Six of them..... Two of them each have one moon.......

 

Hello, Steve. On the rotating tires and duallies; all I ever do is just swap the steer tires side to side every 7500 miles. On both of my Ford DRW (F350’s) with 17” wheels, that seemed to keep them wearing evenly. The ‘16 was bumping 60,000 miles and looked like they had another 10,000 in them. Now, on my brand X truck that I am driving now, I probably won’t get that kind of mileage out of them from all appearances at this time. As far as rotating the rears on a dually, I have found it to be a lot of work for little gain.
Good luck.

EDIT: PS. This is the same as I did on the big trucks too, and I was consistently getting over 100,000 on a set of steer tires that way.

 

I am looking at getting actual steering tires for my F450, thinking toyo, they have a tire with a solid shoulder. my fronts are cupping at 14,000 miles and the continental tires love to follow road seams and ruts.

 

You are so right about the HSR's following road seams and ruts. I had almost forgotten how bad that tendency is when they are new until I just replaced them. In my experience, it gets better after 5K or so, but never completely goes away. I will be interested to hear what you end up with and how they work out.

 

About a month ago I had taken my F450 in for service related to a safety recall that Ford sent to me. It had to do with a defective steering damper that needed to be replaced. I was told that it was not actually a recall, but rather a notice to owners that the warranty was being extended on that part due to reported problems. I told the dealer that I was experiencing the issues the notice identified, including vibration in the steering wheel after hitting expansion cracks in the highway. They did the diagnostics and test drives and agreed that my truck did have the problem. They replaced the damper and drag links and realigned the truck and recalibrated the lane-keeping system and some other stuff. They said that in order to complete the repair, they needed to rebalance the front tires. But, they said they could not do so because the tread depth was below the spec for doing that. That is what drove me to get the new tires.

I don't know if anyone else has this issue, but thought I'd pass it along.

 

hjere is what I have been thinking about getting.
https://www.bbwheelsonline.com/toyo-...86eb84a7f71890

 

I want to share a "find" that I made today with all you folks that enjoy working on RV's. I was trying to replace a couple of rocker switches in our DRV with lighted rocker switches so that I could easily see if they are on or not. However, I was trying to find lighted rocker switches that would be direct replacements for the switches in the rig now so that they would cover the cutout holes correctly. (I think they make the cutouts in the panel with a chain saw.)

I was able to find the name of the manufacturer of the existing switches and that is American Technology Components in Elkhart, IN. On their website I found the exact switch I wanted and sent them an email. They immediately responded that I had the correct switch but that they only sell in cases of 300. However, they directed me to PDX RV Wholesale as a dealer that I could buy small quantities from. When I went to their website I was amazed to find that they carry EVERYTHING we have all looked for for our RV's.

Roy, if you really want to get into RV repair, you need this website. Here is the link: https://pdxrvwholesale.com

 

That is a wonderful find........

Thank You kind Sir.....

 

When you switch the steer tires from side to side, do you break them down to turn the same way or just switch them from side to side? Didn't think you could put them on the other side and turn the other way on the road. That's why front to back?

 

You are entirely welcome! I am guessing many folks already knew about this site, but it was totally new to me. I can't imagine how many things I may need in the future that they have on here. And prices seem to be reasonable as well.

 

my dealer just does side to side front and back not breaking them down. To do a 6 way rotation is about $250.00

 

I know Costco does it for free on duallies. But I was always told not to change rotation on the tires. I guess I am wrong?

 

Radial tires don't usually have any issues with doing so these days. And the issues that may come to light from doing so are usually caused by wear issues from bad alignment settings.
Personally if I go the dually route I'd want steel wheels just for the ability to rotate them. On our customers duallys we rotate front to rear inner, rear inner to outer, rear outer to front.

 

I've had dually's as daily drivers since 2008 with aluminum rims outside and steel rims inside and unless changing tires on rims and balancing them is free for life it's cheaper to just swap side to side with the price cost vs tire cost. Front tires always wear faster being pushed forward by the duallys in turns.
Going in today for 6 new tires on the '16' the oem BF Goodrich Rugged Trail T/A didn't last that great with only 45,000 miles, 2/3 towing the 5th wheel. Going to try Goodyear Wrangler A/T Adventure with Kevlar this time. Price for 6 mounted, balanced, disposal of old tires ($4.50 each) with 6.5% tax is $1,700 which was slightly cheaper than the oem tires. The price to pay for wide hips on a truck.

 

Hey guys, I guess it's on me to be the bearer of bad news. Dave's wife Joyce passed away yesterday. Let's all keep him in our thoughts and prayers.