Tire rotation interval

[Mac]

Since it seems like pretty much everyone agrees on the need for tire rotation, I wonder how most people are rotating the tires. Just front to back or cross rotation. I have always cross rotated my tires in order to let each tire run and wear in each position.

I have always done cross, seems to work well.

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[elPollero]

Well I did the 5 way . The front passenger had started cupping and after rotation i pulled out on my country road and did some drawn out burn outs and it got better.
Just rotated again . Better than it was

 

[blau iii]

At each oil change (5k miles), 5 tire rotation.. Spare to pass rear, pass rear to pass front, pass front to drive rear, drive rear to drive front, drive front comes off.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

5 tire rotation every 4-5k miles. My GrabberX3's are wearing great after 17k miles.

My General Grabber A/Tx are excellent in snow.
A couple of times last winter while on hilly, curvy slick, snow packed and snowy roads I hit some clear areas and went to shift out of 4H only to find I never shifted into 4H. I was already in 2 wheel drive.
The thing was handling so well with these tires I don't use 4H quite as much.

I do a five way with a standard cross for 4x4 vehicles.

Yeah, I do a 5 tire rotation roughly every 5K miles or so. That looks like what I use.
It does at least 2 things for this ADHD guy with no memory anyway - it forces me to make sure my spare is up to snuff - and properly inflated, and, it exercises the spare lift so I won't get out on a dark rainy back road and have a flat only to find I can't get the spare lowered down because it's stuck or rusted in place or whatever. I know that 5K miles ago my spare was fine and the spare tire carrier worked down and up.
And - if I ever have a tire destroyed, no worries having to find one that matches - and having to put a new tire on the truck with worn tires.
Besides, with a 5 tire rotation, you only have to have one jack and lift one corner at a time.
Drop the spare.
Lift RR corner, remove tire, put spare in that spot, set truck down.
Lift front right corner, swap tires, etc.

 

[JET_83]

it's every 5-7,500 is what I've always read

 

[JET_83]

My General Grabber A/Tx are excellent in snow.
A couple of times last winter while on hilly, curvy slick, snow packed and snowy roads I hit some clear areas and went to shift out of 4H only to find I never shifted into 4H. I was already in 2 wheel drive.
The thing was handling so well with these tires I don't use 4H quite as much.




Yeah, I do a 5 tire rotation roughly every 5K miles or so. That looks like what I use.
It does at least 2 things for this ADHD guy with no memory anyway - it forces me to make sure my spare is up to snuff - and properly inflated, and, it exercises the spare lift so I won't get out on a dark rainy back road and have a flat only to find I can't get the spare lowered down because it's stuck or rusted in place or whatever. I know that 5K miles ago my spare was fine and the spare tire carrier worked down and up.
And - if I ever have a tire destroyed, no worries having to find one that matches - and having to put a new tire on the truck with worn tires.
Besides, with a 5 tire rotation, you only have to have one jack and lift one corner at a time.
Drop the spare.
Lift RR corner, remove tire, put spare in that spot, set truck down.
Lift front right corner, swap tires, etc.

Do you balance each time too or just rotate?

 

[JET_83]

5 tire rotation every 4-5k miles. My GrabberX3's are wearing great after 17k miles.

5?

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Do you balance each time too or just rotate?

No balance.
I've not had to rebalance these tires since first installed about 12,000 miles ago.
I can run up to 95 with zero vibrations.

 

[JET_83]

No balance.
I've not had to rebalance these tires since first installed about 12,000 miles ago.
I can run up to 95 with zero vibrations.

so unless you feel vibrations or get a new set of tires, no need to rebalance?

 

[WILDHOBO]

My General Grabber A/Tx are excellent in snow.
A couple of times last winter while on hilly, curvy slick, snow packed and snowy roads I hit some clear areas and went to shift out of 4H only to find I never shifted into 4H. I was already in 2 wheel drive.
The thing was handling so well with these tires I don't use 4H quite as much.




Yeah, I do a 5 tire rotation roughly every 5K miles or so. That looks like what I use.
It does at least 2 things for this ADHD guy with no memory anyway - it forces me to make sure my spare is up to snuff - and properly inflated, and, it exercises the spare lift so I won't get out on a dark rainy back road and have a flat only to find I can't get the spare lowered down because it's stuck or rusted in place or whatever. I know that 5K miles ago my spare was fine and the spare tire carrier worked down and up.
And - if I ever have a tire destroyed, no worries having to find one that matches - and having to put a new tire on the truck with worn tires.
Besides, with a 5 tire rotation, you only have to have one jack and lift one corner at a time.
Drop the spare.
Lift RR corner, remove tire, put spare in that spot, set truck down.
Lift front right corner, swap tires, etc.

Yep. It’s easier than a 4 way in the driveway.

 

[zxd9]

5?

Yep. Bring the spare into rotation as well. 20% more overall tire life and keeps tread depth the same across all tires.

I have 5 after market wheels.

 

[XraytecH]

35" Goodyear DuraTracs at 30psi cold seem to wear long and even. But I've only done two rotations so far.

I do the 5 Tire Tango

 

[Sarge502]

5 tire rotation on my Cooper AT3s every 5k. Only done one rotation thus far. Next one will be soon.

bought an extra stock Overland wheel initially for the matching spare. Now I’m in the market for a new aftermarket set. Staying with 18s since my tires are pretty new but buying a matching 5 regardless

 

[JET_83]

Yep. Bring the spare into rotation as well. 20% more overall tire life and keeps tread depth the same across all tires.

I have 5 after market wheels.

I guess I'm just trying to follow, unless you're using the spare as well why does it need rotated... lol The wear won't be the same anyway because other tires will already have one rotation in before that one will...

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I guess I'm just trying to follow, unless you're using the spare as well why does it need rotated... lol

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?

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