Why don't more people run Michelin AT's?

cRhack

cRhack

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I'm running the michelin LTX AT2's in 265/70r16- and so far they're awesome tires. I've put about 5000 miles on them, on and off road, plenty of highway and city. 60,000 mile warranty, they perform great off road on rocks, wet roads, loose dirt, light mud. Haven't had a single time where I've expected more out of them. I have noticed that not many people make posts about buying them, and I just thought I'd ask - why?
 
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My Wife's '00 had a set of 265/70r16 Michelin LTX M/S tires on it when we bought it. They were worn, but still had some life on them so we decided she should just drive it until they wore out. Well... the dang tires just wouldn't wear... they just kept going and going.

We finally got tired of waiting for them to wear out and put on the set of BFG's that we had on standby.

An ex-gf had a set on a Jeep Grand Cherokee back in the day, and I was able to put a couple thousand miles on those tires. They were quiet, performed well on wet roads, and held up to light/moderate off road use. They sucked in the mud though.
 
BigFishAllDay said:
They sucked in the mud though.
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Yeah I imagine they do- they have good tread but they're not aggressive enough to really grab onto anything in deep mud. I'm not a big fan of mud tho... Read too many horror stories and gotten stuck too many times with friends to really want to go get into any haha
 
I agree w/you 100% on mud, but for those times when you HAVE to deal with it, it's nice to have a tire that can hold its own.
 
My 4Runner had the Michelin AT's when I got it and I hated them... They road very well on the freeway, but around town in the rain I couldn't get traction to save my life.
 
Tire Rack rates them pretty good.... figuring buying some before winter... thinking of going up to the 265/75R16 instead of the 265/70... little more wheel to fill out the wheel well plus think they are rated a little heavier duty... current dueller revo tires are 265/75... previous owner had bright idea to put the heavy duty version on (multiply) cuz they got a deal.... and it runs like a bulldozer... hoping it rides alot smoother with those Michelins...
 
They suck off road that why no one use them don't get me wrong they are a great tire for a mall rig and ride nice on the road I have a set on my rig right now I paid a guy a 100 bucks for a set of 4 with my 10k on. The is was the best/worst 100 buck I spent they are coming off tomorrow when my new coopers ATP get here
 
They are a street tire, that's probably why you don't hear too much about them on the forum. The tread pattern and construction are more consistent with an all-season road tire than a real off-road tire. That said, I'm sure they're fine for run of the mill trail runs and dirt roads (hell, so are blizzaks) but I don't think they'd stack up if you aired down and went crawling.
 
The LTX A/T2's are nice. Michelin's most aggressive tire. I hear good things about them and see them on about 33% of all the new F150's we sell at work. I ended up putting Hankook DynaPro ATM's on my 4R as they were cheaper and more aggressive. The Michelins everyone is referring to are different tires. I don't think they make those older LTX's anymore.
 
01sr54x4 said:
The LTX A/T2's are nice. Michelin's most aggressive tire. I hear good things about them and see them on about 33% of all the new F150's we sell at work. I ended up putting Hankook DynaPro ATM's on my 4R as they were cheaper and more aggressive. The Michelins everyone is referring to are different tires. I don't think they make those older LTX's anymore.
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The ones on my truck are their most aggressive tire- but they don't look like an aggressive tire compared to the DynaPro's. I just moved to North Dakota and I've noticed that EVERYONE is running DynaPro's here. Mostly on the bigger trucks, turbo diesels and such.

The AT2's are a pretty good.. at least for what I need them for... they're a less aggressive AT than a BFG or Duratrac but they're great on the highway and in snow and that's primarily what I need them for- I'll take it wheeling when I go home for on lighter trails. I've taken it out two or three on trails- I've been out in other vehicles- and it's done really well on trails that I need every inch of the clearance I have, and they haven't let me down yet.
 
I'm running the LT 265/70x17 E rated AT2's on my wife's Sequoia and really like them. Nothing more than dirt roads for her car but a huge improvement over the rough riding and hard to balance Goodyear Silent Armors that were on before. The Michelins balance well, ride smoothly, are very good in the rain, and are wearing well. I'd probably go with something with siping if i lived in a snowy climate but they still do fine in the snow.
 
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Michelin=$$$$ but it depends on what you do and where you go with your T4R. For highway they are awesome, wear like steel.
 
I have them on my stock 97 SR5 and think they are great. I'm probably 70% on pavement with off road/snow time spent on fire roads and mining trails around NM and the San Juans, and for that application they have been fine. I can echo the other positive comments, and have nothing bad to say about them after 40K miles on this set.
 
I think Michelin makes a great tire, I wish they'd make something that was pretty aggressive, well besides the tires they make for the Humvees
 
Dous said:
I think Michelin makes a great tire, I wish they'd make something that was pretty aggressive, well besides the tires they make for the Humvees
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If Michelin made a tire that was aggressive enough to air down and go wheeling I'd be a lifetime customer. I ran them on my old chevy exclusively and never had any problems in any weather, even in a 2wd short bed 5spd with a regular radial street tire.
 
cRhack said:
If Michelin made a tire that was aggressive enough to air down and go wheeling I'd be a lifetime customer. I ran them on my old chevy exclusively and never had any problems in any weather, even in a 2wd short bed 5spd with a regular radial street tire.
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They do. They are sold under the BFG name.
 
Funny story. I have Buddy who works for Michelin Thailand. She came over here to learn how the Michelin in Greenville, SC is so quick in producing tire molds. It takes the Thai's about 5 days to do what it takes SC to do in 5 hours.

Michelin paid for this engineer travel time,let her spend one 1 week to review process controls in SC and she learned the secret in an hour.

Michelin abroad has much stricter tolerances then the americans.

Because SC tolerances are more looser, they can build the tire molds in 1/5 the time as they do over seas.

Bottom line find out where the tires come from before deciding on a final purchase.
 
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