How often do you rotate your tires? (1/2 ton truck)

[10,000 Casts]

My 2012 F150 that is a year old and has 29000 needs new tires. The alignment was done in February and they rotated and balanced the tires. I was getting wear on the inside of the 2 front tires so I had them do another alignment today and everything was in factory specs. Then they tell me that the rear tires are in worse shape than the front. The guy tried telling me that it is from not rotating them enough.

How often do you rotate your tires?

[Lund79]

I do mine every other oil change.

[dan z]

I like to every 7000. I check pressure often and I have 16000 miles on mine without much wear showing. I drive a Dakota.

[Walleye Guy]

Rotation every 6000 miles on my 2007 GMC Sierra. The factory Goodyear tires lasted 74,000 miles and the replacement set of the same model Goodyears are still on the truck and I am at 137,000 miles now. These tires should get me through the winter.

[BartmanMN]

My Ford dealer told me to rotate my 2013 F150 Ecoboost every 6500 miles. I had them rotated at 8900 miles and my front measured 11/32 and the rear were 9/32.

[Ballyhoo]

On my old truck, I did it every other oil change approx 6-7000 miles. On my new 2013 F150 it is recommended every 5000 miles which is every recommended oil change. I changed the oil at 2500 miles and will get the tires rotated at 7500 at the next oil change.

[Scott K]

I just look at my tires, if the fronts start to cup, I rotate them to the rear. Typically every other oil change.

[Scott K]

It all depends on how you drive. If you drive straight up 35 to Duluth and back, you could go 15,000 or more. If you drive a lot of freewaay off ramps, and higher speeds, or a lot of corners, I would rotate them about every 5000.

[NoWiser]

I got about 65k or 70k miles on my Dueler A/Ts that came with my 2008 1/2 ton Chevy. I think I rotated tires about 3 times total on those. I have Michelins on now and am rotating them with every oil change. Hope to get 75k or 80k miles on them.

[Jeremy airjer W]

Every 6,000 miles.

[Esox_Magnum]

Am I missing something? I have never rotated tires on any of my trucks, dont notice any difference in wear patterns from front to back either.... Wife Subaru now thats a different story...

[Big Dave2]

I am also an every other oil change guy.

[Ballyhoo]

I think Goodyear is not warrantying tires if they are not rotated to their recommendations which is 5k mi.

[SkunkedAgain]

I don't drive fast, especially around turns. My rotation plan is easy. Rotate in the fall and rotate in the spring. I usually get a lot of mileage out of my tires. My wife's SUV is a different story...

[10,000 Casts]

And I am easy on my truck too and its all highway miles. I have friends that rotate about once every 2 years on their F150s and they are fine yet mine lasted 1 year and 29,000 miles... I just can't believe that my tires need to be rotated every other month!

[brittman]

What brand of tire ?

Any chance your front ball joints are loose / worn ?

[TruthWalleyes]

Those of you rotating so frequently do you go to a shop for oil changes and rotating?

[NoWiser]

I change my own oil and rotate my own tires with each oil change. It used to be a little more of a pain, but my uncle recently got a lift and the last two rotations sure went easy!!

[Jeremy airjer W]

What brand of tires are on it?

[Fowlmouth]

Every 6k

[Dozer]

Am I missing something? I have never rotated tires on any of my trucks, dont notice any difference in wear patterns from front to back either.... Wife Subaru now thats a different story...

Why would you rotate your car tires but not your truck tires?

[Fowlmouth]

Maybe the all time all wheel drive a subaru has wears tire tread faster. Just a guess.

[Mr.Seaguar]

Those of you rotating so frequently do you go to a shop for oil changes and rotating?

I rotate every other oil change and yes I take it to a shop. I have had mine almost 5 yrs and I have seen under the hood 3 times. That's 2 more than I meant to when I bought it.

[thatoneguy]

2010 F-150, 75,000 miles, never rotated the tires. Just had to replace the front ones, will probably replace the rear ones next summer.

Not the recommended plan, for sure, but I tend to forget such things

[Esox_Magnum]

Maybe the all time all wheel drive a subaru has wears tire tread faster. Just a guess.

Have to due to warrenty and it being AWD