Tire Rotation on a Dually

[wal_mart]

Check with tire manufacturer to make sure warranty is not affected with not doing rotation.

[hunts800]

Well, after reading all the input, guess I'll rotate per the manual. It Is included in the free maintenance program from Chevy for the first 24 months, so I'll insist on dismounting tires where required to complete a 6 wheel rotation. Will have to take a book with me as I suspect this will be a time consuming visit on oil change day! Given that they will be mounting and dismounting tires, I plan to discuss doing 7 tire rotation and bringing the spare into the mix.

I appreciate all the data.

[sambam]

My manual has a diagram of the proper rotation. I've had my truck 7+ years and never rotated the tires. I replaced them all 2 years ago, however. BTW, my truck has less than 54k as I drive a small car for a daily driver.

[Krease]

I do not rotate on my dually. I usually get about 50k out of the fronts and 75k out of the rears. They never last more than 8 months anyway...

[farmall130]

I have a GM dually which has polished aluminum wheels. If you try to rotate the tires, the inside rear wheel is steel. If you put it on the front it will look pretty crappy. Also, I have been told the studs are not long enough if you were to try to put both aluminum wheels on the rear because they are thicker. I agree with everybody else, don't think it's worth the expense to dismount. In 10,250 miles I can see little or no wear on mine....

[hunts800]

So, went for first oil change at my dealer at 5000 miles. Maintenance is free for first 24K, tire rotation included. They dismounted and remounted all six tires ( they would not include the spare as part of the free maintenance and I did not push it). Took them over two and a half hours to do the whole service, remount and balance tires, etc.

It was free - but kind of time consuming and I wonder how much stress/wear is put on the tires sidewalls by the mount/dismount routine.

Next time I will make an appointment which hopefully will reduce the time involved. I'm still not sure whether it might be better to just leave them alone.

[Lenny K]

Had 6 tires balanced and rotated at Costco today which took 45 minutes. There was no unusual wear.

[WaltBennett]

WHY IS THIS HERE?

[dieselguy]

Why is "what" here?

[Tom S.]

quote:Originally posted by dieselguy

Why is "what" here?

He's referring to the fact that this section is for tires on the Montana's, not the ones on trucks. The thread belongs in the Tow Vehicle section, but there are lots of misplaced posts on this forum and no one seems to be interested in correcting them.

[Virginia Young]

The heeding says "TIRES, Montana Tires." Doesn't that mean TIRES AND Montana Tires? Otherwise, it wouldn't just say "Montana Tires."

[Eagleback]

Hello.

I have a dually and after talking to a few transporters that use heavy duty trucks with DRW for there jobs. All of them recommended using the steel wheels with or with out simulators so the rotating of the tires can happen to all 6 wheels they have also told me they do not like to even use the simulators in the steel rims because it causes a balancing issue. So when I bought my dually this is my first one and love it over my old 1 ton with SBW I had the dealer replace the premium wheels with steel and got the simulators for it.