Logic for or against the tire-rotation pattern X H X H
What do you think about the 4-tire rotation pattern below?
X H X H year 1
X H X H year 2
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Basic assumptions:
Assume the alignment is within spec.
Assume the fronts consistently wear differently than do the rears.
Assume that F-B differential wear is symmetric per axle.
Assume the spare is a donut and therefore out of the picture.
Assume a rotation every change of seasons (about 4K miles roughly).
Assume bidirectional tread.
Assume whitewalls on one side (otherwise I could flip them on the rim).
Assume USA crowns, which is to say almost no crown most of the time.
How does the logic of this X H X H rotation pattern look to you?
Assume tires go on in year 1, front to back, numbered:
1 2
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3 4
The first X-pattern rotation in Spring of year 1 gets us:
4 3
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2 1
The H pattern in Summer of year 1 gets us to:
2 1
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4 3
The X pattern of Fall of year 1 gets us to:
3 4
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1 2
And then, finally, the Winter H pattern of year 1 gets us back to:
1 2
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3 4
At the end of the year, with this X H X H pattern I devised, I think
the tires would have been on every combination but always as a set per axle
because my fronts wear differently than do my rears.
If I flip them on the rim, does that help in giving me rotation options?
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