In September I placed a set of 4 BFG AT's on our '98 Freelander, awesome tires!

We are coming up to the first 10,000 KM mark with these tires, and from what I understand this would be a good time to rotate the tires location on the vehicle.

BF Goodrich themselves advise to move the back tires to the front without swapping left/right, and placing the front tires on the back and also swapping left/right.
See the 'How to rotate' Tire tip on this site (on the right):
BFGoodrich Tires | All-Terrain T/A® KO | Tire Overview

Some some local 4x4 garages told me to cross rotate the tires, front-left to back-right, etc.

Since the Freelander has a somewhat special drive train and is known for it's tire wear, this may take some special handling.

Does any anyone know or have experience with these tires on this vehicle?

Thanks!

The method of crossing front to back but backs straight to front just means that if done regulary then all tyres find themselves at every position eventually. The FL1 demands that equal tyre wear is present on all positions otherwise its wonderful transmission throws a wobbler and blows up eventually. Other than that I don't believe there is anything special involved unless your tyres are directional, then you will need to get them swapped round on the hubs as well.

Land Rover advise that you only ever have the newest tyres on the rear axle.

I have always changed a set of four and then worn the fronts down until replacement is required. I then buy a new pair for the rear and put the half worn rear tyres to the front axle.

This keeps the transmission happy and ensures that the oldest tyres are worn out first.

In my experience the front tyres wear twice as fast as the rears due to the steering and braking forces applied.

It would be good practice to let your front tyres wear out and then buy two new tyres which can be fitted to the rear axle.

Regards,

Steve