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Old 05-23-2016, 07:26 PM   #1
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Is this normal

I tow a 2955RL with a 2500 Chevy. Is it normal for the rear tires to wear more than the front tires? I was doing maintenance on TV today and noticed that the rear tires had much more wear than the front tires. Front tires still look like new after 22k miles. BTW I am using Michelin's on the TV.
 
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Old 05-23-2016, 11:43 PM   #2
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Give us the year of the TV and engine or tow package information.

You didn’t say if the wear is even?

I would go to a truck scale with the trailer and see what your weights are. A truck scale will give you your steering axel, drive axel and both trailer axel weights as well as a total weight.

I have our 2009 3500 4 door long bed DRW Duramax tires rotated every oil change in accordance with the owners manual. So far so good I am on my third set of tires and they all wear out at the same time. I am towing at a total weight of 23,300 Lbs.

I weigh at least once a year and normally on the first long trip of the year. You will find a tendency for the unit to gain weight. I just went thru ours in preparation for the trip to Tennessee this week and you would be surprised what got unloaded from the trailer.

Basically if you can’t remember when you used it last you don’t need it in the trailer. This of course is exempting the tire change tools and equipment Etc.

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Old 05-24-2016, 01:52 AM   #3
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Yes, rears wear much faster when towing.
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Old 05-24-2016, 02:42 AM   #4
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Yes. All that weight on the back of the truck takes a toll when towing. Our rear tires have always worn faster, regardless of tire or truck brand.
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Old 05-24-2016, 03:39 AM   #5
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Like Phil P, we rotate at every service and carry 75 psi in the rear while towing. We carry 65 psi in the front while towing. Have pulled about 15,000 over the last 3.5 years, never noticed excessive wear. The Bridgestones ran 75,000 miles, and we're about 15,000 into out Michelins. they still look like new.
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Old 05-24-2016, 03:59 AM   #6
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And when you have the tires rotated, check to make sure they adjusted the pressures according to your door panel. Mine calls for 65 front and 80 rear. But a couple times when I had the tires rotated, they did not change the pressures and I had 80 front and 65 rear until I adjusted them.

Mine have always worn evenly, but I don't tow as many miles as many of you.
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Old 05-24-2016, 04:18 AM   #7
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Old 05-24-2016, 05:21 AM   #8
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2004 Duramax single rear wheel. CAT scale earlier this month showed: steer axle 4000 lbs, drive axle 5080 lbs,, trailer axle 9480 lbs.
The wear on rear tires is even. I run 80lbs rear and 65 lbs front.
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Old 05-24-2016, 05:30 AM   #9
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Rotate tires every time you change your oil. Good to rebalance also. Change inflation.
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Old 05-24-2016, 04:15 PM   #10
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That's one reason I rotate my tires every 5,000 miles. I remember to do this because I rotate the tires myself when I changed the dino oil in my '06 Ford F-250. I have the F-350 leaf spring set and 17 in rims/tires to support the F-350 weight rating. This requires 65 psi in frobt and 75 on the rear wheels. With the extra 2,000 lbs on the rear axle when towing (I fulltime and move twice or more a month), I only suspect the rears wear out faster than the fronts. But since I rotate the tires they are wearing even.

No complaints using my Michelins on my TV except, I use to deflate the rear tires all around to 60 psi. This stopped the hard ride when not towing or loaded. Unfortunately, after the third tire separated and each time they were replaced under warranty for a small fee, I no longer mess with inflation. It's 65 in front, 75 in back and I monitor this religiously. The trailer stays at 80 psi on my STs.

To summarize, rotating tires would cause even wear all around. Or, don't rotate and expect to replace only two tires at a time when they wear out faster than the fronts.
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Old 05-24-2016, 04:41 PM   #11
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I normally rotate every 5000 miles, but on all of the other vehicles I have owned, the front wore faster. I would check the front tires and there was no sign of wear so I did not rotate them. If i had only looked at the rear tires also i would have noticed that I should have been rotating them. Guess i need to be a little more diligent about my maintenance! MY BAD
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Our first Montana was a 2955RL with a 2500 just like yours. And yes towing just ate the rear tires up. I would guess I got half the tire life on the rear compared to the front. To compensate for this I rotated the tires more often than recommended, that way I would use all the tires at the same time.
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Our oil change is at 3K miles which is the Ford recommendation for Heavy duty or extreme use(towing a heavy load) We do not rotate our dully tires every 3K miles .We just had our 80K service done last week. The brake wear was at about 50/50 with just a bit more on the rear and the tires were nearly even all around. This is our second set of tires/they did not rotate tires. We attribute this to proper hitch setup and proper tire inflation.
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Even tho the 2955 is one of the lighter Montanas they can still have a hefty pin weight. When we were weighed at the Goshen Rally with our 2955 we found out we were running between 2600 to 2700 pounds on the pin. Quite a bit more than the Montana brochure specs. So with that much pin if we had an older 2500 TV we very likely would have been over loaded, but we had a 3500 Dually so no problem.
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Our oil change is at 3K miles which is the Ford recommendation for Heavy duty or extreme use(towing a heavy load) We do not rotate our dully tires every 3K miles .We just had our 80K service done last week. The brake wear was at about 50/50 with just a bit more on the rear and the tires were nearly even all around. This is our second set of tires/they did not rotate tires. We attribute this to proper hitch setup and proper tire inflation.
Rich, he does not have a dully, and he probably has proper tire inflation and a good hitch set up too.
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Could be because the OP is using a 2500 truck. Both our dually trucks had about the same wear front and rear way more wear on the rear would indicate high pin weight, improper inflation or both????
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Old 05-25-2016, 09:31 AM   #17
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If I calculated properly my pin weight is 2280 lbs.
I do run rear tires at max pressure of 80 psi.
I took total weight of truck and trailer and subtracted weight of truck alone and then subtracted weight of trailer axles. Is this the right way? My truck weighed 6800 lbs.
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Normal for the rear and the hotter the weather the more they wear.
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Checking tire pressures is important. Back tire should run max shown on tire. 75psi or 80
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