Bruce Brown wrote:rgatijnet1 wrote:
I'll bet that most people on this forum would chose Michelin tires IF someone else was paying for them. :B
Honestly, Michelins would be my last choice, on anything.
I just replaced the Michelins on my Super Duty, 60,000 mile rated tire, wouldn't pass NYS inspection at 28,000 miles. That was my 3rd Super Duty with those tires, the best set made it just over 30,000 miles.
Well, as stated earlier, I'm sporting brand new Yokahamas in place of the cracked Michelins I had that were only 6.5 years old and 40K miles on them. Not only that but, that coach is parked INSIDE an RV garage for its entire life that we're not out using it. So, it's (and the tires) have had the best of care ever since we purchased it just over 6 years ago.
The Michelins that were on it, were proprietary in size. 255 x 80R x 22.5". I searched quite a bit trying to find other makes in that size. Pretty darn tough to find. So, I upped the size a tiny bit to 265 x 75 x 22." and paid a whole heck of a lot less for the Yokahamas. Very happy with the results.
Scott
gutfelt wrote:rgatijnet1 wrote:
I've never had a bit of trouble with Michelins. I remember one guy posted on here recently that his Michelins were 10 years old, still fine, and asking what he should do. Naturally most of the recommendations were to get some cheaper Chinese brands, even tho it was obvious he knew how to take care of his tires and just got 10 years of service from his Michelins.
I can count on one hand the number of people I have seen checking their tire pressure before hitting the road each morning. One guy even mentioned that his TPMS was going off but that it would stop as soon as he started driving down the highway.
I am convinced that most RV owners do not keep their tires properly inflated and that is what causes most of the problems. They treat them the same way as they do the tires on the cars.
Michelins are notorious for side wall cracking everyone knows that
there also the most expensive :: tires mounted and sealed properly should not need constant AP checking :: people that check AP every day are a tire leak in themselves
There is nothing wrong with checking air pressure in your tires. Tires are not infallible. While construction techniques and SOME quality control has improved over the years, the potential for tires to simply seep air, is still there. It may not happen very often but, it does now and then. I have no proof of it but it's been said that "Capillary action" is one of the reasons for ultra-slow leak down of certain tires. I'm not gonna lose sleep over it. I don't check mine each and every morning.
I turn on my TPM system and, see what it has to say. Many times it squawks at me for a short distance then quiets down. If and when I get around to checking them, when they're cold that is, they're always at the same pressure I set them at, the last time I checked them.
Scott
