Tire rotation interval

[JET_83]

That's what a 5 tire rotation is.
The spare is rotated onto the truck each rotation. Then one of the others is the spare until next time.
They wear evenly. In 35,000 miles you won't have a new spare and worn tires on the truck.
Buy a Jeep with a matching spare tire and wheel and the owner's manual will tell you to rotate all 5 - the spare included.
Having a matching spare tire and wheel saved our butts more than once when we had tires hit something within 1" of the edge of the tread.

Say you have 25,000 miles on the tires, still good life in them, but there is wear. You have a blow-out that can't be repaired. So what do you do? Try to find a matching tire - the same brand, model, and size and tread design as the remaining 3? And then end up with 1 new tire and 3 worn 1/2 to 2/3 down?

IF I wasn't trading my current JT in on another - assume I wasn't - next rotation in a couple of months, my spare would be on the right rear, and one of the other tires would be my spare - until next rotation.

Unless your idea of rotation is to lift the tire off the ground, spin it a few times, and then set the truck back down?

seems like more of an inconvenience and more trouble but to each his own I suppose.

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[XraytecH]

My Willys edition came with the Firestone MT’s.
How often y’all rotating them.
Had some cupping on the passenger side front at 6000 miles. Rotated them then and seem to even out.
About every 5000miles on MT about right?

Have you tired dialing in yout tire pressures with the Chalk Test? Works for most tires.

 

[XraytecH]

seems like more of an inconvenience and more trouble but to each his own I suppose.

The thought process behind the 5 Tire Tango is to keep all five tires at relatively the same tread depth, that's all.

 

[JET_83]

The thought process behind the 5 Tire Tango is to keep all five tires at relatively the same tread depth, that's all.

makes sense but the spare will have one less rotation under its belt, maybe that 5,000 won't make a difference

 

[zxd9]

makes sense but the spare will have one less rotation under its belt, maybe that 5,000 won't make a difference

Yeah, 5k miles won't do much to tread use unless you're constantly doing burnouts. It'll be similar enough to the rest of them. Summary of reasons for 5 tire rotation

1. Easier to lift one corner at a time if you're at home and don't have a way to lift all four corners.
2. Keeps tire wear even across all of them.
3. Get more life out of the set of 5 than just 4.
4. Even if you keep purchasing the same tires all the time, the spare needs to be replaced somewhat regularly. Don't want it to be rotted out when you need it most.
5. If you're bringing it in to dealership and paying for rotation, you can do it at home and save a few bucks.

 

[JET_83]

Yeah, 5k miles won't do much to tread use unless you're constantly doing burnouts. It'll be similar enough to the rest of them. Summary of reasons for 5 tire rotation

1. Easier to lift one corner at a time if you're at home and don't have a way to lift all four corners.
2. Keeps tire wear even across all of them.
3. Get more life out of the set of 5 than just 4.
4. Even if you keep purchasing the same tires all the time, the spare needs to be replaced somewhat regularly. Don't want it to be rotted out when you need it most.
5. If you're bringing it in to dealership and paying for rotation, you can do it at home and save a few bucks.

touche

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Yeah, 5k miles won't do much to tread use unless you're constantly doing burnouts. It'll be similar enough to the rest of them. Summary of reasons for 5 tire rotation

1. Easier to lift one corner at a time if you're at home and don't have a way to lift all four corners.
2. Keeps tire wear even across all of them.
3. Get more life out of the set of 5 than just 4.
4. Even if you keep purchasing the same tires all the time, the spare needs to be replaced somewhat regularly. Don't want it to be rotted out when you need it most.
5. If you're bringing it in to dealership and paying for rotation, you can do it at home and save a few bucks.

And if you have the truck for a while, and pay attention to tires and what shops will and won't do - once the date on the sidewall is 7 years out, most shops won't even look at it. I took one in to have it broken down so I could reseal the bead. It was on a car sitting in my shop, not on the road, the car wouldn't be on the road for a long time, I just needed a tire that would hold air so I could move the car around more easily. I rolled it in and asked them to just break down the bead. They looked at it and told me to take it back home. I've run into that before.
I'd rather use the spare than let it rot away and then in a few years, realize it won't support the truck or have it blow out due to dry rot.
And if I ever have a flat the spare could be put on any corner and even left there.

 

[CerOf]

Was gonna run these bald then upsize when it was buying time . They got better after rotating the first time at 6000. Just hit 12000 and rotated again today.
any suggestions on something quite in a 33”.
I like the look of the Mickey Thompson A/T
. I see a lot of BF Goodrich around here .
Not looking for aggressive off-road but more all terrain and good in snow .

Duratrac

They’ve been great in snow, wet, cold/hot roads, rain, slush, and do very well Offroad.

After losing a couple of sidewalks on BFG A/T’s, i gave up on them and went Goodyear Duratrac.

For M/T, I’m still a fan of BFG M/Ts

 

[XraytecH]

Duratrac

They’ve been great in snow, wet, cold/hot roads, rain, slush, and do very well Offroad.

After losing a couple of sidewalks on BFG A/T’s, i gave up on them and went Goodyear Duratrac.

For M/T, I’m still a fan of BFG M/Ts

Goodyear DuraTracs over here too.

 

[doc-ketamine]

Here’s the pattern I use.

My dealer was all on board for a 5-wheel rotation last week (I bought 5 matching rims and tires when I upgraded to 35s) but they way they did it didn't match the diagrams I had seen online. They looked at me like I had seven eyes when I showed them a diagonal-style 5-tire rotation. What they did was front-to-rear (LF<->LR, RF<->RR) and then put the spare on the LR. They said they did this because of the wear indicators (spreading out the thicker treads?).

But how will they do it next time? I thought the rotation was not just for tread depth but also for uneven patterns that might come up d/t alignment issues, etc?

If this is a poor rotation pattern and I should re-do it, what's the best way? Or should I just not worry about it?

 

[WILDHOBO]

My dealer was all on board for a 5-wheel rotation last week (I bought 5 matching rims and tires when I upgraded to 35s) but they way they did it didn't match the diagrams I had seen online. They looked at me like I had seven eyes when I showed them a diagonal-style 5-tire rotation. What they did was front-to-rear (LF<->LR, RF<->RR) and then put the spare on the LR. They said they did this because of the wear indicators (spreading out the thicker treads?).

But how will they do it next time? I thought the rotation was not just for tread depth but also for uneven patterns that might come up d/t alignment issues, etc?

If this is a poor rotation pattern and I should re-do it, what's the best way? Or should I just not worry about it?

I had a similar conversation yesterday at a 4wp store in Denver. I was replacing a single damaged tire and asked their opinion for where to bring it into the rotation. When they realized I was doing 5 way, it went south fast. They just don’t seem to do them often, and there was no clear consensus. Three guys had three different ideas. I was due for a rotation at 5k anyway. I put the replacement where it’s predecessor was, then used my above pattern normally. The pattern I use is what discount tire publishes online for 5 way 4x4 vehicles.

 

[doc-ketamine]

Thanks. So does it make sense then to just start a regular 5-tire rotation in 5k miles, then?

 

[WILDHOBO]

Thanks. So does it make sense then to just start a regular 5-tire rotation in 5k miles, then?

I do them every 5k. Recommended for passenger cars used to be 6k or so, but these wear faster.

 

[mrmo]

Im changing the oil at 8k and do those same tires then. I have not seen and weird wear patterns. What pressure you running them at? I played around with the air and settled at 38 cold and they are wearing great. At 13k miles currently. And by the way, thats the pressure on the door sticker, but I did chalk tests and ride tests and all kinds of crap from 32 psi up to 40 psi

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