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The front tyres on Dottie are getting near the wear bars, but the rears have lots and lots left on them.
What's best? Two new on the front as a straight replacement or move back to the fronts and new on the rear.
The rears do not have any signs of cracking, but thought best to wear them out on the front.
They are 6 years old.
Thoughts please peeps.
Geoff
(Dottie is a Fiat Ducato)
 

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Changed ours round this year but put the slightly more worn set from back onto front.
The idea is the back ones last longer and front will get a new set first.
We do not go where there is frost or drive in heavy rain!

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My first thought was to just simply replace the fronts, but then I thought, how old are the rears? Rear tyres (generally) wear out much more slowly than fronts so you could end up with out-of-date rears and have to prematurely replace them.

I also seem to recall that tyre fitters normally want to fit new tyres to the rear, the idea being that it is somewhat "safer" if a front blows. Someone will no doubt correct me if I've got that wrong.
 

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My first thought was to just simply replace the fronts, but then I thought, how old are the rears? Rear tyres (generally) wear out much more slowly than fronts so you could end up with out-of-date rears and have to prematurely replace them.

I also seem to recall that tyre fitters normally want to fit new tyres to the rear, the idea being that it is somewhat "safer" if a front blows. Someone will no doubt correct me if I've got that wrong.
It's to do with steering and lost grip. It's easier to control a front wheel skid than if the rear steps out
 

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At six years old I would be considering replacing all four.
My thoughts too, despite the wear they will all have had the same environmental exposure so even if they look okay I'd rather be safe and replace the lot with it being a heavy motorhome, the spare too.

As for the age - have you checked the date codes on them all to confirm what their actual manufactured dates were?

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Thanks for all your input.
No, I haven't yet checked the date code but will do.
Counting up the votes, I think I will go with rear to front.
Dottie is not heavily laden and I'm also known as mr lightfoot, so speed is not a great factor.
 

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Its nothing to do with the actual loading or being slow driver it's about safety, motorhomes do a lot of standing around on the same spot on the tyre so this can cause them to deteriorate more than ones that have regular use, look at the date codes and let us know what they are as you could find that they are quite a bit older than 6 years ... it's not uncommon for the base vehicles to be hanging a round for quite a while before they're converted so the date could be up to another 2 years on top!

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I would just replace them, at six years old they are getting old in the tyre world. Better to be safe than sorry.
 
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Thank you all. I will take on board all your advice. Now Santa has move his sled out the way I'll check those date codes.

Merry Christmas everyone

Geoff and Therese
 

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I can only agree with my more experienced funsters.
On my side, I go twice a year to my local tyre fitter and all the tyres are professionally checked and although they were more than adequate earlier this year, I decided that I would change all 4. They all had very good tread and from the fitters perspective, good all round.
However, they were 10 years old and the price that I got (after checking tyre depots and on line suppliers) I decided to change.
From lots of places, I'd heard, or read, that to change at 5 years, then 7 years, then 8 years so advice was elastic but I decided that as the tyres were 10 years old, I'll change albeit that the tyre place had passed the condition.

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