I have Michelin LTX MS2 on my F250. Love 'em. Ride is good, excellent traction in all weather. For a non-A/T they are decent in mud. Best of all they are quiet! The drone of tire noise is annoying and it also causes fatigue which is one thing I don't need when towing home after a long day/night of racing. When I bought mine the warehouse that supplies the dealer I use said they were back ordered and couldn't provide an ETA so I purchased them from Discount Tire Direct and they installed & balanced them for $20 per tire.
John (USN Ret) & Debbie
Tux (APBT/Dalmation)
'96 Monaco Windsor 36' DP 8.3 Cummins
Ready Brake & Demco Excali-bar
'02 F250 V10 w/ Banks Power Pack
'03 Ford Explorer
'04 Volvo S80 AWD
'05 Acura TL
240" Dragster 540 BBC
26' trailer
14' Boat w/9.9 Merc
A bit off topic, but I was pleasantly surprised when the factory-installed m/s Bridgestones on my F150 when 85k miles before I replaced them. They would have gone 90k had I let them.
2002 Keystone Cougar 286, 8,400lbs loaded, pulled with a 2004 F150 Supercrew, 5.4, 3.73 gears. Retired and enjoying life
I have had several sets of Michelin LTX MS through the years and got 100,000 miles or slightly more on each set. This was in a Suburban with no towing, but I did tow a 4,200 pound boat/trailer frequently.
This is the same tire I have on my 2500HD now and it looks like I will get very close to 100,000 miles on this set. I tow heavy now, but only 2-3 times a year.
edatlanta wrote: I have had several sets of Michelin LTX MS through the years and got 100,000 miles or slightly more on each set. This was in a Suburban with no towing, but I did tow a 4,200 pound boat/trailer frequently.
This is the same tire I have on my 2500HD now and it looks like I will get very close to 100,000 miles on this set. I tow heavy now, but only 2-3 times a year.
I too use the Michelin LTX MS, while I did not get 100K on the last set, I did get 75K and changed them out before they were completely worn out, sold the old set for 100 bucks. Now that I do not drive my truck daily anymore, the current set will probably be replaced due to dry rot rather than tread wearout.
Very quiet, good ride, will purchase again, currently on my 6th set between two trucks and two Suburbans since 1997.
Chris & Dianne plus two boys, both of them are Eagle Scouts.
Jayco Designer 3110
F250 PSD 4x4 Crew Cab
edatlanta wrote: I have had several sets of Michelin LTX MS through the years and got 100,000 miles or slightly more on each set. This was in a Suburban with no towing, but I did tow a 4,200 pound boat/trailer frequently.
This is the same tire I have on my 2500HD now and it looks like I will get very close to 100,000 miles on this set. I tow heavy now, but only 2-3 times a year.
I too use the Michelin LTX MS, while I did not get 100K on the last set, I did get 75K and changed them out before they were completely worn out, sold the old set for 100 bucks. Now that I do not drive my truck daily anymore, the current set will probably be replaced due to dry rot rather than tread wearout.
Very quiet, good ride, will purchase again, currently on my 6th set between two trucks and two Suburbans since 1997.
I had the Michelins once and although they wore well they were worthless in the snow compared to other tires. I have Had Bridgestone AT Revos and they were ok, but were not great in the snow after about 20K miles. I swore of Coopers do to bad luck however I decided to try them again and purchased some Discoverer AT3's and so far they are better in the snow than the Bridgestone's, but we will have to see how they wear.
Bryan
2003 2500HD Ext. cab short box
6.0 liter 4.10 gears, Nelson performance PCM
98 K1500 4x4 heavy duty 1/2 ton
6,600lb GVWR 5,280lbs on the scale empty
14 bolt rear diff. 3:73 , Tranny and oil coolers
332,000 miles still purrin' like a kitten
Agree with Marty. There is no best tire but only what works best at a particular time for your particular truck and needs.
My current 2500 Dodge/Cummins came with Michelin LTX LT265/70-17 E all seasons. They lasted 115k miles however the LTX AS would get stuck on green grass and were helpless on icy snow pack roads even with 1200 lbs sitting over the rear axles. Very hard rubber tire.
