Originally Posted By: KitaCam
The thread on rotation has me thinking....
Like the title asks...
Does anyone have any idea (what am I saying, all here have an idea!) or experience in rotating five new tires and see a signiicantly longer tread-life for the set of five over a set of four?
My truck has 191,000 on it now and I've always done the 5 tire rotation.
It is no more work then the 4 tire - except for removing and replacing the spare
Time wise you can go 20% longer between buying tires.
Tires do age. If I didn't use the 5 tire rotation my spare would be 15 years old - not good.
"Our experience has been that when properly stored and cared for, most street tires have a useful life in service of between six to ten years"
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=183
When going from one brand of tire to another you will have all the same brand.
I'm surprised more people don't do it.
As to tread life, why would it be longer for 5 vs 4? Tread life is determined by the miles driven.