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One threat that all truck tires face is uneven wear. Uneven tread wear slowly develops in all road vehicles, reducing traction and handling while increasing the risk of skids and blowouts. This is why it’s so important to get routine tire rotations at your local RAM dealership.
Boost Your Overall Road Safety
When tires wear down unevenly, various safety issues ensue. As the tires are no longer uniform in size and wear patterns, brake force becomes unevenly exerted, too. This can increase your risk of skidding, especially on wet or icy road surfaces.
Furthermore, with excessively uneven tires, just one or two tires are taking more strain and damage from the road, which increases the risk of those overly worn tires blowing out or experiencing air pressure problems. Routine rotation mitigates these risks, keeping you and your passengers safer.
Save on the Cost of New Tires
When a set of four tires becomes excessively uneven, they’re no longer safe, and you’ll have to prematurely replace them. It’s usually not practical to replace only the most worn tires because then you’d be in the same predicament: the two new tires would be considerably larger than the older tires. So by keeping your tires even with regular rotations, you’ll keep each tire set useful for longer and reduce your long-term expenses on tires.
Keep Your Handling Highly Responsive
Regular rotation also helps to keep your steering and overall handling more precise and responsive. Your truck was engineered to operate with all four wheels at the same size and all four tires with the same depth of treads. So naturally, when you keep things this way, your truck performs better.
Reduce Road Noise and Vibrations
As tires become uneven, you’ll notice an uptick in noise and vibrations from the road. With regular rotation, your drives will remain smooth and quiet and only get noisy when you intentionally take your truck into the wilderness for some off-road fun.
Improve Your Truck’s Fuel Efficiency
The extra friction generated by uneven tires means the engine has to work harder and burn more fuel for each mile. Because of this, regular rotations keep your gas mileage to a minimum, saving you on the cost of fuel over the years.
How Frequently To Visit Your RAM Dealer for Rotations
Most truck drivers should have their tires rotated at least twice a year. You can have the service carried out at the same time as your biannual oil changes and brake inspections. While rotating your tires, the technicians at your local dealership can also check for and resolve any other tire-related problems.
Have your truck’s tires rotated today at Bill Snethkamp Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Highland Park, MI.
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