Living in snow country, and driving rear wheel drive. I put the newer
tires on back for traction.

Last year, I had a tire blow out. The left rear tire of my van picked
up a nail. The first I knew anything was wrong, the van wasn't
handling right. I pulled over. Find out that the sidewall on both
sides had sheared. The rim had a little rubber on it, and there was a
peel that resembled a tire, wrapped around the hub.

It was a Walmart tire, with warranty. I got a flatbed ride home. The
next day, I pulled the tire, and took it to another Walmart. $2.50
later, I had a new tire mounted and balanced. Just used up about five
hours or six, between the two days. Blow out, wait for tire guy, wait
for tow truck, jacking up the van, going to the store, wait for the
tire to be mounted, and replacing tire and all that.

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Best tires go on the back,
Good or better tires on the front.

I see many answer to put the good tires on the front. That was the
common
method for many years, but now it is proved that the better tires
should go
on the rear. I cannot recall where I saw it, but a web site has a
video
showing why and it does make sense.

That's what I would think, too. The back end had better stay back
there.
OTOH, a blowout in the front can ruin your day, too. Modern tires
don't tend
to self-destruct that way, though.