Directional Tires Spare???

[landtoy80]

Now that I am going to join the directional tire club(Pro Comp Xterrains), what about the spare?
If you buy only directional spare or carry only one directional spare, what side do you chose to make the spare as defult direction?
Which side gets more flats, the pass or driver side?
If you chose the pass side as defult (as its closer to the curb and thats where the nails and glass is) what will happen if you put it on the driver side?

How about if the tread wears on the outside shoulder of the tire, can you rotate left to right, that is after you remove the tire from the rim and flip it?
If a tire had been going in one direction for more than 15,000 mi and you swap it to the other side you run the chance of tread seperation. Is this true for the directional tires?

As I won't be using an Xterrain as a spare I won't have to worry about what side to defult. But when I use my nondirectional spare, how will the vehicle drive.

What if you put all the directionals backwords, what will happen?

BOY, maybe I should of just got another set of mullet tires

 

[landtank]

The tread pattern is directional not the tire. So you can put the tires on backwards, while they won't perform as well they will run just fine. As for a spare I would get a ProComp MT for that. Same basic carcass but not directional. If I ever get to wheeling regularly that's the route I'm taking.

As for rotating, I don't rotate my tire and they have 85k and no issues at all. Just keep up on the tire pressure and watch for loose wheel bearings, they will wear fine.

 

[landtoy80]

I need to rotate, my HDTOYLCFZJ80 gets a real workout every day as it works hard going up and down the rows, turning hard and fast, searching for that perfect parking spot at the Wmart p-lot .

 

[NorCalDoug]

Like Rick said -- it's the tread that's directional. Shouldn't be a problem putting a left-side-directional on the right side. Some of the benefits of having a directional tire would be lost, but it would run just fine.

I considered getting directional tires at one time, but I like doing a 5 tire rotation, so the directionals don't work for me -- unless I went to carrying 2 spare tires...but it's tough finding a good location for that 6th tire.

 

[landtoy80]

Its good to know that if I put a tire on the wrong way that it won't turn backwords.
That would make it hard to drive, unless they all were on wrong. Then you would only have to put the shifter in R to go forword and D for reverce.

 

[cruiserdan]

My tires are directional. I used a very scientific method to determine the mounting of the spare.



I picked through the 4 old ones that were already mounted and kept the best looking one with the fewest scars........


It's a RH side BTW and as my spare carrier is on the RH side I figured the Karma would not be up-set......

 

[landtank]

I'm in the process of refinishing my Tire carrier. The spare is secured with a pad lock. It's been on there so long it rusted up and I couldn't get the key in the tumbler, it was one of those Master weather proof jobbies. Had to grind it off the carrier. So how often do you think you need a spare cruising Walmart parking lots?

 

[landtoy80]

<So how often do you think you need a spare cruising Walmart parking lots?>

Not very often any more with the price of steel these days no one would dare throw nails on the ground.
Also with pop (soda for you strange people) comes in plastic bottles so glass is not a problem any more.

 

[cruiserdan]

I'm in the process of refinishing my Tire carrier. The spare is secured with a pad lock. It's been on there so long it rusted up and I couldn't get the key in the tumbler, it was one of those Master weather proof jobbies. Had to grind it off the carrier. So how often do you think you need a spare cruising Walmart parking lots?

How about using puzzle locks like the OEM wheel locks?