I'm running the ltx m/s's and they have been very good in the snow , so far..

 

I think you will enjoy you decision. As I posted earlier, I have Winstons and they still have a few miles to run yet, but when they need replacing, I will surely go for the LTX's. It is my opinion, you're getting the best all around tire. Not cheap, but worth every penny.

 

I didn't know they are from france! Now what am I going to do? So france has better tires than the US? Must be those Pujoes that caused them to do this.

 

Actually, Michelin's corporate headquarters are located in Sarvoie, Poland. Their US headquarters (Mfg division) is located in Spartanburg, SC. They also own Uniroyal Goodrich also located in Spartanburg.

 

They have plants throughout the world...the biggest, I believe, is in Oklahoma (which is the #1 tire production state in the US). They are a French owned company that is publically traded...My bet, is almost any Michelin tire purchased in the US is built in the US.

 

I had a set of Michelin LT/X's on my Explorer and I was very pleased with the ride, as well as the mileage. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

 

General tires came stock on mine. Got 75k on them. Problem with a plugged tire on front forced me to get two front tires. Firestone Transforce HT 235/85R16E are the ones I got. Tread is better designed for the driving I do, than the General's. Front end aligned (sleeve's needed this time) and I have a great driving 02 F-350 PowerStroke. Going to replace 2 at a time. Restricted cash flows problems you know.

 

I've had the tires on for a few days now but just a few around town miles. I will be putting on about 600 miles this weekend and should give me and idea of how they ride on the highway. There an 80 psi tire and I pumped them up to 65 on the front and 70 on the back. Heatstroked had mentioned that he liked them a little on the firm side. It will be a few months before I will be able to see how they pull the 5ver.

 

I have the Michelins on my 94 Suburban. Here's a little story I'd like to share with you on them. I had bent up a couple of the steel rims on my Suburban 4-wheeling it so when I got new tires I also bought some nice aluminum aftermarket rims. I kept having vibration problems in the front end and it didn't go away with balancing or rotation and these were new tires (not Michelins yet). I kept going back to the tire guy and after two new sets of tires with no improvement I finally get a guy that knows something. He said that Suburbans and Tahoes always had that problem with aftermarket wheels unless they ran the Michelins. He showed me why. He mounted one Michelin and one other brand tire and spun them on the balancer. Standing there eyeballing them you could see that the Michelin was about as perfect around as could be. The other tire wasn't, it had a wobble in it's roundness. He said that after mounting tires for a few years he noticed Michelin tires were always more true around than any other brand. I haven't had any problems with vibration in the Suburban since and I've gotten 40K mi on them so far. They're about wore out but they were a 40K mi tire when I bought them. The sidewalls do look dried and cracked but it's our family car and doesn't get much driving. They've been on there a long time and are old. I'll be getting new ones soon. I live in Colorado Springs and have never had a problem with them in the weather, and like you most of the driving the Suburban gets is on pavement.

 

Guzzle92,
I noticed when I first installed the Mich's that I seemed to ge a little more sidewall give during HARD corners than the stock General's I had. I did run the Mich's pumped up for the first 5K or so and then began backing off the pressure as I got used to the handling of the tires. Seems like the sidewalls firmed up over time or I just got used to it.

 

I'll keep an eye on the tread wear from side to side and adjust accordingly. Thanks HeatStroked.

 

I have Michelin LTX M/S tires on my Ranger. Just verifying what you said about Michelins, I've noticed the size of the balance weights on Michelins
on other vehicles. You will find no weights at all, or very small weights.