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Michelin mxl's- Whatya think?

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My 35" Boggers are done. I think they're just plain old (about 6 years) and not as pliable as they used to be. I've split a couple open in Box Canyon and Martinez Canyon on the same day. I only brought two spares, so I got real scared. The Michelin mxl's are cheap and big. Does anyone know if they drive ok? My trucks not a trailer queen. Can you get a fair amount of miles out of them? Mainly, are they tough enough? I'm lookin at something around the 13w x 38h x (16" or 17" or 18" or 19" or 20") range. I thank you in advance for any feedback you can give me.
 
A buddy ran 325/85R16 XMLs on his SAS'd 92 fullsize for a few years. They are bulletproof......literally. Theres no way you could hurt one. they're load range is way over 10 ply, but I can't recall exactly what. They worked pretty good, he wheeled that truck hard.
 
Thanks for that Demon44. Did he drive that rig to the trail or tow it. I'm curious 'bout road worthiness.
 
It was his daily driver for a bunch of years. drove to and from...went threw a couple engines couple transfercases no trannys (stick) Same set of tires Dodge military 3/4ton front diff for the SAS. by the end he had the wrong np241 in it upside down to work.......beat down front end. It was coiled.....

same set of tires. on really nice aluminum rims (can't recall which ones) but they were nice. worked good on the trails. wore like steel on the street, really heavy, load capasity way over 4000lbs per tire, 39" x 12.5" aprox. (325/85r16) I'd run them on a dual purpose rig in a NY minute...........


I'll try and locate some pics of them on the chevy I'm sure theres still some floating around
 
BURBicon said:
My 35" Boggers are done. I think they're just plain old (about 6 years) and not as pliable as they used to be. I've split a couple open in Box Canyon and Martinez Canyon on the same day. I only brought two spares, so I got real scared. The Michelin mxl's are cheap and big. Does anyone know if they drive ok? My trucks not a trailer queen. Can you get a fair amount of miles out of them? Mainly, are they tough enough? I'm lookin at something around the 13w x 38h x (16" or 17" or 18" or 19" or 20") range. I thank you in advance for any feedback you can give me.
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Remember, they're mil-spec.
My 'pizza-cutter' 11.00R16 XL (39X11) weigh 99lbs a piece! They're rated at 4850lbs a tire. And I paid $82.50 a piece for mine :D with 85+% tread left.
 
There's quite a bit of info on the 325/85R16 xml's on Pirate.
 
I drove mine on and off a trailer, but it doesn't look very good.

Martin
 
Looks like your doing rock stuff, but for mud/snow......Initially I wanted to get a set, until I saw them in mud and snow. For that purpose they weren't great. The trucks with TSL's did much better in those environments - TSL's literally walking through stuff where the XML's were getting little forward traction and very little steering directional control (like getting ouf of muddy ruts).
 
Oh don't get me wrong, they suck on rocks as much as they suck on mud and snow. The place where they really shine (sadly) is going down the road.

Martin
 
I hope to get a set one of these days to replace my 37" hummer tires once they are worn out.
 
Anyone know where to find them cheap still? I found 2 on craigslist locally a while ago but they wanted 250 a piece.
 
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