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01-14-2019, 06:00 PM #21
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Michelin Defenders on TV and Goodyear Endurance on the TT. I'm totally satisfied with the quiet smooth ride of both.
Your OEM TV tires will be a different compound from the same tire in the aftermarket. The OEM tires will be harder and will wear extremely well. Only issue is that they will continue to harden. This will be noticed at around half the tread life but snow and wet performance will diminish. Many change these out due to this issue.MidwestCamper
Jim & Dawn
Near Milford, Michigan
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01-15-2019, 01:46 PM #22
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I also went to the Nitto EXO grapplers. My stock Michelins were shot at 33K. The EXO's are marketed as a "heavy duty" tire as opposed to a "light truck" tire the rest of the brand has, whatever that means. I was told there specifically made for hauling heavy. They carry the same E rating.
They run fine but are not as quiet as the stock tire, they have a fairly aggressive tread. I'm anxious to see how they wear, I read a lot of good reviews with high mileage claims so we'll see.
I did up the size to get a higher load capacity. I think they are 3860# vs 3525# from the stock tires.2021 Solitude 375 RES-R
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01-17-2019, 04:18 AM #23
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I've not had my defenders in the snow yet but I did notice the sipes are all the way down to the wear bars. Not sure why this would not enhance traction since my Goodyear SRA tires had sipes that were barely 1/4 inch deep. And the wet traction on those tires were poor. I've played with the cornering on my half ton with the defenders which I have increased pressure to 45 psi and its like the truck is on a rail.
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Jim & Dawn
Near Milford, Michigan
2017 Imagine 2600RB
2015 GMC Sierra 1500 Double Cab 4x4
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01-17-2019, 07:33 AM #24
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I have had the Michelin Defenders in all kinds of conditions. My experience differs a little from Nuffsaid. What I have found is that they do really well in the rain, on hard pack snow and on ice. They even do pretty well off road if the conditions are dry. Where they don't do well is in deep snow or any kind of mud. The siping seems to help a lot in some conditions but because of the lack of a more open tread they just don't do well when things get deep.
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Randy & Sharon (Went full time April 14th 2017)
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01-17-2019, 08:11 AM #25
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01-17-2019, 09:38 AM #26
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01-18-2019, 05:40 PM #27
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01-19-2019, 09:36 AM #28
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So much for that idea. I only see 4 tires in 285/70/18. A couple of Nitto off road tires, a BFG mud tire and a Toyo off road tire. I was hoping Michelin made a Defender in that size. I have nothing against Nitto or the others, just don't need an off road tread. I only use 4WD on rare occasions.
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01-19-2019, 01:28 PM #29
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While I cant say for sure, I'm pretty sure 295/70/18 would fit also. It was the original size I was looking at but the Heavy duty designation for the EXO intrigued me and it was slightly smaller. I wasn't looking for size just higher capacity and the only way to get that is to go bigger. That opens a bunch more selections, its a more popular size.
275/70/18 would for sure fit and its slightly larger than stock.2021 Solitude 375 RES-R
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01-19-2019, 09:08 PM #30
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295's wouldn't fit on my aftermarket vision wheels. The extra offset is probably what made my tires hit. I ended up ordering 285/65R18's instead. They are almost the same height as my current 275/70R18 and carry the same load capacity at 3640 each.
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