Michelin LTX A/T2 Any thoughts?

[Colt45ws]

Those are Euro-Metric. Essentially equivalent to American P-Metric with slight differences caused by them rating max (standard) load at 36psi instead of 35psi. If they are reinforced or extra load tires the max load is 42psi instead of 41psi on P-Metric.

 

[RW1]

Not really sure how to answer your question because each manufacturer does things differently.

So my buddy ended up getting Michelin LTX M/S2s. Now that really surprised me because I didn't think he would spend the money. The guy at Discount Tire told him that for the 98% of the time that he's on the highway, he would appreciate these tires more and do okay the 2% of the time he's offroad. That makes sense to me.

He drove back to Tacoma on I-90 and said it was extremely quiet and smooth. He was happy with the traction that he had on the snow/ice mix over Snoqualmie Pass. His only complaint was that the ride felt a little mushy. Now I noticed he got the P rated tires and suspect the softer sidewalls is what he's feeling. I probably would have spent the extra and got the LT tires in either D or E range. Either way, he's committed now.

 

[Stewart Fan]

No reason to get D or E load range tires on a half ton.

The mushiness is probably due to going from worn tires with hard tread to new tires with a lot of tread depth and fresh rubber.

I'll bet they ride fine with some break in.

 

[durallymax]

Michelin builds a lot of great tires in a lot of industries.

Unfortunately light truck is where they fall short when it comes to traction. Other industries and applications they are the cats behind, but for the Light Trucks they just don't have it.

That said, the traction that I am referring to would be for a midwest farmer needing to go through soft silty loam muddy fields and deep snow. For the person who spends most of their time on road, the Michys are great.

Our 2011 Dmax came with the LTX A/T2s. Their traction may have been poor but with our abuse and heavy towing they held up great. Swapped them off around 40,000 miles for the set of snow tires, but there was still a good 1/4 of the tread or better left. Enough to run through another summer. In less harsh conditions, these tires would easily go 60,000miles+. In fact I was talking to our CAT salesman the other day and he mentioned he was going to get new tires for his truck. He had the same tires on his F150 with 60,000miles on them and they had even more tread on them still. We used to run transforce AT's on our trucks and would be hard pressed to get much over 12,000 miles out of them.

They hold up to the Michelin name of being "green" and giving you a good ROI, however they don't deliver with good agressive traction if that is what you really are looking for.

 

[RW1]

Originally Posted By: durallymax
Michelin builds a lot of great tires in a lot of industries.

Unfortunately light truck is where they fall short when it comes to traction. Other industries and applications they are the cats behind, but for the Light Trucks they just don't have it.

That said, the traction that I am referring to would be for a midwest farmer needing to go through soft silty loam muddy fields and deep snow. For the person who spends most of their time on road, the Michys are great.

Our 2011 Dmax came with the LTX A/T2s. Their traction may have been poor but with our abuse and heavy towing they held up great. Swapped them off around 40,000 miles for the set of snow tires, but there was still a good 1/4 of the tread or better left. Enough to run through another summer. In less harsh conditions, these tires would easily go 60,000miles+. In fact I was talking to our CAT salesman the other day and he mentioned he was going to get new tires for his truck. He had the same tires on his F150 with 60,000miles on them and they had even more tread on them still. We used to run transforce AT's on our trucks and would be hard pressed to get much over 12,000 miles out of them.

They hold up to the Michelin name of being "green" and giving you a good ROI, however they don't deliver with good agressive traction if that is what you really are looking for.


Thanks for the feedback. The buddy I was asking for ended up getting some LTX M/S2s but I'll file this for the future.

 

[Kuato]

Originally Posted By: cchase
... Only downside is the grooves on the M/S love to hang on to pebbles that the A/T's wouldn't grab in the first place. I suspect the M/S2 and A/T2 continue those traits.



HAHAHA so true! We've got these tires on both our Jeeps and the pebbles will ride with you a long, long time. (M/S on one and M/S2 on the other)

On road, and light offroad traction is just fine; we've had up to 6" of snow here in MT already, with no problems getting around.

Awhile back when we were in VA, drove around in 20" of wet snow in the blizzard, no issues there with either vehicle.