Mporter
October 6th, 2009, 04:23 PM
So I have seen quite a few people who have say, a set of BFG KM2's on their jeep but then have a procomp of the same size and everything on the back (example is from a coworker). I know on my toyota owners manual it says that you should rotate your spare into the mix as well, which makes sense.
Many people who wheel don't like the added weight of a full size (31, 33, 35, etc) spare on their rig and will carry a spare the approximate same height, but smaller width. This works fine for getting you off the trail and home and help keep the weight down. You can even run it on the street for quite awhile. This works quite well and I have done this myself.
But I have a question, do you just rotate the same 4 tires and then just keep the spare in good shape for that "in case" moment when you have a flat or something. Or do you rotate the spare in as well so you may have 3 of one type of tire, and then 1 different one.
If you have a matching set of 5 tires, rotate the spare into the mix when you do the regular rotations. If you only have 4 of the same tires, simply cross rotate them every now and then. Another thing that you can do is, about 1/2 or 1/3 of the way through the tire life, have the tires remounted and flipped so that the inside of the tire is now on the outside. Make sure that you don't have a directional tire if you do this.
I also noticed that my spare tire (even though it's the stock size) is a different brand than the 4 Michelin LTX's that are on my car, which makes me think that the first way is how Discount rotates em.
Not a big deal. Best bet here is to simply keep it as a spare and cross rotate your 4 matching tires. Your 4x4 system can handle well over 1/4 difference in tire height. You can run different tires in the front or rear, but different makes of tires the size can vary by a lot. If you get over 1" of difference in tire height and run your rig in 4wheel drive on dry pavement, you are going to bind the transfer case as one set of wheels is going to be turning faster than the other to some degree.Keep doing this and something is going to eventually break.
Many people who wheel don't like the added weight of a full size (31, 33, 35, etc) spare on their rig and will carry a spare the approximate same height, but smaller width. This works fine for getting you off the trail and home and help keep the weight down. You can even run it on the street for quite awhile. This works quite well and I have done this myself.
But I have a question, do you just rotate the same 4 tires and then just keep the spare in good shape for that "in case" moment when you have a flat or something. Or do you rotate the spare in as well so you may have 3 of one type of tire, and then 1 different one.
If you have a matching set of 5 tires, rotate the spare into the mix when you do the regular rotations. If you only have 4 of the same tires, simply cross rotate them every now and then. Another thing that you can do is, about 1/2 or 1/3 of the way through the tire life, have the tires remounted and flipped so that the inside of the tire is now on the outside. Make sure that you don't have a directional tire if you do this.
I also noticed that my spare tire (even though it's the stock size) is a different brand than the 4 Michelin LTX's that are on my car, which makes me think that the first way is how Discount rotates em.
Not a big deal. Best bet here is to simply keep it as a spare and cross rotate your 4 matching tires. Your 4x4 system can handle well over 1/4 difference in tire height. You can run different tires in the front or rear, but different makes of tires the size can vary by a lot. If you get over 1" of difference in tire height and run your rig in 4wheel drive on dry pavement, you are going to bind the transfer case as one set of wheels is going to be turning faster than the other to some degree.Keep doing this and something is going to eventually break.