I went with the Bridgestone Revo LT E with the AT tread. I've been pleased with their green grass/icy snow pack road performance even without 1200 lbs in the bed. Ran them for 75k miles which can be typical of the rougher treaded AT tire. I just replaced the Revo with the Revo 2's.
"good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" ............ Will Rogers
'03 2500 QC Dodge/Cummins HO 3.73 6 speed manual Jacobs Westach
'97 Park Avanue 28' 5er 11200 gvwr two slides
edatlanta wrote: I have had several sets of Michelin LTX MS through the years and got 100,000 miles or slightly more on each set. This was in a Suburban with no towing, but I did tow a 4,200 pound boat/trailer frequently.
This is the same tire I have on my 2500HD now and it looks like I will get very close to 100,000 miles on this set. I tow heavy now, but only 2-3 times a year.
I too use the Michelin LTX MS, while I did not get 100K on the last set, I did get 75K and changed them out before they were completely worn out, sold the old set for 100 bucks. Now that I do not drive my truck daily anymore, the current set will probably be replaced due to dry rot rather than tread wearout.
Very quiet, good ride, will purchase again, currently on my 6th set between two trucks and two Suburbans since 1997.
I'm on my first set of Michelin LTX MS, had them on for a year. They are much better in snow than BFG Rugged Trail.
Both previous sets of BFGs lasted 60K & would have gone probably another 20K if I wanted to squeeze every mile out of them. I know most tire problems happen as the tires near then end of their life. Driving in Wisconsin winters I much prefer the Michelins because of the superior traction.
2005 Sierra 285 BH
2003 Dodge 2500 Diesel, quad cab, short bed
Have Firestone transforce HT's on my F250. Been good tires so far for me.
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JIMNLIN wrote: Agree with Marty. There is no best tire but only what works best at a particular time for your particular truck and needs.
My current 2500 Dodge/Cummins came with Michelin LTX LT265/70-17 E all seasons. They lasted 115k miles however the LTX AS would get stuck on green grass and were helpless on icy snow pack roads even with 1200 lbs sitting over the rear axles. Very hard rubber tire.
I went with the Bridgestone Revo LT E with the AT tread. I've been pleased with their green grass/icy snow pack road performance even without 1200 lbs in the bed. Ran them for 75k miles which can be typical of the rougher treaded AT tire. I just replaced the Revo with the Revo 2's.
I think it was the LTX AS that I had and didn't like. Not the MS. Either way they were worthless in the snow.
JIMNLIN wrote: Agree with Marty. There is no best tire but only what works best at a particular time for your particular truck and needs.
My current 2500 Dodge/Cummins came with Michelin LTX LT265/70-17 E all seasons. They lasted 115k miles however the LTX AS would get stuck on green grass and were helpless on icy snow pack roads even with 1200 lbs sitting over the rear axles. Very hard rubber tire.
I went with the Bridgestone Revo LT E with the AT tread. I've been pleased with their green grass/icy snow pack road performance even without 1200 lbs in the bed. Ran them for 75k miles which can be typical of the rougher treaded AT tire. I just replaced the Revo with the Revo 2's.
I think it was the LTX AS that I had and didn't like. Not the MS. Either way they were worthless in the snow.
My own experience with Michelins has not been good. I tend to call them michiblows......but, with that in mind, I also notice what they call an AT tires, seems to be an HT tire for other brands, a traction is an AT in other brands. They seem to push the bottom end of the what they really are, vs other brands would call it an aggressive HT/AT etc.
I will admit, I do like the XDE M+S on my Navistar in a 19.5" size, very good traction tire. On par with the M55 Toyo's on the rear of my dually pickup.
Marty
05 Chev CC D/A LS Dooley
92 Navistar dump truck, 7.3L 7 sp, 4.33 gears with a Detroit no spin
00 Chev C2500, V5700, 4L80E, 4.10, base truck, no options!
92 Red-e-haul 12K equipment trailer
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