I have a 2002 Crew Cab 2500HD 4x4 D/A. With 45 K on the original tires I'm going to soon need to replace them.
Thinking about the 265's Michelin LTX MS, I've heard "stories" of people getting 80K-120K miles on a set. There about $175/each. Is there any better road/highway tire? I do very little offroading and when I do it's in the sand at the beach.
Also what air pressure do you guys run these at? The max on the tire is like 80 psi. I rarely haul or tow anything.
Thanks, Merry Christmas.

I love mine and run 65 to 70 in them

I have had excellent luck with these on my 2002. I have over 50k on them, and that includes a lot of stripes left on the road as well as dyno shavings. They are pretty much shot now, but all things considered...

I have a set with about 30,000 miles on them. Look less than 1/2 worn. Do a lot of towing with them. Run 60-65 psi in the front all the time and adjust the backs from 70-75 when towing to 50-55 when not towing. They are a nice quiet tire on the highway and very good in the rain on the pavement; not too good in the mud or in soft wet grass. I have a set of BFG All-Terrain's for the winter.

Good tires, I have 95,000 km on them, about 59,000 miles. Should get to 80-90,000 miles on them no problem. Run preasure the same as sprintmod1, and rotate regularly. Good road tire, don't know about sand though.

Just bought the second set @ 59,800 miles for the Burb. I think that's great mileage for an 8.1 liter 3/4 ton 4X4 that really doesn't do many long haul trips. Heck, the wear bars wern't really worn, they could have gone a few k more.

I run the same Tires in the summer; but the LTX AT I prefer.
Toyo M-55 in winter

They seem like terrific tires to me, quiet, smooth and directionally stable. Mine are the stock 245 size and appear to be holding up very well so far. They are fine for moderate off roading. I've been crawling around the Sierra foothills looking for property lately and they have done very well. One observation, they tend to pick up pea sized rocks and gravel then spew it out slowly over miles and miles. I run 60 lbs in the front and 50 in the rear unloaded, 80 in the rear when towing.

TC

I have 62k miles on my set of LTX M/S tires, & after looking at them, fully expect to get 100k+ miles out of them. It's amazing how balanced & smooth-riding they stay. I run 60 psi front & 45 psi rear when unloaded, & they are wearing very evenly.

The only thing I don't like about them is that I don't think they do very well off-road & in the snow. They're OK, I just think a "M/S" tire could do a little better. As a highway tire, I couldn't ask for a better overall tire.

I got rid of the oem tires with 1000 miles on them and went to Michelins. I've run the same tire on my 93-3500 sw for ten years (3 sets I think). Great road tire & better than fair in the winter. Hit a 12" snow storm in New Mexico last year on the way home & we had no problems. (They say New Mexico has 3 snow plows but we didn't see them)

Four sets of em on three trucks. All got good milage out of them. Not happy with them on wet grass/minor mud. Got stuck

I have load range C tires. I don't tow heavy. Better ride.


Am going to consider Bridgstone Revo's, for next set. Alot of people here seem to like them.

I bought a set of real low mileage take-offs from a Dodge guy. They sure did last a LONG time.

However, the LTX M+S's are a pretty hard compound tire.

After 1/2 the tread is gone, they get REAL hard, and very slick in the rain.

If what your looking for is a long lasting highway tread, they're the ticket.

If you want excellent wet/snow traction, there are much better/cheaper tires out there.

I love em....
My stock tires died at 30k so I put on the michelins....and at 96k I had to replace 2.
I will buy them again.

Just put some on mine, 285's... Much better all around tire then the BFG's they replaced IMO.

Got a set of them (D rated) on my 98 3500 Dodge Dualie. I tow at 13,000 horse trailer. Put em on at 60,000. Now have about 105,000. Still work great in mud, snow and ice. I expect them to last to about 130,000. BTW, I do rotate every 6,000 miles.

Love mine.):h Had them on my Z-71 and switched to these just after getting the Dmax. Zero tire noise in teh cab and good road traction.:)

Running the 245's. Wish i was getting the kind of wear everyone else is. At 15K have used over half the tread. Live in the mountains so that may be some of it.

You've used half the tread, but only 1/3 of the tires life.

They wear like iron the rest of the way.

The people I know that have the Michelin LTX MS tires love them. I wish they came in larger sizes.

I wish I could get them "E" rated for the 17" Hummer rims.........

If you want tires that wear like iron, check out the Michelin XPS. It is available in a highway rib or traction. It has steel sidewalls, and is a commercial tire. Goodyear has the G647, which replaced the G159. It is also steel sidewall. Bridgestone has a steel sidewall tire called the R250, it is available in 265 as well as 235 and 245.

See the BF Goodrich Rugged Trail LT265/70R17/E at:
http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/assets/pdf/rugged_trail_ta.pdf

See the Michlin LTX A/S LT265/70R17/E at
http://www.michelinman.com/assets/pdfs/doc_ltxas.pdf

These are the only 17 inch E rated I’ve found. Both rated at 3195 lbs each.