Thread: Tyre rotation

Originally Posted by Saulman1010

Michelins are way to expensive. I can stake two toyos (and it can happen easily) for the price of one Michelin.
I was once told by a tire guy the front tire flicks up debris from the side of road and then the rear tire runs over and punctures it. Or so he said.
When I start to get punctures its time to change the tires. I get about 80k out of the toyo's and thats to about 20% left.

Which Toyos do you run? And where do you get them for $150 bucks each?

So do we rotate the tires or not? I keep getting mixed information on this with some saying rotate while some saying don't bother.

I have Cooper STMaxx on my truck for about 12,000 KMs now. I noticed that the fronts are really worn down compared to the rears which still looked pretty new. I rotated the tires at 10,000 KMs so that the lower fronts are now in the rear and the rears with the bigger lugs are now in front. If this wear is typical, maybe a rotation of 5,000 KMs is better? This is to say if we should even be rotating the tires at all.

I wanted to include my spare in the rotation to make them last longer but the extremely uneven wear observed makes this impossible. I also adjust the tire pressures accordingly when the tires are swapped.

Also, I notice that the right side rear tire always has lower pressures than the rest for some reason. Even after rotation, the tire previously occupying that spot had OK pressures and the new tire occupying that spot has lower pressures. Anyone know why this is? No punctures found in both cases.

I've always ran factory pressures on the tires, 30 psi in front and 48 psi in the rear. Now I adjust to make the ride a bit more comfortable since I don't fully load the truck anyways. 30 psi front, 40 psi rear.

Tombie must live in a land of very few roundabouts. Passenger side front falls victim to roundabouts, so defs need to do a switch, I do diagonal change to avoid rotation issues and monitor tyre pressures weekly.
Seems to work quite well.
Also run a set of muddies for mud (or risk of) and a set of at’s for general running about. Good long term saving and it’s nice and quiet w the at’s

Originally Posted by HardCharger

So do we rotate the tires or not? I keep getting mixed information on this with some saying rotate while some saying don't bother.

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Also, I notice that the right side rear tire always has lower pressures than the rest for some reason. Even after rotation, the tire previously occupying that spot had OK pressures and the new tire occupying that spot has lower pressures. Anyone know why this is? No punctures found in both cases.

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When you check them, is that tyre (with the lower pressure) in the shade, whilst the others are in the sun? I get anything up to a couple of psi difference between the shady and the sunny side.

Originally Posted by Colmoore

Tombie must live in a land of very few roundabouts. Passenger side front falls victim to roundabouts, so defs need to do a switch, I do diagonal change to avoid rotation issues and monitor tyre pressures weekly.
Seems to work quite well.
Also run a set of muddies for mud (or risk of) and a set of at’s for general running about. Good long term saving and it’s nice and quiet w the at’s

For our population and size we have a plethora of the bloody things... and spoon drains...

Thankful for very few speed humps though...


Just watch keeping multiple sets of tyres, they’ll age “quicker” sitting around and really shouldn’t be used after 5 years...

5 years, I wish! I do too many ks for that.
The route to the closest shop/hardware etc to me has 7 roundabouts in around as many kms - that’s one way....
Roundabouts are my preference over traffic lights, but they definitely cause tyre wear