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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RinconVTR wrote:tomman58 wrote:
I totally agree with the previous poster 1L243.
"Travel trailers should be a no brainier...do you want your home goods, fancy cabinetry, and numerous other sensitive items subject to constant vibration at speed?" PLEASE....... try driving the USA... say around the 18 mile bridge in LA there is about 10 miles of roads that will empty your cabinets if not properly loaded. There are several other stretches I can think of like I75 in Mi just before the Ohio border or gladstone Mi the list goes on and on.
Try driving with a tire severely out of balance as most trailer tires.
There is a HUGE difference between rough roads and constant vibration. And take a look at what out of balance does to tire life. I'm no expert...so you do the research. The evidence is clear.
And for minimal cost, why in the world would you not opt to have trailer tires balanced when the option exists. To save $25 on your $400-800 set of new tires? "PLEASE."
This is not just a little out of balance we're often talking about...here's a set of Westlakes from my new camper last year of which I removed specifically to have balanced before a long trip.
I guess that's just not my experience after towing for 100's of thousands of miles. I do replace my tires generally after but about 4 years but that's me as tires can look new of a trailer but are not as dependable as new ones.
