Class C tire rotation

This is my opinion only.

You rotate tires to keep tread wear even. An RV isn't driven enough to wear the tread. They have to be replaced due to aging, and the tread still looks brand new.

So, no visible tread wear, no need to rotate.

Most RV tires are replaced due to age, rather than having the tread worn out, so tire rotation isn't as important as on a car.

I never rotate the rear tires on our E450 chassis, but do rotate the front tires and the spare. This gives me a chance to inspect the front brake pads for wear, the tread for unusual wear patterns, the front wheel bearings for looseness/roughness and check the steering linkage for looseness. I do the job in the driveway using a 6 ton bottle jack and have a torque wrench to properly tighten the lug nuts to spec.

In my experience with tire shops, the air wrenches used to tighten lug nuts produce uneven torque on the lug nuts and often over torque, which could lead to failure of the lug bolts. After replacing all tires a few months back due to the Michelin recall, I loosened and properly torqued all the lug nuts when I got the RV home. I found that most of the nuts were way too tight.

How does the wear pattern look? I usually rotate tires as needed depending on wear. Most of my vehicles one rotation during the tire's life. On my class C I haven't seen uneven wear and probably won't rotate. For me a consideration is tire age vs. mileage. It is unlikely I'll wear the tires out before they get old enough to be replaced due to age.

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What make of chassis is it on. If on a Ford chassis look in the chassis owners manual under tire rotation. On the Ford F53 class A chassis it is swap the fronts side to side and the rears side to side.