Michelin vs Alliance - Worth the extra?

Mounty

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Arable Farmer
Location
Suffolk
Got quotes today on a pair of tyres today 650/75/R30.
Michelin Axiobib and Alliance 372.
The Michelin's work out £1250 more for the pair. They're also offering £250 cashback until the end of the month so makes them a grand more.
Worth the extra wedge?
 

Mounty

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Arable Farmer
Location
Suffolk
My thoughts too. Front's just run off too quickly though hence the question. Always wear badly on outside of tread. Heard someone with a Multidrive had steering adjusted so fronts don't tow in as much to prolong the wear.
 

Fuzzy

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Arable Farmer
Location
Bedfordshire
I have just been looking at similar size tyres and wanted Michelin but no stock and none likely for several weeks. If you do road work and/or run low pressures it is Michelin all the way.
 
My thoughts too. Front's just run off too quickly though hence the question. Always wear badly on outside of tread. Heard someone with a Multidrive had steering adjusted so fronts don't tow in as much to prolong the wear.
Tbh ours wear very even I think they are set parallel no toe in but some vehicles are different but best adjusted if they are wearing off rubber is too dear,,,,
 

Mounty

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Arable Farmer
Location
Suffolk
I have just been looking at similar size tyres and wanted Michelin but no stock and none likely for several weeks. If you do road work and/or run low pressures it is Michelin all the way.
I'm told they're available but 3-4% increase 1st June so trying to beat the increase.
 

Weare Cham

Member
Location
N. Devon
Got quotes today on a pair of tyres today 650/75/R30.
Michelin Axiobib and Alliance 372.
The Michelin's work out £1250 more for the pair. They're also offering £250 cashback until the end of the month so makes them a grand more.
Worth the extra wedge?
How much less pressure do the Michelins have for the same weight?
 

Spud

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
YO62
Got quotes today on a pair of tyres today 650/75/R30.
Michelin Axiobib and Alliance 372.
The Michelin's work out £1250 more for the pair. They're also offering £250 cashback until the end of the month so makes them a grand more.
Worth the extra wedge?

A grand dearer on a pair of tyres is a lot! Will michelins last a higher % longer than they cost?
Personally, I'd be pricing BKT, much better than alliance ime
 

Swizzle

Member
Arable Farmer
We used to run our entire fleet of tractors on Michelin Multibibs and Xeobibs but have had nothing but trouble from them. Tread wear has been very low on them but have had continual issues with sidewalls failing while tyre still has plenty of tread left, so makes the slow wearing aspect fairly irrelevant. After complaining to Michelin, the rep came out to look for a solution but was unable to offer any explanation for the sidewall issues. From my experiences I struggle to see how Michelin can justify their price tag and therefore have been replacing our failing tyres with Bridgestone and BKT and so far are much more happy with both of them, although time will tell.
 

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