Michelin X Multi D+

A regional drive tire for tandem-drive tractors and box trucks that run the same lanes and come back to the yard. Michelin’s own application set for the X Multi D+ is regional and urban transport: city routes, pickup and delivery, short regional hauls, work where a drive tire spends its life on torque, curbs and stop-and-go instead of steady highway miles. It is the next-generation replacement for the X Multi D. We quote it in three sizes. 11R22.5 and 11R24.5 both run load range H, 16 ply, 146/143 L and 149/146 L, 120 psi max, 28/32" of tread. 295/75R22.5 runs load range G, 14 ply, 144/141 L, 110 psi max, 27/32". All three are speed symbol L, 75 mph.

The shoulder is a pass-thru open design, cut through to the outside so mud, snow and stone pack evacuate from the tread instead of packing into it. Between the blocks, full-depth Matrix siping runs the whole depth of the tread down into a tear-drop groove; Michelin’s claim for it is no loss of biting grip as the tire wears. The tread rubber is co-extruded and scrub resistant, which is Michelin’s answer to the curb rub and dock scrub of urban and pickup-and-delivery work. Under the tread, a full-width elastic protector ply takes bruising before it reaches the Powercoil casing ply, and that casing is what makes the tire worth sending through Michelin Retread Technologies later. Michelin prints High Torque Approved on the product sheet, which matters if you are speccing for an electric or high-torque tractor, and every size carries an RFID tag.

Drive axle only. Michelin publishes position code D for this pattern and no steer, all-position or trailer approval, so it does not belong on a steer axle or under a trailer. It is not a line-haul drive either. Michelin lists no line-haul application for the X Multi D+, and that is also why it is not covered by the 7 Year / 700,000 Mile / 3-Retread casing warranty, which Michelin grants only on tires used in long-haul service and only when the casing is retreaded by an authorized Michelin Retread Technologies dealer. What it carries is the standard Michelin truck tire limited warranty against defects in workmanship and materials, for original tread life or 7 years from purchase, whichever comes first. It is not a severe-service or on/off-road drive: Michelin caps the urban application at fleets that operate off road a maximum of 10% of the time. It is M+S marked but not 3PMSF, so it does not satisfy a severe-snow requirement. It is not EPA SmartWay verified and Michelin publishes no CARB status for it, so it cannot be quoted into a regulated fuel-economy spec; the SmartWay-verified regional drive in Michelin’s line is the X Multi Energy D. And the size list is short. There is no 285/75R24.5 in this pattern at all, no load range G in 11R22.5 or 11R24.5, and no load range H in 295/75R22.5.

If the axle job matters more than the badge, have us quote the Invovic FM750 next to it. Same drive position, same open-shoulder approach, 27/32" tread in every size. It comes in 11R22.5, 11R24.5 and 295/75R22.5, all in 16-ply load range H — the load range this Michelin carries in 11R22.5 and 11R24.5, and the one Michelin does not offer here in 295/75R22.5. Neither tire is built in 285/75R24.5, so that axle takes a different brand from either of us. Invovic is the brand we import ourselves rather than resell. What you give up is documented: Michelin’s published limited warranty, the Michelin Retread Technologies path for the casing with retreading done by an authorized MRT dealer, and the depth of the data on the page. For the Michelin we publish overall diameter, section width, revs per mile and approved rim widths; for the Invovic line we publish load index, load range and ply, max pressure, single and dual max loads and tread depth in every size, and no overall diameter, section width, revs per mile or approved rim widths. Invovic publishes no casing warranty and runs no retread program. Neither tire is EPA SmartWay verified, so that is not the line between them either. If you send casings back through a retread program, the Michelin is the one with a published retread path behind it; if you will run a tandem set to the wear bars and replace it, that path is worth less to you. Tell us the truck and the lanes, put both on one quote, and compare the two delivered numbers yourself — tires, delivery, tax and the state tire fee in one figure for each. We do not install: a local truck tire shop or mobile service mounts and balances them and bills you for that. Those numbers come back on the quote; we do not guess at them here.