Truck tire help

[jill jackson]

and that is why you replace the tires when you have worn down the thread of the tire. what are you doing racing around with them??

Nobody said you should ride on tires that worn. Just if all you're buying is two new they should go on the back. Because of the back needing more grip on the turns. Ideally you should replace all four. But that's not always possible.

 

[richard thurman]

Nobody said you should ride on tires that worn. Just if all you're buying is two new they should go on the back. Because of the back needing more grip on the turns. Ideally you should replace all four. But that's not always possible.

and that is the problem. when your steering go out because you had the crappy tires on the front and you get messed up then you deserved what ever happens to you. it happened to me but I was going so slow and there was nobody else on the road I didnt get hurt.

 

[jill jackson]

and that is what I am saying but the other guy is saying you need to put all of your new tires on the back and the use one get put on the front.

All I can say is read this, it makes sense to me.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiret...ack.com||S|b|6698650813&techid=52&index.jsp=&

"Intuition suggests that since the front tires wore out first and because there is still about half of the tread remaining on the rear tires, the new tires should be installed on the front axle. This will provide more wet and wintry traction; and by the time the front tires have worn out for the second time, the rear tires will be worn out, too. However in this case, intuition isn't right...and following it can be downright dangerous.

When tires are replaced in pairs in situations like these, the new tires should always be installed on the rear axle and the partially worn tires moved to the front. New tires on the rear axle help the driver more easily maintain control on wet roads since deeper treaded tires are better at resisting hydroplaning."

 

[richard thurman]

and I hope that you never have a front blow out at hwy speed to learn your lession.

 

[jill jackson]

and I hope that you never have a front blow out at hwy speed to learn your lession.

You don't understand what the article is saying at all. It's not telling you to run really bad tires anywhere. It's just saying if you ONLY buy two new at a time and have two decent left on it, put them up front because the back-end can swing out in slick conditions with the more worn there.

Ideally, keep your tires rotated and buy all 4 new at the same time. But, not everybody does this and they often wind up buying just 2 at a time.