Best steer tire?

Got 200,000+ on the last two sets of Continentals HSL steers and now bought a Bridgestone 283 cause dealer can't get continental anymore. Probably a dumb move

 

Michelin xza are the best run with them 200,000 miles with no problem

 

Already learned a lesson about Kelly steering tires. No idea what's next after. Goodyear or Continental? I have 285/75r24.5 tires, most pronounce low pro (I don't know). Michelin doesn't offer those size anymore.

 

I installed a pair of Hankook AH11s 315/80R 22.5’s on my 18,000 steer in October of 2016. I didn’t need floaters because everything I do is on the highway or pavement. I picked them because they had more sipes than any other steers I had seen, which made sense here in Michigan. I also really like the Hankooks I’ve got on my 2500HD. However, I am tremendously disappointed that after only 60,000 miles they are skins. Apparently they are made with the softest compound available. They have worn very uniformly, but uniformly down to nothing. Suggestions anyone??

 

One of the trucks thats in our fleet runs 315/80 bridgestone m860's. He runs canada a lot so he runs up around 13,000 when up there as we cant use our lift axle. Not sure how long they last him but we are all highway with our trucks. I just bought a truck and went with 385/65 m864's as I will be running right at the top rating of the skinny 295's we normally run so thats why I chose the wider tires but only have 500 miles on the truck so not sure how they will do yet. When I was looking at tires for the new truck it was hard to find something that was 8,000+ pound rated and not a float style tire. But I do get why you wouldnt want them.

 

Thanks Roberts450. Coincidentally, I just talked to the local Treadroc tire shop and he said that they have had the best reports on those very Bridgestones. That’s probably what I’m going to go with next week. Regarding the floaters, besides acting like skis in snow, I was going through pitman arms left and right. I’ve also got an 18k self-steer drop with just over 9’ spread between it and the steers, as well as from the drop to the 40k tandem. And there are times when I’m using every bit of that capacity. After all, 9 units of 5’ x 8’ MDF weighs just a touch more than pillow feathers!

 

Company is partial to Michelins. I'm not

 

I'm running Yokohama RY617 steers on a 290 wheelbase 379 with 90 to 95 psi cold and so far I'm real happy with them. I'm always between 11 and 12k on steers, most times just under 12.

How come a lot of you guys are running so much tire pressure? The contact patch with that much pressure is killing the life of the tire no doubt. Not to mention poor handling as well.

 

We have been running BF Goodrich ST244's on our Kenworths for 5yrs or so and have had real good service out of them. We have 1 IHC 9400 with a big set-back and they live on the front of that better than most and that truck runs at 13,200-13,500lbs on the steer all the time.

 

I'm glad this got revived and I just read it all.

I recently went with Yokos from T/A. Happy now...BUT they sent me out of there with a drivers side yoko that sent me on a path of troubleshooting....all the way up to all new drive tires (I needed them anyway) and new steer aluminum rims....which is when we figured out my brand drivers side yokohama was .90 out of round. It took me 25k miles to figure it out. I still have not received a check from them so I am done with them.

I really don't know who will be next. I want the best of the best for a cabover. I need to do some homework!