Rotating pickup tires

[Wolfy]

How often do you rotate your tires, if at all? Pickups and 6 wheel mason dumps. There are a lot of "right answers" at work.

 

[schmism]

I try to get the E350 van tires rotated once a year. More to check the balance of them than rotation. Due to the van axle layout the front and rear has different track with which I think affects the tire wear.

 

[Wolfy]

That is a good point I had not thought of...the front tires of the 6 wheel dumps fall somewhere between the middle of the rear duals.

 

[oliver1555]

I measure tread depth across the face of the tread and compare front to back often. When I start to see inconsistencies, I rotate. I have to rotate the tires on my wife's pickup more often than on mine. She can beat about anyone off the line and the tires show it!

 

[skipmarcy]

My Nissan 4x4 gets rotation every oil change - 4K miles, my F250 SD 4x4 every 5K miles. I'm a professional mechanic and if I've got it on the lift for an oil change I might as well do the tires too. I usually go ahead and stick them on the balancer while off too if I'm not rushed. Belts constantly move in tires and change the balance - yes, even the expensive Michelins too ...

 

[Looking4new]

I rotate the tires on my 4x4 every 6 months. Spare to right rear, right rear to right front and right front to spare. Left side is just front to back.

 

[4570Man]

When I start to notice the fronts wearing on the sides.

 

[Deere Dude]

Don't know what a mason dump is, but my dualies are 7,000 miles. At 10,000 the fronts start showing abnormal wear. At 7000 they wear consistently across until tires are shot.

 

[700R]

I rotate mine every other oil change, or somewhere around 10k miles.

 

[Wolfy]

A mason dump is a small 6 wheel, 1 ton rated dump truck. Around me if you say "dump truck", most people assume you mean a 10 wheel dump.

 

[Toyboy]

I get my 2 vehicles checked for alignment, tires re-balanced & rotated every fall.

 

[Toddao]

When I buy new tires, the old ones to the recycle pile .

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[Looking4new]

I replace my tires every two years regardless of the mileage on them. Off they go and into the back shed well out of direct sunlight. My theory is that when I retire I will not be able to afford new tires but I can run on the old ones for an extra 2-3 years each set. I have 4 complete (5 tire) sets, so right now if I was to retire I can run on two year old tires for 8-12 years plus the set I currently have on.

 

[oliver1555]

I replace my tires every two years regardless of the mileage on them. Off they go and into the back shed well out of direct sunlight. My theory is that when I retire I will not be able to afford new tires but I can run on the old ones for an extra 2-3 years each set. I have 4 complete (5 tire) sets, so right now if I was to retire I can run on two year old tires for 8-12 years plus the set I currently have on.

In five years, your two year old set of tires behind the shed will be seven years old. Time does not stop for aging on tires.

 

[Looking4new]

In five years, your two year old set of tires behind the shed will be seven years old. Time does not stop for aging on tires.

into the back shed well out of direct sunlight I guess you missed the part where I said 'INTO' and well out of direct sunlight.
How do we know for sure how old the tires are when we buy them to begin with?
Do they have a date of birth/manufacture on them?

 

[Toyboy]

Yes they do...

Tire Tech Information - Determining the Age of a Tire

 

[Looking4new]

Yes they do...

Tire Tech Information - Determining the Age of a Tire

Thanks for the link.

 

[Toyboy]

Thanks for the link.

There's other useful information about tires on that site also.

 

[doxford jim]

I rotate mine when I install the winter tires at the end of September. Here the winter tires stay on from 1st October through to end of April - legal requirement here. I have a set of spare rims which have the tires mounted on. I make sure the tires are marked as to where I want to put them next time around.

 

[paulharvey]

My work truck (Ram 1500) gets rotated every other oil change, so every 10,000 miles, almost exactly every other month. I Just (25 minutes ago) replaced the original tires, got 15 months/83,800 miles out of the Goodyear Wrangler street tread.

Edit: replaced with 4 new Falken Wildpeak H/T 265/70r17; install, balance, disposal, tax, out the door $630.94