Tire Opinions - Bridgestone Dueler vs Michelin Defender or ?

[CadillacLuke24]

I know this is late to the game, but I'm happy to provide some confirmation bias for you 

 

After my 275 55R20 Goodyear SRAs became drag slicks at 35k I put Michelin Defender LTXs on in the same size. Great tire, great traction, great treadwear, no noise, they handle hooligan driving well (think leadfoot launches and taking corners a little hot hahaha). 

 

I believe all Defenders are rated to 70k, I got 81k out of my first set with religious rotation and relatively close tire monitoring. I had a bad habit of running the pressures a tad high so the centers were at 1 or 2/32nds when I replaced them. 

 

My second set I got 67k out of them. Again, had a bad habit of running the pressures a tick high so the centers were wearing faster. The second set I replaced a bit earlier, i think at about 3/32nds just cause I had the tires on hand and I had a fairly long trip coming up (went from Casper WY to Las Vegas 7/4 to 7/9/21). 

 

Third set I'm rotating every 5k miles like I always do and am monitoring tire pressures much closer. Happy to report after 15k miles they are down to 11/32nds (from 12 new) and are even across the board.

 

Michelin makes the best tires money can buy. Dad has run them on his Suburban, Escalade ESV, DeVille, first DTS, and his current DTS. They ride great, handle great, are quiet, and do great in inclement weather. I've run them on my DeVille and my Silverado and have equally high praise. Tried Goodyears once on my DeVille and they just are not as good of a tire. Same experience with my Silverado. The stock SRA Wranglers were ok but performance plummeted after 35k. Dad had Goodyears as OEM tires on his Escalade and had a tread separation at about 50K. 

 

Yours may be different cause of the different size but I think you will be very happy. Excellent choice!

[Kenny782]

9 hours ago, CadillacLuke24 said:

I know this is late to the game, but I'm happy to provide some confirmation bias for you 

 

After my 275 55R20 Goodyear SRAs became drag slicks at 35k I put Michelin Defender LTXs on in the same size. Great tire, great traction, great treadwear, no noise, they handle hooligan driving well (think leadfoot launches and taking corners a little hot hahaha). 

 

I believe all Defenders are rated to 70k, I got 81k out of my first set with religious rotation and relatively close tire monitoring. I had a bad habit of running the pressures a tad high so the centers were at 1 or 2/32nds when I replaced them. 

 

My second set I got 67k out of them. Again, had a bad habit of running the pressures a tick high so the centers were wearing faster. The second set I replaced a bit earlier, i think at about 3/32nds just cause I had the tires on hand and I had a fairly long trip coming up (went from Casper WY to Las Vegas 7/4 to 7/9/21). 

 

Third set I'm rotating every 5k miles like I always do and am monitoring tire pressures much closer. Happy to report after 15k miles they are down to 11/32nds (from 12 new) and are even across the board.

 

Michelin makes the best tires money can buy. Dad has run them on his Suburban, Escalade ESV, DeVille, first DTS, and his current DTS. They ride great, handle great, are quiet, and do great in inclement weather. I've run them on my DeVille and my Silverado and have equally high praise. Tried Goodyears once on my DeVille and they just are not as good of a tire. Same experience with my Silverado. The stock SRA Wranglers were ok but performance plummeted after 35k. Dad had Goodyears as OEM tires on his Escalade and had a tread separation at about 50K. 

 

Yours may be different cause of the different size but I think you will be very happy. Excellent choice!

 

Thanks Luke.

 

Did a couple quick take offs this morning actually on some turns with the road plenty wet enough to were I know for a fact those Bridgestone's consistently lost it. Had a nice smooth take off and good traction.

Tires are still new so we'll see long term but I'm definitely happy right now.

 

Thank you all once again for the feedback.

 

-Kenny

Edited November 22, 2021 by Kenny782

[Black02Silverado]

I had the older  Michelin LTX MS2's on my 2002 Silverado, rotated every 6k by Sam's club so they balanced them as well.  They had 75k on them when I sold the truck and were just down to the wear bars. 

 

We have the Defenders on our 2016 Suburban and they are wearing well and still have a ton of tread on them with 40k miles on them.  Same deal, rotate every 6k and keep an eye on pressure.   Great tire all around IMO.

[Cupton]

Anyone have any idea why Michelin doesn't have any 3PMSF rated tires that aren't a dedicated snow tire? Ive heard great things about the Michelin Defender LTX's, I'm just curious as to why. Maybe thats a question for another topic.

[swathdiver]

1 hour ago, Cupton said:

Anyone have any idea why Michelin doesn't have any 3PMSF rated tires that aren't a dedicated snow tire? Ive heard great things about the Michelin Defender LTX's, I'm just curious as to why. Maybe thats a question for another topic.

They just came out with one...  the Agilis has the 3PMSF rating.

[T Buchanan]

Michelins by far. Excellent tires. No personal experience with Bridgestone. 

[Earl Cordova]

I have been using the Bridgestone Dueler on my two Suburbans for years.

 

Never felt the need to switch.