Tire Rotation Not Needed?

97chevor wrote:
My experience is more weight on the wheel the longer the tire will last. Semi trucks can go over 400,000 miles on tires.
On my dually the fronts tend to round quite a bit faster than the four rear tires wear. I bought two more tires and wheels and run 8 tires in rotation. taking the front tires off swapping with the spares. Then when those round those four go to rear.

For my truck tires to run 400,000 miles, they would be wearing the 2nd recap. But the 2nd cap or steering was the only time I would have a highway tread pattern.
If you want to see a tire wear fast put a say 80% next to a new on a duel. Yes, that new tire will wear faster than it should because it has more weight on it. But the worn tire will wear much much faster. The new tire, will travel farther per revolution than the shorter one. But because they are spinning the same RPM the tire with the least weight will always be slipping on the pavement...
BTW, last 4 wheeled vehicle I had that normally wore rear tires first was a '69 El Camino, with a 396/4 speed. Only drove in nice weather, and for fun ;)

dodge guy wrote:

Ron3rd wrote:

Range Maggot Bob wrote:
Just to add to the mess, I change oil and rotate every 5K. Faithfully. And I don't care if it costs a little more money.

That's a very good policy.

I agree. Great way to maintain your vehicle!

Me too!!

Ron3rd wrote:

Range Maggot Bob wrote:
Just to add to the mess, I change oil and rotate every 5K. Faithfully. And I don't care if it costs a little more money.

That's a very good policy.

I agree. Great way to maintain your vehicle!

Range Maggot Bob wrote:
Just to add to the mess, I change oil and rotate every 5K. Faithfully. And I don't care if it costs a little more money.

That's a very good policy.

Just to add to the mess, I change oil and rotate every 5K. Faithfully. And I don't care if it costs a little more money.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
I get an e-mail from Discount tire ----Time to rotate and check air pressure

Service is FREE

X2,but called America's Tire in my neck of the woods.

On my vehicles, none of which have a lot of miles put on them annually, I see little value in spending the time and effort it would take to rotate the tires. That’s especially true for the truck.

Most of the time, the tires will end up being replaced because they have too many years on them, rather than miles anyway. The front tires do tend to get a bit rounded from turning, especially right turns (sharper due to driving on the right). But I don’t care, if I ever manage to actually wear out the front tires before the rears (it’s happened once or twice), I’ll buy two new tires and put them on the rear.

If I was putting enough miles on any of my vehicles where getting the most miles out of them was important, I’d probably rotate them. Right now, I’m not.

:):)

Rotated my 20" tires yesterday after 12k miles. Man these tires/rims weigh a ton.

97chevor wrote:
My experience is more weight on the wheel the longer the tire will last. Semi trucks can go over 400,000 miles on tires.
On my dually the fronts tend to round quite a bit faster than the four rear tires wear. I bought two more tires and wheels and run 8 tires in rotation. taking the front tires off swapping with the spares. Then when those round those four go to rear.

True because of what I just posted.
Remember, your fronts are always carrying 2500lb + per tire every time you drive it.
AND they steer and get the weight bias when braking. Your rear tires don’t ever see that much weight per tire unless you’ve got 6-7000lbs of payload in the bed.

Anyone comparing a dually front and rear , that is a different situation than 4 wheelers.
Dually tires are almost undersized for the front of a diesel pickup and 4 tires in the rear is overkill until you’re reaching the upper limits of capacity, so it stands to reason duallies generally wear faster in front.