Rotating trailer tires (?)

I have a 16 ft. aluminum stock trailer (Featherlite) with dual axles. Have never seen anything about rotating the tires on a trailer. Should it be done? Which tire goes where in the rotation? The spare is plugged so don't want to use it in any rotation. I'm the second owner and don't know what the previous owner did, he bought it new. I got it when it was about 3 yrs. old and have had it for about 8 yrs. Any suggestions?

Waste of time trailer tires wear evenly.
Walt

You have 11 year old tires, I would replace them.

There is no advantage to rotating trailer tires.

Replace your tires before your next trip is my
advice.

The belts in those tires will fail before the tread wears out and they will come apart. That is why I am saying to replace.

i have mine balanced and rotated

Does that mean my 23 year old tires need replacing?

If there radials your a lucky man.
If there Bias and not cracked use at your own risk.
Tire dates don't mean as much to bias tires as it does radials.
I myself once ran 20 year old bias tires on my tandem/dual wheel gooseneck with no problem, except they were Hard as a Rock!
TGP

I would not want to be on the highway at the same time with you.

(quoted from post at 16:22:48 06/10/14) You have 11 year old tires, I would replace them.

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Good advice, as it turned out.... headed out to a show in Des Moines (from about 40 miles East of Columbus, OH). Got to Dayton and blew a tire. Put the plugged spare on the road and kept going, sweating it all the way. Two of the other tires had slight tread separation from the sidewall. Checked three truck stops and no love there, they don't carry tires that small, all of them suggested WalMart. Stopped at one of the worlds largest RV dealers (their claim, not mine)... "we don't sell tires". You have over 2,000 trailers, campers and RVs on your lot and you don't sell tires for them?

Called several "Wally Worlds" in the Des Moines area on our way in (aren't tablets great?) and found one right near the fairgrounds that had 4 Goodyear Marathons in stock (same tire that came on it new), got there just in time to get them done and be on our way. My newest tire and rim, that replaced a spare stolen on another trip out west, is now the spare.

Found out something I never knew, or never thought about, they said that those tires/rims couldn't be balanced because of the way the rim is constructed. He said they never balance trailer tires anyway (I had ask them to try).

Show went well, we had a first in one class and a second in the other. Our friend who went with us had a Grand Champion in her division. This was the show association's national show.

I have noted great differences in how tires on my trailers wear. I would advise annual inspections and rotations if you can get it done without too much aggravation. I have always bought tires at the local GCR tire, chances are you have a similar place in your area. They more or less specialize in tires for trucks and equipment, so they have the heavier load rated tires, whereas Wally World will be more just homeowner application.

Never heard of "GCR" in our area, but I'll look around, thanks for the advice. The tires I got at WalMart are the same as OEM on this trailer, Goodyear Marathons. Don't need much in the way of real heavy duty, the trailer (16' stock trailer) only weighs 2,500 lbs. and the biggest load of llamas we would ever carry would be under 2,000. The trailer doesn't have the big axles like some of the other stock trailers I've seen, just 225-75R15 tires on it. I believe they are the 3,500 lb. axles. Easily enough for what we are doing.

Thanks to all for the advice!