[puddleglum]

Well, I have decided to run the rear tires in reverse for a while and see what happens. Having a tire fail because of the reverse direction is a concern, but I'm guessing it won't happen. As for the tread not cleaning properly, I don't think it should be a problem on the back. I know on bicycles and some farm machinery, directional tires are supposed to be mounted in reverse on the non driving wheels. The reasoning is that the ground is pulling the tire and slip force is in the reverse direction. I am suspecting that the alignment must be changing some with load and that I should look at getting a loaded alignment done.