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Mike M

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I imagine most all of us have had some in lawn mowers and front tractor tires. What I never thought would of been an issue with one on my daughters car. Especially one as small as this one was. Only appox.1/4" long and 1/16" at largest spot. And enough sticking out yet to get needle nose pliers and pull it out. That was the source of a slow leak. Michelin tires must be paper thin and no steel belts in the tread area. I never had Michelins before because of the high price and now I cannot see ever buying them from this episode.
At least the tire pressure sensors have been doing there job of alerting her to a potential problem before your stuck out on the road. Never thought I'd hear myself praising tire pressure sensors either !
 
I've got black locus trees in my yard and their thorns are like nails. I've had them in tractor tires and the bottom of my shoes. I had a front tractor tire one time I finally just gave up and bought a new tire. Can be very hard to get 100% out of a tire.
 
Sharp thorns driven perfectly by chance can penetrate steel belts. Look at the tire sidewall and find the ply data. Most will have a steel belt. Jim
 
I have a lot of honey locust or black locust not sure what they are but I had my front tires on my brush hog tractor filled with foam
RICK
 
I was trying to read the extra fine print on the tire. It read like a steel belt in the sidewall ? I do need new eyes too ! I did see made in Canada, so China is off the hook on this one.
 
there should be 2 to 4 belts in the tread area. Wont completely stop thorns. doesn't make any difference if it is Michelin or a chinese built knock off.
 
I've had steel belts stop nails before. Hole was there so long the belt rusted and started to separate and still held air.
 
You should try working a backhoe on the railroad, in 19 years I have only been able to wear out 2 tires.the rest got punctured beyond repair and it's just too much of a rough surface for foam filled tires.
 
Many Michelin tires have steel sidewalls, and steel tread bands. They are good tires, but thorns are nasty. the part of the thorn that remained was the tip, the fat end probably stuck out and drove it in then wore off. Jim
 
We have locust trees around here I call them Jesus trees. have heavy bobcat tires on the front of my loader and ended up getting never flat put in them because of the thorns.
 
Nothing wrong with Michelin tires. They are the finest tires on the market. They are the best wearing, best handling, and best traction tires out there. Their warranty is terrible, though. Overall, they are worth the extra money. Way better than Goodyear or Firestone.
 
I can't share your enthusiasm for the badge. Bought them around a couple of times on their name even though priced up there with the best. Bad decision. My take on it is the rubber is too soft and wears (tread)/tears (sealing area) easily.
 
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