Why do I keep blowing out tires on my truck?

Grit dog wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
I’ll second the only rotate front to back. That’s all I do. Going side to side can cause damage because the tire has a memory and when it spins in one direction for thousands of miles and you switch it to rotate in a different direction then it came cause the rubber and steel to fatigue sooner. Bias plus never had that issue.

That is the biggest falsehood I’ve heard posted on here in a while! Which says alot considering this is rvnet, the land of wacky theories and methodologies! Lol

I find it hard to believe you even said that. Aren’t you a Dodge mechanic? You should know better.

And while I don’t usually google stupid stuff like this. It got the better of me.
Couldn’t find a single “recommendation” that didn’t promote side to side rotation as a viable option.

ALTHOUGH, to your point, I also generally only rotate straight front to back unless I am trying to correct some unusual tread wear.
What is viable, is on a rwd vehicle, the drive axle tread will feather in the opposite direction of the steer axle tread. Front to back only rotation keeps the tread feathering in check.
Or in the case where rear tread wear isn’t greater than front, and tires are all equal wear not necessitating putting the best tread on the right rear to help it “catch up”, I may rotate side to side only, which has the same effect as front to back but by different means wrt correcting feathering of the tread.
This is more pronounced in vehicles with heavy axle loads, aggressive tread and or more torque/aggressive acceleration. And much less noticeable in the opposite conditions.