Rotating Trailer Tires

I replied to your identical post this morning in the ORV Facebook group.

Also, some trailer tires are out of round and should be balanced

Mine rotate while I drive. I actually like all my tires to stay in the same position. This will indicate position of an alignment issue.

Like Sandia Man said....

some do, some don't!

Unsubscribed.

Having five trailers (non rv) on the road with 28 tires on the ground and rolling 24/7 for 11 straight years we never rotated a tire on any of those trailers using 14"
/15"/16" and 17.5" mostly LT tires. In this type of work we wear out sometimes two sets a year at sometimes 60k miles per set.

Tandem and triaxle and tandem dual axle trailer tires don't always pivot on the front set or the rear set or the center set. Depends on surface changes and level changes between the truck and trailer.
Watching the wheels on my 16k GN (7k axles) loaded triaxle stock trailer in my mirrors I've seen the last two axles scrubbing or the front two scrubbing or sometimes the center pivots and the rear wheels twist one way while the wheels on the front axle twists the opposite direction.

I also never rotate tires on my old '97 32' rv tandem axle trailer with 16" LT E tires trailer. The first two sets ran just over 50k miles and 7 years before I sell them and mount same brand/type new ones.

Your rig your tires, no need to validate your choices. We always balanced new TT tires but never had them rotated, in fact never would return back to Discount Tire until it was time for replacement 5 years later. Although rare, if a TT tire had a minor leak or other issue I would pop it off and just throw it on truck to take to Discount Tire.

We always used higher quality ST tires on our rig with never a blowout or even a flat, none the less we would change them out like clockwork every 5th year. We average 5K miles yearly so they had plenty of tread left, with often reported ST tire issues, our TT tire replacement might be premature, but you can't put a price on the peace of mind a new set of rubber delivers.

NEVER have rotated any of my RV tires and they have worn evenly. Biggest thing a person can do is have as close as possible axle weights.

Fact #1: When a tire is driven, the pressure and flexing motion circulate the internal oils through the rubber. These oils lubricate the internal rubber and keep it from drying and stiffening. So tires that are used less are often more vulnerable to aging effects.

Fact #2: Oxidation of rubber occurs much faster under high heat than low heat.

Fact #3: During rubber manufacturing process, each passenger tire require 5 gallons of butadiene and styrene oil and another 2 gallons of oil to generate the energy to manufacture said tire. For a total of 7 gallons of oil, commercial truck tires require 22 gallons of oil.

Like most of you, my TT spare tire is on my back bumper, wrapped in a black tire cover and receives direct sunlight most of the day. I recently replaced my TT's five tires and the unused spare tire looked remarkably worse than the 4 used tires. Hmmm, guess there is some truth in Fact #2.

IMO, if my spare tire was included in a tire rotation plan, the spare tire would age slower.

I have joined the rotate tire camp and we'll see what happens. Each spring I remove my tires and grease the wheel bearings and inspect the brakes. So, starting next spring my plan is to rotate TT tires using the "rearward cross" rotation pattern. Gotta take the tire off to grease the bearings, so why not? No harm, no foul.

Never rotated and never any uneven wear.

I wear mine out before they age out so I rotate and balance. The front axle of my camper has a bit less camber then the back (a replacement) so I rotate.