Tire wear,rotation question

[sport97]

I just snagged a used set of BFG all terrain 31x10.50x15's. 2 have about 90% while the other 2 have 65 to 70% or so. He said his truck wore faster in the front. I wasnt sure how explorers wear treads. Should i put the good ones up front or in the back?

 

[car_candy]

Most vehicles in general wear faster in the front unless your roasting tires with a rear drive car. You always want to put better tires in the front. Rotate as needed.

 

[Maniak]

Ditto.. Fronts "normally" wear faster.. and nomrally on the edges..

The rears "can" wear faster if you have an auto locking rear Diff.. We have a detroit rear and I was lazy this time around.. never rotated the tires front to back until recently.. and the rears wore about 30-50% faster than the fronts..

~Mark

 

[jimbo74]

if the front tread is feathered, its time to rotate them to the rear, then jsut keep rotating every 5k miles

 

[sport97]

I thought so, i just had a set the used set put on at the shop and told them that and he said yeah. I get home and the better set is on the back, not the front like i wanted. I guess i gotta get the jack out.

 

[sport97]

I just check the tires i took off, they have like 8-10k and i had not rotated them yet. It appears as if the tires that had more tread are worn around the edges like a front tire would wear. The tires with less tread are worn evenly, no cupping or anything. Is it possible the rear tires are wearing faster than the front. I had 40psi in them at all times. Its not like i'm roasting them, as i'm sure any of you with a 4.0 explorer realize its definitely not a burnout machine haha.