Tire age advise

BTW, I'm not some Michelin freak... Though I feel they make an excellent truck tire, I was not a fan of their high performance all seasons (Pilot
Sport AS2s)when I ran them on my wife's G8. Wore out very fast. But I'm giving them a try again currently with the AS3s as it is supposed to be a
new compound) I also run Michelin's (LTXs Load Range E) on my Excursion. Great tire, but I would not run these if I always had them heavily loaded
like in the GMC, as I find the sidewalls to be too soft. They ride and grip great, though.

While I'm not a Michelin freak, I am a car freak... I've got way too many according to my wife, but consequently, I own tires from a lot of brands.
Going through them, I'm currently running tires by: Bridgestone, BFG, Pirelli, Hankook, Toyo, Continental, Yokohama and Falcon....

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Mark S. '73 Painted Desert,
Manny 1 Ton Front End,
Howell Injection,
Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes,
Fort Worth, TX
 
My brother had problems with Goodrich TA's on his Ford mini Motorhome it is a2006 Thor. He had to replace 4 tires in the last 2 years the date code
was 2016 all 225 16 E rated. He is running at 80 psi and his coach is right at the tire load rating. I believe other folks had problems with
Goodrich also . You never know even Michelin has had problems in the past.
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Roy Keen
Minden,NV
76 X Glenbrook
 
BF Goodrich is a Michelin brand - but I'm not sure how many manufacturing
plants they share between their various brands. It wouldn't surprise me to
hear that both brands (and others) are manufactured in the same facility...

Rob
Victoria, BC
76 Royale - Rear Twins/Dry Bath

On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 9:12 PM roy keen via Gmclist <

> My brother had problems with Goodrich TA's on his Ford mini Motorhome it
> is a2006 Thor. He had to replace 4 tires in the last 2 years the date code
> was 2016 all 225 16 E rated. He is running at 80 psi and his coach is
> right at the tire load rating. I believe other folks had problems with
> Goodrich also . You never know even Michelin has had problems in the past.
> --
> Roy Keen
> Minden,NV
> 76 X Glenbrook
>
 
The shards and carcass parts you see strewn on our highways are all steel truck tire remnants. Any micro cracking in the sideways allows moisture and
road chemicals to wick into the steel wires. The wire corrodes and this corrosion goes undetected until the sidewall fails. I'll stick with the poly.

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John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
 
> The shards and carcass parts you see strewn on our highways are all steel truck tire remnants. Any micro cracking in the sideways allows moisture
> and road chemicals to wick into the steel wires. The wire corrodes and this corrosion goes undetected until the sidewall fails. I'll stick with the
> poly.

A poly sidewall tire still has steel belts on the tread. If a tire is cracked enough to let moisture into the casing so the wire corrodes, it does
not matter if it is steel in the sidewall or steel in the tread, you'll still end up with a failure.

Also, most of the tire remnants you see on the highway are recap failures, not failures due to corrosion of the belts.

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Mark S. '73 Painted Desert,
Manny 1 Ton Front End,
Howell Injection,
Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes,
Fort Worth, TX
 
A belt failure usually gives you an audible clue as well as tactile clue before fail. A belt fail usually will contain air and carcass integrity as
belts are outboard of the carcass. A truck tire Bandag recap can likewise jettison the recap rubber and still hold air. This is the typical black
alligator you see usually split but remaining the length of the circumference. These used to he very common. What I'm seeing daily on the highways
now is steel shards from total sidewall fail and lots of separate shrapnel for a 1/4 mile or so. This is steel wire fail of the carcass. BOOM!
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John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
 
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