Re: Best tire?
Post by elwenil on Oct 23, 2006, 9:39am
I looked at my XLs and while a few of them do have a little bit of cracking, I think it is more from the stress of the extra thick carcass flexing than dry rot. I have a nice set of BFG ATs and they even have the same cracks in them and they aren't that old at all. Also, the XLs are designed for an armored vehicle and I'm quite sure will stand up to just about anything a 715 can throw at them. That's just my opinion but I have seen this a lot especially on older bias ply tires like Ground Hawgs (yuck) and similar crap.
Last time I checked with Michelin, the XLs were no longer produced since they were phased out in favor of the XZL which I think is still the current production.