What do you think about the 4-tire rotation pattern below? X > H > X > H year 1 X > H > X > H year 2 etsetera
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 | 3 4The first X-pattern rotation in Spring of year 1 gets us:
4 3 | 2 1The H pattern in Summer of year 1 gets us to:
2 1 | 4 3The X pattern of Fall of year 1 gets us to:
3 4 | 1 2And then, finally, the Winter H pattern of year 1 gets us back to:
1 2 | 3 4At 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?