New 5th Tire?
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New 5th Tire?
I put a set of 4 295x65x20 Geolandars on my truck about 13k miles ago. I’ve been real happy with them and they are wearing well. I got lazy/distracted/covid’d and never mounted up the 5th for a spare. So I’m wondering about size differential.
As of now I have the OEM spare (275x65x20) under the truck and the new 5th Geolandar (with a new 5th wheel) sitting in storage. Should I rotate the 5th tire in? Should I mount it up as the spare and stay with a four tire rotation? What’s the lesser sin at this point?
As of now I have the OEM spare (275x65x20) under the truck and the new 5th Geolandar (with a new 5th wheel) sitting in storage. Should I rotate the 5th tire in? Should I mount it up as the spare and stay with a four tire rotation? What’s the lesser sin at this point?
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From: Balnarring Victoria Aust
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I put a set of 4 295x65x20 Geolandars on my truck about 13k miles ago. I’ve been real happy with them and they are wearing well. I got lazy/distracted/covid’d and never mounted up the 5th for a spare. So I’m wondering about size differential.
As of now I have the OEM spare (275x65x20) under the truck and the new 5th Geolandar (with a new 5th wheel) sitting in storage. Should I rotate the 5th tire in? Should I mount it up as the spare and stay with a four tire rotation? What’s the lesser sin at this point?
As of now I have the OEM spare (275x65x20) under the truck and the new 5th Geolandar (with a new 5th wheel) sitting in storage. Should I rotate the 5th tire in? Should I mount it up as the spare and stay with a four tire rotation? What’s the lesser sin at this point?
I have found over the years that it is cheaper in the long run to rotate the whole 5 wheels as after about 5 years the spare invariably has gone off a bit and when it goes on the front after a puncture the steering is affected and if the other front tyre has a few miles up they never feel comfortable. From a $ point of view its much of a muchness as far as overall costs and sometimes when you replace 5 tyres at a time you can negotiate better deals.
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In the big scheme of things it won't be noticeably different from having 3 tires with 6k miles and one with 0. (Unless the wear is dramatically worse than I suspect)
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