG or Michelins. The tire is rated on high end of the E I think they are 3800lbs per tire, I know BFG has come out with an E rated tire since.

Good luck.

 

[LBARTLETT]

Michelins are the best bang for the buck if you can afford the initital purchase



If not I recommend Firestone Transforce HT's, I believe the are the 2nd best tire made. I run them on my 2-wheel drive dually which is highway miles and some heavy towing



I can get 70-80k miles out of a set with proper rotation

 

[Jack in Alaska]

My 1st set of Michelin LTX MS went 60k miles and still had fair tread left. I replaced them in Oct. 2010 with LTX MS2 and in 17k miles they are 50% worn and have some weather cracking near the rims.

Both sets had similar duty. Lots of highway miles with towing approx. 25% of the time.

Michelin said..... too bad, contact the dealer. Costco in Az. and Anchorage said to run them until I was uncomfortable with them. Then they would replace them with new ones and prorate the cost or I could buy another brand and they would do the same if I brought the old tires in with paperwork.

Truck is in Az. but will replace them when back home in Anchorage in the spring.

What kind to buy?????

 

[bsesby]

I had the BF KM2 It stared delaminating. I also had the Michelin... . can't rememebr what model, but they started cupping so bad that it was setting off the ABS when breaking, and the guy at Discount said yes I heard it when you came in the parking lot and we will give you a full refund on those tires. I have my second set of Toyo and I'm in love!

 

[Got HO?]

Check out Hankook, I had BFG's good but not rated for the truck. Hankook has the DynaAT I believe, so far I have had excellent road wear and I plow snow I was the only one to make it through the drifts this past season. All the other trucks run BFG or Michelins. The tire is rated on high end of the E I think they are 3800lbs per tire, I know BFG has come out with an E rated tire since.

Good luck.

I second that. I have a set of Hankook Dynapro ATM's on my '03 now after having used Michelins and Bridgestone Revo's, both the Revo 2's, and the original Revo. The Hankooks are in a class by themselves, and their pricing is good too.

 

[WCOOK]

I have a set of BF Comm T/A's on my 3/4 ton truck 2wd. They're warranteed to 40k but are wearing such that I'll be lucky to get 35k. Truck is mainly used for towing travel trailer at 8k lbs. Also note extremely poor traction off the pavement... . lots of rear wheel slippage in dirt/sand/grass. Looking at Michelin next time around.

 

[MChrist]

According to Tire Rack, in 235/80/17, BFG Commercial T/A is $197, Michelin LTX M/S2 is $248 for black sidewall, $231 for OWL, and the previous model, the LTX M/S is $225. Michelin also is offering $70 off if you buy 4 or more. (offer ends soon).



Also, according to their tire survey, Michelin LTX M/S 2 came in first place, M/S came in third, BFG Commercial TA came in 26th.



Choose what you feel is best, but Michelins do typically supply the driver with more miles...

 

[HBarlow]

MChrist,

That is useful and factual information helpful to anyone considering tires.

A $231 Michelin LTX M/S2 minus $17. 50 ($70/4=$17. 50) equals $213. 50 per tire. That's not a bad price for the best light truck tire money can buy.