Jul-27-2019 10:44 AM
Jul-28-2019 06:16 AM
Cummins12V98 wrote:
My question is why are the fronts wearing faster? Under inflation?
Jul-28-2019 06:07 AM
Grit dog wrote:
OMG..
No radial tires don't "like" to remain where they were installed and "broke in". (WTH is that anyway? Tire break in?)
Tires "like" (if I can pretend they're my friends now and not just.....tires) to be worn evenly if the tires' owner likes minimizing what comes out of their wallet.
And the way to keep them smooth and even is by rotating.
This is probably confusing to those who have no idea how to read tire wear and how it relates to load or position on the vehicle.
Jul-28-2019 04:41 AM
Jul-28-2019 04:39 AM
Cummins12V98 wrote:
My question is why are the fronts wearing faster? Under inflation?
Jul-28-2019 12:25 AM
Jul-28-2019 12:19 AM
rightlaneonly wrote:
Sounds like a lazy service dept.
I get my vehicles serviced Every 6 months and may only have 2 or 3 thousand miles, they rotate tires every time. Rotating keeps wear even and tread edges from rounding off.
Jul-27-2019 09:19 PM
Jul-27-2019 08:43 PM
JRscooby wrote:twodownzero wrote:
If you want your tires feathered and riding like **** for the last few years you own them, this sounds like a wonderful way to accomplish that. Find me a person who claims their tires all wear evenly regardless of position and I'll show you a liar.
I inspect my tires, and put them back where I got them. If a tire is wearing unusually I go to truck and find out why. If you just rotate, and something is causing a tire to where, it will wear all the tires. And likely you will not see the problem as soon.
When I was young, I wore rear tires faster. Now, the front wears a little faster than rear. When I need to replace tires, I buy 2 at a time. If I had 4X4 I would act different.
Jul-27-2019 07:41 PM
twodownzero wrote:
If you want your tires feathered and riding like **** for the last few years you own them, this sounds like a wonderful way to accomplish that. Find me a person who claims their tires all wear evenly regardless of position and I'll show you a liar.
Jul-27-2019 07:11 PM
Cummins12V98 wrote:
My question is why are the fronts wearing faster? Under inflation?
Jul-27-2019 06:23 PM
Jul-27-2019 05:50 PM
opnspaces wrote:
But I also remember a service writer friend who calculated that paying an half labor (say $50) for a tire rotation every 5,000 miles would cost a set of new tires by 60,000 miles. $50 times 12 services = $600 So it's possibly cheaper to just never rotate the tires and save the money for the replacements.
Jul-27-2019 04:55 PM
Jul-27-2019 02:45 PM
97chevor wrote:jfkmk wrote:97chevor wrote::h
And as a tire wears down the tread depth doesn't wear as fast.
Not sure what you mean by this. Tread depth is how you measure tread wear, no?
As an aside, if you were buying only two tires, you'd always put them in the rear. However, at only a 1/32" difference, I'd insist on rotsting them.
I mean for tires to last longer. The intervals between rotations should become longer as the tire looses tread depth. Because the tire doesn't not loose depth as fast as it did when new.
Jul-27-2019 02:04 PM
jfkmk wrote:97chevor wrote::h
And as a tire wears down the tread depth doesn't wear as fast.
Not sure what you mean by this. Tread depth is how you measure tread wear, no?
As an aside, if you were buying only two tires, you'd always put them in the rear. However, at only a 1/32" difference, I'd insist on rotsting them.