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Front to back, no. Side to side, yes. If the tires are directional, no.
Anteroposterior is the directional term used to describe front to back.
Depends on the tire, are they directional tires? if yes then you have no choice but to go from front to back. If not you have the option of switching them across from left front to right back and right front to left back.
And move the fronts straight back, that's how I do it, as long as they are not directional tires.
move back tires to front and front tires to back
Unless the tires are directional (indicated by an arrow on the sidewall), radial tires can be cross rotated. On FWD vehicles the front tires are moved straight back and the rear tires are crossed to the front. On RWD vehicles the rear tires are moved straight to the front and the front tires are crossed to the rear.
Directional tires can cause unpredictable behaviour. Good acceleration but poor stopping in some conditions, I have been using directional tires for 50 years and they have advantages and disadvantages. This was posted and explains some. "By the way, the reason - the only reason - the military changed to the non-directional tires was that they were NOT DIRECTIONAL. Some of you use a farm tractor or know someone who does. You know it's possible to drive a tractor into situations where it cannot back out. Depending on the individual manufacturers, most DIRECTIONAL tractor tires are 30% to 40% more effective than a non-directional tire going forward and about the same amount LESS effective than a non-directional in reverse. The drill on mounting directional tires on military vehicles was to mount the front tires "backwards" for more traction in reverse. The thinking was that the driver could back out of a bad situation and the directional tire would benefit from the engine weight. Changing to the spare and normal tire replacement could result in having most or all the tires turning "backward" at lower traction. The only way to have the various tires all turning the best way would have required constantly remounting the tires on the rims to suit their location on the vehicles."
The standard front to back switching sides is ok - but i would recommend bringing the front tires straight back and switching sides as you bring the rear tires forward, as this means there will be 4 rotations before the tire is back in it's 'starting' position vice only 2. This should be done with every oil change. If the tires have a directional tread pattern they will have an arrow on the side showing the direction of rotation. These tires can only go front to back an back to front. They must say on the same side of the vehicle.
omni-directional is the opposite of directional. A directional antenna receives or sends more signal from or to the front than the sides or back.
front tires straight back rear tires crossed to the front
You have a damaged tire. Try rotating the front tires with the rear tires to see if the wobble switches to the back.
Tractors have small tires on the front to make it easier to steer the tractor. Large tires are harder to steer. The large tires in the back allow the tractor to have more power as it plows.