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Originally Posted by HeadWest
I'm planning on ordering and putting new tires on our '13 International 28'. When we ordered the trailer, we had Airstream install the Eddie Bauer wheels/tires and time of build. They put on the Michelin LTX M/S which I later found out had been superseded by Michelin with LTX M/S 2's prior to when our trailer was built (using up old stock apparently).
Anyways, with 5 year old tires I want to replace them before moving the trailer south for the winter. I see the Michelin LTX M/S 2's are now replaced with the Defender LTX's which have a longer wearing compound.
Any downside to the Defenders such as poorer braking, wet weather traction, etc.?
Sorry for another tire thread.
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What size are your wheels? if your talking 16", yes, I have run Michelin LTX on my last 3 AS's, but that was when they offered a 15" XLT
(light truck rated) tire;
they no longer offer that in 15"; The LT is available in 16" tires...the 15" Defender M/S2 is a P rated passenger tire...I noticed some "float" on my 2014 when I installed the P rated tires. Yes they were rated to handle the load, but the sidewalls were not as stiff as LT rated Michelins, is what I was told, which explains that "float" feel on the 15"s. If I had 16", I would definitely go with the LT rated Defender M/S2's... You should see 60K+ miles on those tires...
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