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Gsport
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Aug 15, 2014

Another tire question, do you rotate them?

Of all the tire threads I've read, I've never seen anything about rotating them. Does anyone rotate their 5th wheel tires?
  • I see no need to rotate the tires. Maybe if you are pulling almost every day every day every year. Still not sure I would do that.
  • SkiSmuggs wrote:
    Usually age, not tread wear determines tire replacement so I wouldn't bother with rotation.



    agree

    Jim
  • When I replaced ours one side had a little more wear on one edge than the other. Asked if I should alighn the axles. He said the tires were five years old and weather checked so they were all worn out and need replaced anyway, so why bother. But, they would rotate them side to side every five thousand if I wanted for free. Made sence to me.
  • Usually age, not tread wear determines tire replacement so I wouldn't bother with rotation.
  • Never have. I'm not sure under what circumstances I would do that. If I got abnormal wear, I would have to look at alignment. Once that's done, I'm not sure rotating will do much.
  • On my original set of tires, I was noting a very small difference in tread depth, minimal alignment issue, I rotated the tires front to back to maximize the life. Otherwise, since the trailer tires don't have the difference in wear when comparing steer to drive of our TVs, not as important to rotate.