Yokohama Tires ? Are they Ok?

[neoneddy]

Turns out my steer tires were much older than I thought, I don't know why I couldn't find the date code before. Turns out they were 11 years old, yikes!  I do run all my tires 90+ psi just to stay on the safe side of building heat and all that.

Anyway, my local tire place that does some sort with trucks and RVs, they found a variety of tire options,  some no name brands I've never heard of and then the top option (other than Michelins ) they had was Yokohama in the 12r 22.5 .   Are they still a nice tire? Seemed like it.

Then my plan is to move the current steers to the tags.  My tags are nearly bald, getting chewed up on tight corners and all.  Then just keep buying a new set of tires ever few years and march them back.

[luvrbus]

Yokohoma is one of the better tires I ran those on my mixer trucks for years never a problem,join FMCA and you can get a deal on Michelin's or Cooper.and Coopers are good tires + cheaper than the Michelin's   

[DoubleEagle]

Yokohoma is one of the better tires I ran those on my mixer trucks for years never a problem,join FMCA and you can get a deal on Michelin's or Cooper.and Coopers are good tires + cheaper than the Michelin's   

I second that list, and I would add Dunlop's.

[eagle19952]

You can get your own Michelin Advantage account  it's easy. Why toss money else where ?

https://www.michelintruck.com/services-and-programs/michelin-advantage-program/

[eagle19952]

Just curious, what are the tire brands being dismissed for lack of familiar name ?

[luvrbus]

You can get your own Michelin Advantage account  it's easy. Why toss money else where ?

https://www.michelintruck.com/services-and-programs/michelin-advantage-program/

Sure you can but Michelin's are your only choice lol and I don't much care for paying 2 separate times once to Michelin and then to a tire shop and you can save the 60 bucks on 1 tire.I am not a huge fan of FMCA but the tire deal is good

[eagle19952]

Sure you can but Michelin's are your only choice lol and I don't much care for paying 2 separate times once to Michelin and then to a tire shop and you can save the 60 bucks on 1 tire.I am not a huge fan of FMCA but the tire deal is good

uhm..no. I have one.
Firestone is also on the list.
As well Michelin and I think others but Firestone for sure.
I pay direct to Michlein nothing to the dealer.

[luvrbus]

uhm..no. I have one.
Firestone is also on the list.
As well Michelin and I think others but Firestone for sure.
I pay direct to Michlein nothing to the dealer.

I don't how yours works but I pay Michelin for the tire they ship to a dealer and I pay the dealer to mount and balance plus they always hit me for 15 buck valve stems,mine is not good for Firestone Tires I guess I better check to see why not 

[neoneddy]

If there is one thing I've learned it's to keep helpful people employed if you can.   So my local shop has so far never done me wrong, I plan to keep supporting them as long as it's not stupid expensive.  Right now in the area they where the cheaper option.

Thanks everyone, I feel good about the purchase, just wanted to make sure.

[eagle19952]

I don't how yours works but I pay Michelin for the tire they ship to a dealer and I pay the dealer to mount and balance plus they always hit me for 15 buck valve stems,mine is not good for Firestone Tires I guess I better check to see why not  

I walk into the dealer, tell them what I want, get a price, then give them my acct # get the Advantage price...and they frown...then they process the order and Michelin debits my account/credit card... and they get the tires out of their stock. I suppose the dealer gets paid by Advantage.

Sure I  pay for the rest...mount balance new rims etc. what ever.
The price is always less than the walk in amount.
the account is free.

[luvrbus]

I walk into the dealer, tell them what I want, get a price, then give them my acct # get the Advantage price...and they frown...then they process the order and Michelin debits my account/credit card... and they get the tires out of their stock. I suppose the dealer gets paid by Advantage.

Sure I  pay for the rest...mount balance new rims etc. what ever.
The price is always less than the walk in amount.
the account is free.

Not all Michelin dealers will honor the Advantage card there is 1 out 6 were I live that will.all prepaid and shipped to his shop though

[eagle19952]

Not all Michelin dealers will honor the Advantage card there is 1 out 6 were I live that will.all prepaid and shipped to his shop though

hmm. Hopefully I am in the right place next time.
The last I bought was at Loves. In Mississippi.

[TomC]

I used to use Dunlop tires, but now they are being made by Goodyear (which I wouldn't use). Price out Hankook tires-they are the standard tires when buying a new Freightliner truck. I just put 6 on my bus (AH37-which look alot like Michelin XZE) for $1,200 less than what Michelins would have been. Good Luck, TomC

[chessie4905]

Reminds me of the past margarine ads. " just tastes like butter" lol
Really, probably any of the tires mentioned should do fine. They were designed to operate for tens of thousands of miles at max rated loading.
I think the main concern would be to monitor for a low tire on any brand.

[eagle19952]

Who here has worn out a tire before t aged out ?