Are Your Trailer Tires Balanced?
Are your trailers wheels balanced? I don' think any of the trailers I have had had balanced wheels. I just changed the wheels on my TH and was wondering should I balance the wheels or not? I h...
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1L243 wrote:I'd venture to say TT manufacturers don't balance the tires on their new TT's simply because it's a part of their DNA to put profit first. If it's not an obvious, glaring problem, and won't develop into one during the warranty period, then why be concerned with it. Back in the 70's, early 80's, this worked well for American car manufacturers . . . until finally it didn't
What would be interesting is the next time your walking through a RV Lot look down and see how many of the new trailers come with wheel weights! I bet, none!
Granted, complaints about out-of-balance TT tires are pretty rare here on rv.net. Not surprising to me. It's near impossible to tell if your TT tires are out-of-balance unless you have them balanced (or ride inside your TT while it's being towed at speed). However, just because you can't see, hear, or feel something in your TV, doesn't necessarily mean there's nothing out of the norm 20-30 ft. behind you.
I'd also venture to say, time has probably shown that vibration from unbalanced TT tires doesn't necessarily cause any immediate, dramatic problems. Why fix it if it ain't broke. That mindset works perfectly well for some folks. However, for those who tend not to take things at face value, and question why all car/truck manufacturers balance their tires, while most TT manufacturers do not, well . . . that mindset has the potential to work equally as well, too.
To each their own.
