Tire "rotation"

[RedOregon]

Just saw something elsewhere that piqued my curiosity... "rotating" the tires? Obviously the front isn't going anywhere, but what about "rotating" the rear tires, swapping from one side to the other? Since right turns are tighter than lefts, maybe even out the wear? Obviously it's small, but I think there would be a difference... maybe once every 10,000 or so? Thoughts?

 

[Bikerbozo]

I say the only important must do tire rotation is .... In a circular motion. Keep on triking.

 

[Gorilla]

lets see rear tires last longer wear wise then they do age wise. My last trike had 70k miles in a little over 4 years and still had just less than 40% on them. They would have been about 6 or 7 years old when they would finally wear out. My current TRI is coming up on 30k in 26 months and the tires still have over 70% tread. Again they will age before they wear out. So why rotate them?

 

[screwball]

Gotta agree with Gorilla. The '09 was traded off at just under 60,000 miles and couldn't see any wear on the rears at all. Ditto the '11
The '14 and '15 are way too new to even look