Richard,

"Ask your tire shop.  You do have a tire shop that you trust
and takes care of your tire and alignment needs, don't you?"

No, no I don't. And who here finds their local shops to be infallible
sources of information?

I've bought one (1) set of tires for this van since I bought it, those
in 2008, a tire not stocked here so I had then shipped to Discount Tires
for mounting. That's not enough history with that one shop to evaluate
their expertise.

For aligning, I use the good shop here in town, Alignment Techniques
(Mike Wing); he uses a Hunter HawkEye alignment system and watching him
work on the van it's very clear that he knows what he's doing and is
very very conscientious. He told me yesterday that tires should be
rotated every 6,000 - 8,000 miles.

That's his, very expert, opinion, but I wanted to also run the question
past the crowd here, because every type of vehicle has its own quirks.

My tires have about 10,000 miles on them so they are past their
rotate-date.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 09/04/2012 08:57 PM, Richard A Jones wrote:
>> What's the rule o' the thumb about tire rotation?
>
> Rocket J:
>
> Ask your tire shop. You do have a tire shop that you trust
> and takes care of your tire and alignment needs, don't you?
>
> Asking experts isn't rocket science.... Trusting them isn't
> either. Better than a crowd-source question, eh?
>
> Oh, my rule o' thumb is that my tires rotate when I drive and
> don't when I'm parked. ;-)
>
> Richard
>