Really depends on how badly your current ones are worn, might be best to wait until you're ready for a new set then work it in.

 

I always take the least worn of the four that I’m replacing and keep that as my spare. That way I’m only replacing four not five. I have to trust that I’m not getting too old on the spare, but I at least have a plan for regular rotation.

 

Yeah I’ve always done 5 tire rotations on my Jeep. Very simple and easy.

RE your question if it is covered, all tires have date stamps on them and the determines how long they can be considered safe to use. When we had new tires put on our big diesel pusher (read: orders of magnitude more expensive) there was always a concern of not driving on them often enough as the oils in the tires didn’t move around- kinda like flat spotting. I’d go by the date on the tire regardless of if it is covered or not.

 

Eh they're probably at about 60% tread left. Probably won't replace for another 3-4 years at the rate we put miles on the Disco nowadays.

 

Then yes I'd go ahead and start rotating it in, replace the most worn tire first.


Our disco 2 is a DD with 285/70/16 mud terrains. We get a little over a year out of them. She drives it like it's a Ferrari and she's in the hills of Italy.

Meanwhile I get 2 years and counting out of the same brand on my Toyota....I do weigh a good 1000-1500 lbs less. But I don't drive like a race car driver either

 

Only 1-2 years??? All the tire's I've replaced have been due to age, not wear. LR3 got new tires after 5 years due to dry rot/cracking. Driven near daily and had about ~30,000 miles on them, with near monthly off-road trips. Still had plenty of tread (they were mud tires). Similar for the D2. 32" KM3's replaced due to age and dry rot, with plenty of tread left.

 

Correct, she gets about a year. I replace as soon as we're down to about 20-25% tread left. I could run a little longer but if they have enough meat on them to be DOT legal I usually get a good bit of resale off of them at the shop.


We both put about 35 miles a day on our rigs.

I run cheap Chinese mud terrains on these vehicles. They are a softer tire and more aggressive tread pattern vs the KM tires. The KM is a good looking mud tire that has a long highway shelf life. I used to run them when I had family that worked at Michelin, I could get them up to 40% off. We don't off road but when we do have to drive off the paved highway (happened a good bit during/after Helene) these do a bit better in our red clay.

Now I can get a 2-3 sets of the off brand tires for a single set of KMs.

The Toyota just hit 2 years as a daily driver and I'm at about 50% tread life.

Like I said, I drive like I have some sense. She has a traction control light come on at least once a day.

The only rig I run really good tires on is our tow rig. An 8000 lbs SUV towing a 4 ton boat needs good 10 Ply all terrains. I usually replace those due to date code expiration or due to picking up nails/screws/metal. I run yokahama geolander g015s. So far these are the only ones not to flat spot on me after a year or two.




I'm a tire dealer, the mark up margins on these tires absolutely suck unless you're a distributor.

 

Makes sense. In CA it was about ~$325 per tire for KM3s 32" on a 16 inch rim. Luckily we get free lifetime alignments. Plus this past year we've bought 14 tires from them. 5x for 2 rovers, and 4x for a volvo.

 

I have some aluminum plates, concrete blocks and square tubing that I do solid axle alignments with. I grease the plates and set the front tires on them. I check them every couple months or if I see any abnormal tire wear.

I get them realigned at a shop with a machine any time we change tire sets, so far I've never been off more than a 1/16

On my IFS yota it's a different story, I won't even touch that suspension for adjustment.

I think I'm paying around 600-700 for a set of these mud terrains.

 

I somehow manage to break the alignment often when wheeling and so having the lifetime alignments makes it easy. Pretty much after any major wheeling trip I sent it to the shop for a few hours and drive back, good as new. Free for me, and saves times + materials. I have to cut down on the amount of large items and parts, the garage is too full.