Rotating tires on a dually

[b_pilot]

I have never had a dually before. Just bought a new 2013 GMC 3500. How do you rotate the tires, or do you?

[greende]

Have had my DRW 2 years. Don't plan on rotating. As others have said, will just keep an eye on them.

[I_am_still_wayn]

b_pilot wrote:
I have never had a dually before. Just bought a new 2013 GMC 3500. How do you rotate the tires, or do you?

I bet your owner's manual has very specific instructions on this topic and many other relating directly to your vehicle. You would be very wise to read and follow those directions rather than the directions you obtain from any internet forum.

[Cummins12V98]

chemoman wrote:

joe b. wrote:
My Chevy manual recommends rotating them at 7,500 miles on my 3500 DRW truck. But when I stopped at the tire shop I have used for years, I was told I have 3 "unique" wheels on the truck. It has 4 alloy and 2 steel rims on the inside of the duals. However the offset on the front alloys is different than that of the rear outside wheels. So the alloys can be swapped side to side but not front to back.

To do a tire rotation, all 6 tires have to be dismounted from the wheels, moved around in the X pattern, then remounted, rebalanced and put back on the truck. Cost was told to me to be $150 for each rotation. I checked with GM and my truck does have the 3 different wheels on it. Apparently some 2011 all 4 allowys are the same and others are different in front and back. GM dealer told me the 2012 manuals had this information in them regarding the different wheels.

So far I haven't done anything to them. I figure in the life of the tires I would be rotating them 4 times at a cost of $600. I can buy two or three tires for that if they wear out from not rotating. Plan to have the fronts swapped side to side and call it good.

Discount tire/ Americas Tire charged me $120 for a lifetime rotate and balance. Not bad. If you buy from them it comes with the tire.
Now, to the rotate question. My firestone's tread separated on 4 of the 6 at 40K miles. And the other two probably would have had I kept going. This came 5oo miles after a rotation where they changed the tire direction. In the past I made sure that they kept them rotating the same direction, but I got lazy and let some tech talk me into not breaking down all 6.
B
Put Mich's on now and after reading this thread, may not rotate at all. Will( as I always do) keep a close eye on the wear.

Save your time and money properly inflate per your load forget the rotate and enjoy the Michelins.

[chemoman]

joe b. wrote:
My Chevy manual recommends rotating them at 7,500 miles on my 3500 DRW truck. But when I stopped at the tire shop I have used for years, I was told I have 3 "unique" wheels on the truck. It has 4 alloy and 2 steel rims on the inside of the duals. However the offset on the front alloys is different than that of the rear outside wheels. So the alloys can be swapped side to side but not front to back.

To do a tire rotation, all 6 tires have to be dismounted from the wheels, moved around in the X pattern, then remounted, rebalanced and put back on the truck. Cost was told to me to be $150 for each rotation. I checked with GM and my truck does have the 3 different wheels on it. Apparently some 2011 all 4 allowys are the same and others are different in front and back. GM dealer told me the 2012 manuals had this information in them regarding the different wheels.

So far I haven't done anything to them. I figure in the life of the tires I would be rotating them 4 times at a cost of $600. I can buy two or three tires for that if they wear out from not rotating. Plan to have the fronts swapped side to side and call it good.

Discount tire/ Americas Tire charged me $120 for a lifetime rotate and balance. Not bad. If you buy from them it comes with the tire.
Now, to the rotate question. My firestone's tread separated on 4 of the 6 at 40K miles. And the other two probably would have had I kept going. This came 5oo miles after a rotation where they changed the tire direction. In the past I made sure that they kept them rotating the same direction, but I got lazy and let some tech talk me into not breaking down all 6.
B
Put Mich's on now and after reading this thread, may not rotate at all. Will( as I always do) keep a close eye on the wear.

[Stefonius]

I put Truckasaurus in "D", step on the Loud Pedal, and the tires start rotating all by themselves.

On a serious note, I have traction tires in back and highway slicks out front. I've never bothered to rotate them, but I do check regularly for damage, dry rot, excessive wear and proper inflation.

[Cummins12V98]

If it's your money paying for it don't waste your money. Properly inflate the tires and drive it.

[RGordon]

I just rotate the front tires side to side and leave the rears alone. The rears are like new at 62K miles.

[bigbad1ton]

fronts to inside, inside to outside, outside to front. I also clean the wheels when I rotate so they look good.

[joe_b_]

My Chevy manual recommends rotating them at 7,500 miles on my 3500 DRW truck. But when I stopped at the tire shop I have used for years, I was told I have 3 "unique" wheels on the truck. It has 4 alloy and 2 steel rims on the inside of the duals. However the offset on the front alloys is different than that of the rear outside wheels. So the alloys can be swapped side to side but not front to back.

To do a tire rotation, all 6 tires have to be dismounted from the wheels, moved around in the X pattern, then remounted, rebalanced and put back on the truck. Cost was told to me to be $150 for each rotation. I checked with GM and my truck does have the 3 different wheels on it. Apparently some 2011 all 4 allowys are the same and others are different in front and back. GM dealer told me the 2012 manuals had this information in them regarding the different wheels.

So far I haven't done anything to them. I figure in the life of the tires I would be rotating them 4 times at a cost of $600. I can buy two or three tires for that if they wear out from not rotating. Plan to have the fronts swapped side to side and call it good.

[Slated4Greatnes]

I have been doing the following:

Inners to outer, outer to front, front to inner.

When I bought the new R250's at Firestone I took them to Discount tire and paid their $180 to mount and balance as it comes with lifetime rotation and balancing. Firestone wants $120 to do a single rotation!! I don't blame them as I have the 3 different wheels so they all have to be pulled off the wheels and then put back on the new wheel.

[mowermech]

The procedure is probably described in the Owners Manual.
I never rotated the tires on my old 1 ton dually.
I don't rotate the tires on my motorhome(s), either. For one thing, the front tires are "street" tread, and the rear tires are M&S tread.

[path1]

How do you rotate the tires, or do you?

I don't because rotate I replace every 5 years, so I "time out" before I "mileage" out. That is only reason. If I put on more miles I would rotate per tire manufacturs guidelines.

[45Ricochet]

Won't work with custom wheels unless you dismount like Marty said.

[larry_barnhart]

I used all tires when I rotated our 2001 dually. One tire at a time because of using the spare. I never did the job again because the tires didn't show a problem. Now with the Michelin tires we bought in 2011 I have had the dealer rotate and will again soon. I don't like old tires and one reason for not wanting to rotate . Free is why for this set of tires.
chevman