Just seeing input and info and Michelin LTX load range E tires for our trucks. Seems the best overall choice from what I have researched, I currently run Goodyear Wrangler ATS's and while okay, they seem to wear sooner than I thought they might. How are the LTX's in terms of road use, handling, wet and snow traction/control, and lighter mud capabilities? Road noise (not that the Cummins can't overpower that...)?

I'm looking at 245/75R16 E's, at Sam's Club installed they are $165.13/ea, totaling to $763.37

Any advice?

Now I could also go with a set of Goodyear ADT-2's same size, $126.22/ea or total of 595.28.


I know the Michelins are the current factory-fit tire. Are they $170 better overall that the Goodyears?

Thanks for your help!

 

Simple answer. YES

The LTX's are really hard to beat (IMO) I know several people who will only run Michelins. They have a great history and are known to outlast other tires by a long shot. I don't know how well they perform in the mud and slush, I would suspect not very well. I can tell you that my OEM set had awesome street control, were never noisey and did as well as a street tread can in the snow. The trick is longeveity, they are hard to beat there. Only other tire I have heard people rave about are some of the Toyo's.

I say cough up the exrta dough and get a tire that is going to last......

 

How many miles you got on the Wranglers?

I got 68,000 out of my old LTX's I have BFG's on now, I imagine I'll be lucky to get 40-45K out of them.

 

I put Yokohama 265/75/16s on about 4K miles ago. No complaints so far. they replaced BFG K/Os which were OK - sort of. Got 60K out of them but don't need tires for snow/mud anymore.

Looked at Michelin LTX/MS but decided I didn't need to pay the high price for what I do with the truck. Must have read a gazillion user reports on Tire Rack. Too many reports of the Michelins being slick in the wet, so that plus price is how I made the choice. Bought them at a local tire shop.

Yokohama H/T-S S051. Around 500 bucks for four - mounted, balanced and unafraid.

BTW, the Yokohamas are D-rated but specs say close to 3000 lbs/wheel load. 65 front 50 rear - rides nice.

 

PJ, I went with the BF's 285's, I am at 85000 on the tires, and should get through this summer. They have about 30% left in em. THey were an awesome tire. So I guess I will go with them again when I put tires on next fall.

 

The Michelin LTXs are completey useless in anything more than a dusting of snow. They do last a long time, but there's a reason for that--a hard compound. That hard compound makes them horrible snow and wet-traction tires.

And forget about anything even resembling mud; you might as well just get out and start hiking.

 

Excellent for high mileage wear. But on wet pavement and around the farm they were horrible. They handled well on dry pavement though.

 

Rowdy III - Welcome to the site!! Go ahead and put your truck info in your tagline, it helps for diagnosis in the future - I like that line in there already!

I have gotten about 55k on the rear tires (now - have rotated there four times or so), and actually only about 30k on the fronts? They are not as bad - could live with them likey, but there's a tire shake currently and a bit of instability in the steering wheel over certian types of bumps, so I would rather "baseline it" again with four new ones. I'm planning to have the best tire of the current four put on the spare.

This leads to anther quick question - I have understood alignments are best done after a new set of tires have broken in - say 5k or so. Any truth to this?

Thanks again for the help.

 

Just got another quote _ Wrangler RT-S's Goodyear, $145/ea, and about $734 for a full set. Any thoughts on these?

 

I have 46,000 on my Wranglers. Probably 30K or more of those miles are while towing a 16,000 pound fiver and over some horrible roads. I probably have another 30K left in 4 of them and 10K in two of them. They have served me well.
Bob

 

When I bought my '99 it came with Michelin LTX M&S in size LT245/75 16E. On those original tires I got 125,000 miles on them. I ran them at 70psi and rotated them every 10,000 miles. They were just OK in the snow but better than the Michelin LTX AS LT265/70 17E tires on my 04.5. They suck big time in snow, rain and don't even think about mud. I have about 34,000 miles on those, and from the way they look I can get 70,000 miles out of them. Be advised though, Michelin is French for "stone slinger"!!! The M&S's picked up every small stone they'd run over and sling it into the rockers and behind the rear tires. The AS's aren't anywhere near as bad but still do it!!!

 

Same here. NOTHING CAN BEAT MICHELIN ON THE ROAD. PERIOD. Don't know about snow, hard to come by in So. Texas. I can imagine they're not too hot
in the pature in mud, but the ltx is not an agressive tread either. I had some Xh's on a '94 intrepid; they had 80,000 on them & 1/3 of the tread left when car was traded in.

 

Cool, I've got weenie 265's on now. I got a screaming deal on some dealer take off's, the guy thought they were Michelins. When I went to pick them up they were the BFG's. Guess I'm happier than I tought!

 

i had that size on my 97 when I bought it and they sucked in snow and mud and being from MN i got rid of them right away. they did ware great and drove nice but i hated them for wet weather

woops i was thinking about the ATX's

the ltx's are ok dad had them they wore good ad did good in wet weather

 

I have used the LTX for years until I put the new TOYO HT tires on.
Better in snow, better on the highway and less bounce when aired up.

I loved the LTX so I was hesitant to switch. I have close to 45 thousand miles on the TOYO's and they are wearing awesome. At least a third of that is towing. Well worth looking at. I paid 201 Canadian per tire. LTX was almost one hundred more up here.

Scotty