Changing drive tires, which ones and how many?

When they start looking a little too much like drag slicks. 10/32 should last a little while yet, until September or October anyway when that nasty cold white stuff starts to show up again.

 

Now would be the time to buy 3 more, to match the new one. Depending on when I planned on buying 4 more, if before winter, I’d put new ones on the front drive axle now, and 4 new on drive axle later. If not until after winter starts, I’d put 4 on rear axle now. Then cross rotate them to the front drive axle, when I put the other 4 new on rear axle. The goal for Me, is to get all tires, wearing out evenly at the same time, without spending money rotating them. May still need to rotate rear axle, only, swapping both sides to side, just once, if they’re wearing unevenly.I’d rather save the money, and apply it to the next tire purchase.

 

Run them tires down you just now starting to get down to where the tires are most fuel efficient. Run out thru the summer and fall

 

^^^^^^. On the money. 10/32 is a lot of rubber to work with. New tires will wear fast in the heat of summer. The worn tires will get better wear in the summer.

 

Tires wear faster the first 50% of their depth because of tread block squirm and scrub roll. Like has been mentioned above the last 50% is least rolling resistance and they wear slower. Don’t believe that. Next time you buy new. Record mileage and date. Buy a tread depth gauge and monitor depth at least once a month. Most drives start at 32/32’s that is 1 inch deep. That is a lot of movement in the blocks. That is way you may feel like the truck swaying or rocking back and forth in the lane. That has to wear down to disappear. Most steers start around 26 to 28/32’s that is about 3/4 to 7/8 of an inch deep. Compare to car/ light truck tires that are only 1/2 to 9/16 inch deep new.
Record depth and mileage and date every time you check depth and you will find that once you get half worn it slows down significantly.
That being said depends on the mechanical parts of the truck being in good shape and in adjustment and not prematurely eating the tires. Or a hot rod foot and clutch drop at every takeoff trying to get a good track reaction time.
Also just a thought the more docking type backing manuvures you got to do the more wear on tires. If you are on concrete and can see your graffiti like tire marks left behind from turns that is rubber worn off and left behind.

 

^^^^^^^^ The way I read this post it contradicts itself.