Drive Tires- replace all or only what is needed

If you can replace all 8, go for it...if not, put 4 new ones on one axle then replace the others down the line. If your old ones are still good and you for your own trailer, put em there for a while

 

I usually have all 8 replaced annually just prior to winter. Older best of the bunch go to trailer spares.

 

My experience is the rear axle tends to wear slightly faster, usually right rear more so, A set of 4 on the rear axle, Then moved up, and again a new set of 4. With a little planning, you can keep a fairly good match up, between axles. Sometimes running the 4 older ones out in summertime. Then replacing them, can end up in a closer match eventually. Keeping the same brand, helps when rotating, if you end up blowing a sidewall or some other road hazard. Otherwise, I do it that way mainly to save the cost of rotation. Applying it to the next tire purchase. The other option is to get a good trade in price for old tires. Depends on the Dealers Market.

 

Always a tough call. If you put only 4 on, they might wear faster with the older ones. If you don't have a trailer, and they're virgins, a tire shop may give you something for them, but I'd probably go with 8, and get it over with. And being the negative Joe that I am, the tire companies probably engineer in their tires NOT to be compatible with others. I once thought of buying 10 steer tires, that way, if you picked up something on the steer, ,just plug it, and take one of the drive tires.

 

If your meatier tires only have 4-6, replace all 8. I haven’t bought drive tires in a while as my glider still has tires it came with, but the Goodyear g572 was a solid drive tire for me, as in lasting over 500,000 miles.