Spare wheel damage if not covered.

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Originally Posted by Mud Gecko

I rotate my spare in too. The way I see it is by the time I'm ready for a new set of treads I may not want the same tyres or like others have said the spare would be no good. Up here the sun kills everything much quicker than down south. I have KM2's and haven't had any issues turning the tyres to run the opposite way.

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Agree. By rotating all 5 we get max use as the older they get, the harder they get up to a point where UV light destroys them. Bridgestone dealer said 6 yrs is normal max SAFE life of tyres. I've had an old tyre blow out on caravan because it had been sitting on side of van facing sun.

a lot of old timers used to buy 4 tyres and throw them up on the roof of their shed for a month or so to "harden" up
Thinking being hard they will last longer

Rotating your spare tyre through will prevent it from becoming damaged from the elements-as the tyre "blooms" and antiozonant is forced to the outer surface forming a protective layer

I have two spares so rotate spares to rear and rear to front and front to spare and cross the spares when they go on.

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Originally Posted by Mud Gecko

I rotate my spare in too. The way I see it is by the time I'm ready for a new set of treads I may not want the same tyres or like others have said the spare would be no good. Up here the sun kills everything much quicker than down south. I have KM2's and haven't had any issues turning the tyres to run the opposite way.

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Same tyres x5, same drill ere

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Originally Posted by threedogs

a lot of old timers used to buy 4 tyres and throw them up on the roof of their shed for a month or so to "harden" up
Thinking being hard they will last longer

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Hehe. Theres a few members here that need to thrown up on the roof of a shed for a bit too....
As for me I don't rotate my tyres as they only cost me $400 for five with rims so when they wear out I'll just get another set and worry about it then.

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Originally Posted by mudski

Hehe. Theres a few members here that need to thrown up on the roof of a shed for a bit too....

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Baaahahhaahah! Good post Mark