This is my first time replacing tires on a DP and I am a bit confused. I have Goodyear 295/80R22.5 on my DP. They are original with 05 date code. They still look good, no sidewall cracking, well over ...
Not knowing the difference between the tire types, it sounds like they may be giving you advise that would play out on a semi tractor where they have steer tires on the front and traction tires on the rear. That's something that's not needed on a MH. It would also give you problems down the road if you ever wanted to rotate them. JMHO stick with the same tire design front and rear.