Excessive front tire wear on tow vehicle

[jkwilson]

I had outstanding performance with Dynapros on my last truck. When I bought it, I figured I’d be swapping them out pretty quickly, but they were a very good tire. Hauling 5 or 6K with no WD hitch much of the time, they lasted well and were decent tires both on the highway and pulling off into farm fields. At 65K I replaced them with a new set of the AT2s I liked them so much. 65K was well beyond what they should have been driven, but at the time I was using that truck for parts runs and short trips and had another farm truck available for towing and rainy days.

[wsterling]

What type of wear pattern are you seeing on your front tires, outter edge wear, feathering, cupping, center wearing? Determining what type of wear will help with a solution. For example, if your tires are wearing more in the center could be a combination of lack of front axle weight and/or over inflation.

As another poster stated, rotating your tires more frequently during the towing season will definitely assist to prolong your tire life.

It is even wear across the tire.

[wsterling]

Hate to say this but the Hankook Dynapros are junk. On my last Explorer they were 2/3's gone at 20K miles! Replaced them with Michelins and even swapped the Michelins to my '19 Explorer when I traded last year. They have 25K miles on them now and look great, will easily go 50-60K. I highly recommend you replace the Hankooks especially towing.

I have 20K on them now and the rear tires show very little wear and look like they could easily go another 20-30K miles. The front look to be about 1/8 from the wear bars though. If I wasn't towing I think they would be pretty good tires.

[Txfivver]

I have 20K on them now and the rear tires show very little wear and look like they could easily go another 20-30K miles. The front look to be about 1/8 from the wear bars though. If I wasn't towing I think they would be pretty good tires.

Good I'm glad you're getting decent mileage out of them. My experience has only been with the Explorer Hankooks and they're a different version of the same brand and they are terrible.

[RobW-NC]

I tow an Imagine 2400BH with a 2019 Ford Expedition w/ HD Tow. I just changed over to my snow tires and noticed that my summer tires had worn significantly more in the front than the rear. I bought the car last fall so they pretty much only got significant mileage this last summer while towing.
Is excessive front tire wear a sign of an over tight weight distribution hitch? My winter tires have even wear so I do not think it is an alignment issue.

Do you not rotate your tires every 5000 miles?