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Dave Smith
Guest
Lon wrote:
>
> > IMO, Michelin are the most over rated tire on the market. In 40 years of
> > driving, the only tire that has ever blown out on me was a Michelin, and the
> > rest of the same set were less than satisfactory.... performance and short life.
> > Many years ago when I worked on a highway maintenance crew we picked up more
> > tire debris from blown out Michelins than all other brands combined, and they
> > were not all that common at the time, so the failure rate was many times worse
> > than other brands. When you look at the tire brands used by transportation
> > companies, who would expect to do careful research before committing to a brand,
> > you will note that very few of them use Michelin.
>
> Could you describe the type of debris from Michelins that you picked
> up?
Tire carcasses.
>
> Purely an unscientific survey consisting of checking the brands on
> the commercial big rigs I drive next to, the appearance of any brand
> *other* than Michelin is pretty darned rare. This is as much due to
> their wear patterns and re-treading capabilities as to any inherent
> superiority I suspect. That unscientific survey does include having
> the top truck lines as customers....which gives pretty good
> opportunity to check tires.
Your unscientific survey shows much different results from mine. I spent the last 16
years as a truck and bus inspector and I find it hard to believe that unless you did
your survey within a block of a Michelin dealer that you would find anything like
that. I spent a lot of time every day crawling in, around and under trucks and buses.
We always paid close attention to tires, and I didn't see many Michelins.
>
> > IMO, Michelin are the most over rated tire on the market. In 40 years of
> > driving, the only tire that has ever blown out on me was a Michelin, and the
> > rest of the same set were less than satisfactory.... performance and short life.
> > Many years ago when I worked on a highway maintenance crew we picked up more
> > tire debris from blown out Michelins than all other brands combined, and they
> > were not all that common at the time, so the failure rate was many times worse
> > than other brands. When you look at the tire brands used by transportation
> > companies, who would expect to do careful research before committing to a brand,
> > you will note that very few of them use Michelin.
>
> Could you describe the type of debris from Michelins that you picked
> up?
Tire carcasses.
>
> Purely an unscientific survey consisting of checking the brands on
> the commercial big rigs I drive next to, the appearance of any brand
> *other* than Michelin is pretty darned rare. This is as much due to
> their wear patterns and re-treading capabilities as to any inherent
> superiority I suspect. That unscientific survey does include having
> the top truck lines as customers....which gives pretty good
> opportunity to check tires.
Your unscientific survey shows much different results from mine. I spent the last 16
years as a truck and bus inspector and I find it hard to believe that unless you did
your survey within a block of a Michelin dealer that you would find anything like
that. I spent a lot of time every day crawling in, around and under trucks and buses.
We always paid close attention to tires, and I didn't see many Michelins.