Rotation is recommended every 12,000 miles (7,500 km) or so, to obtain maximum tire wear. Snow tires sometimes have directional arrows molded into the sidewall of the tire: the arrow shows the direction of rotation. They will wear very rapidly and studded tires will lose their studs if their rotational direction is reversed.
NOTE: Mark the wheel position or direction of studded snow tires before removing them.
If your truck is equipped with tires having different load ratings on the front and the rear, the tires should not be rotated front to rear. Rotating these tires could affect tire life (the tires with the lower rating will wear faster, and they could become overloaded), upsetting truck handling.
| Fig. 1: Tire rotation diagrams — all
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