Conti vs Michelin steer tires, which is the best choice?

I think Michelins are overrated. If you have a truck you don’t run that many miles, they will rot before they wear out.

We have always mostly run Bridgestone, but are slowly switching to Continental. I know for a trailer tire, noting holds up as well as Continental.

 

Michelins are on the backorder everywhere and I am putting Conti HS3 today to try out.
X Line Energy Z is a great tire, I totally would get them again, but I really can't wait, so hopefully these Contis work out well

 

That's due to tariffs with China....

 

I just bought 8 brand new AmeriSteel 460 drive tires. General/Continental brand. USA made. Gonna see how they work out. But today’s market with commercial tires have been an issue.

 

Since we do local hauling, I’m thinking of trying the Continental HS3 or HSR2 for the steers in H rating 16 ply.

My truck is currently on its second set of Road Masters and the last set only went 32,000 miles.

Our tire guy blamed my truck. I blame the tires and don’t want them again.

 

Hello,

Would like to ask how was your experience with Continental tires

 

Drives excellent, steers not good

 

I don’t run X line energy steers anymore. The treadwear runs evenly. My complaint is the rubber doesn’t seem to handle potholes very well, and there are plenty of potholes on the roads. Construction zones are full of them where you are Confined by Jersey barriers and just have to drive through potholes. The X line energy sees just chip away. What good is long lasting tread depth if the tire just chips away…I have since switched to continental HS3 And they hold up much better on the abusive roads compared to xline. They also have used less wheel weights. I’m not switching back to Michelin on steers.