There was a link to tirerack.com for some hancook tires so I thought ill go look and read the reviews and in those reviews I found a pretty funy (really dumb) comment,
Initial Review, 27,000 Miles on Tires
December 10, 2007

I have a F-150 I purchase new in July of 2005, at this time I have a little over 27000 miles. And I can see the front two tires wear out really fast. Ive been trying to find the manufactor of the tires so I can ask if they are still under warrenty.

Never rotated them at all I wonder why the front ones went down Some people these days..

 

27,000 without a rotation? Can't imagine why they are wearing unevenly.

 

{never being afraid to say what I believe, even if the whole world thinks otherwise}

I personally believe tire rotations are WAAAAY over rated, and do VERY little to extend the life of your tires.

As I recently explained in another thread (while everybody tripped on me, and half of them did their very best to convert my thinking :-) I rotate my tires once during their entire tread life. I do this this when the fronts are down to about 30% to 40% left, and the rears (which always wear slower) are down to about 50% to 60% left. I then run them until they are ready to be replaced "all at the same time".

The only thing that will cause your tires to wear "unevenly" is a problem with your alignment, and / or suspension, and of course, improper tire pressure. Yes, front tires will tend to wear on the outside edges a little faster, because of cornering, and roll-under. But after I do my "1 rotation" and the fronts go to the rear, the centers of these tires will be used more, and the rear tires, with better edge tread (more square) will be on the front again.
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My point is, I don't know what the guy who you quoted' problem was, but my tires "always last" at least the rated tread life they are supposed to, and sometimes (probably because I's so nitpicky about keeping my tire pressure correct, and my alignment straight) they last longer than they are supposed to !

When it comes to tire rotations, I believe the whole world is crazy, and are all playing a big game of "follow the leader". I sometimes do "what everybody else does, but NEVER simply because everybody else does it. Rather, because I've tested the theory and it actually makes logical sense. Tire rotation does not.

JMPO :-)
Peace,
Fish

PS, If you do have a problem with your alignment.... lets say for example, your towed way out. Okay now, 20K miles later, you have worn your fronts down on the inside corners, all the way to the wires. Now, if you had rotated them every 5K miles, instead of having two tires that were completely ruined, you would have 4 tires, which although they were not quite to the point of catostrophic failure, would still be worn all the way through the tread rubber, and now you would need to replace the whole set ! In other words, you would have just spread the damage out between 4 tires, instead of 2.

PPS, Ever thought about the fact that nearly ALL of the top super cars, and / or race cars, do not even use tires which can be rotated ?

 

2-3 rotations will help, but a rotation every 5k is just crazy...JMO

 

You realize, most guys would think your crazy too, to "only" rotate your tires 2 or 3 times.

Personally speaking, I always have a hard enough time figuring out the precise time for my "one rotation" {so they all end up dead at the same exact time} although in the end, I ususally get it almost perfect. I think if I tried to do 2 or 3 rotations, it would just get too confusing :-)

I wonder what most guys would do if they ever got a car which did not allow for tire rotations ? They'd probably just flat out lose themselves in worry ;-) LOL

Peace,
Fish

 

Surely their must be a whole bunch of you that think I'm completely out of my mind ! :-)

{note; I didn't make this post, just to rile people up, by going against the grain. The fact is, I truly believe everything I said}

But like I say, I knew when I posted, most people would think I was crazy. Yet no argument ?

Hmmm,
Fish