Which tires would wear down first on a F250 (rear wheel drive), the front set or the rears? & why?

 

Front because of the TTB...and because of turning. The rear tires only get light wear when turning, and light wear under power. The rear wheels are not much over just a trailer tire..and a trailer tire's tread lasts forever.

 

what does TTB mean?

 

The rears on my SD wear faster than the fronts. This is due to tire slipage.

 

REARs always wear faster... they have the added friction/heat/wear of the power/torque it takes to power the vehicle down the road... on AWD vehicles the fronts wear quicker due to turning frictions.... but rear wheel drives eat rear wheels specially when your vehicle ways 7500lbs.

 

under normal conditions the fronts will wear out first on almost all cars. if you have a lead foot... thats another story.

 

..........Almost all cars are front wheel drive...................

 

What!?!!!? NO. All the cheap imports are front wheel drive. Ppl drive them cause their really good on gas. Some of the gay front wheel drive mini SUV's are counted as cars. American Muscle baby. Trans Am's, Firebird's, Camaro's that's the gold right there.

most cars are front wheel drive.....hmm you might just be right.

Front tires wear way faster than the rear because of the added wieght of the engine and ttb. Keeping your tires long means rotating often. Good luck.

 

when i said cars i meant all auto's (trucks, vans, cars, etc.) the rears don't steer, which is where a lot of wear occur on tires.

 

In over 20 years and somewhere around 15 vehicles, I have NEVER had a vehicle of any kind (car, pickup or van) on which the rear tires wore faster than the fronts under normal driving conditions. Leaving long black marks on the road does not count as normal driving conditions.

 

lol, long black marks are happy...

 

so no final decision then either way then ?

I still cant work out what 'TTB' means. Please enlighten me.
The Tire Balance ?
Two Twin Beams ?
Totally Tricked Brakes ?
Tim-Tum Beach ?
Ten Triton Beast ?

 

TTB = Twin Traction Beam, which is Ford's version of an independent front suspension. 4x4 F150's and 250's from 1980-96/97 have the TTB frontend. On the 2wd trucks it is called Twin I-Beam. Same idea, just no front differential.

Front tires wear out first under most normal driving conditions because the front brakes do most of the stopping and that, together with steering and heavier front axle wieght (when unloaded), causes greater wear on tires.

 

The TTB is like a first generation IFS (Independent front suspension). The way it is designed, wears out tires quicker than solid axles or the newer IFS versions. The tire constantly is in an arc of motion like this "(" when it moves up and down it changes the angle. Go over some speed bumps while looking at your front tire and you'll see.

You do not wear out tires much from accelerating under normal driving conditions. If you're ripping it up, then ya it'll wear them out pretty fast. When taking turns, the front wheels take a lot of wear, the rears don't. On our trucks, the front wheels will wear out faster than the rear. This is why we rotate them so it stays even.

 

Happy, yes

Good for tire wear, no