Have a rear kitchen Jayco and have never had any problems with the kitchen stuff moving about until I Installed a tire monitoring systemI guess the weight of the sensors has thrown the tires out of balance ? The problem is not bad however it is irritating to me.No one in the Santa Cruz California has a Rim Centric tire balancer necessary for trailer tires to do the job correct.The shop where I purchase my tires has suggested that I could have a powder type compound put inside each of the tires that will automatically balance the tires after a mile or so of driving.They say they use it in all the big truck tires and it works great?they will do it for $10 per tire, and $5 if I have it put in when I buy a new set.Has anyone used this stuff ? If so how did it work ?Aloha Leon

It did a good job on our 96 Southwind. But, I only used it in the steering tires.

We're they balanced before the tpms? Just have them rebalanced with weights.... I've seen the beads work well in some larger truck tires, sand haven't seen used much anymore. Problem with beads or sand is if it doesn't fix the problem it could make it worse you now have to pay someone to take it all out.

Not powder, it's small beads: DynabeadsOn our HR the brand new Michelins use Dynabeads in the rear outer tires only, all the rest are machine balanced with standard stick on weights.

Pineapple Kid wrote:Have a rear kitchen Jayco and have never had any problems with the kitchen stuff moving about until I Installed a tire monitoring systemI guess the weight of the sensors has thrown the tires out of balance ? The problem is not bad however it is irritating to me.No one in the Santa Cruz California has a Rim Centric tire balancer necessary for trailer tires to do the job correct.The shop where I purchase my tires has suggested that I could have a powder type compound put inside each of the tires that will automatically balance the tires after a mile or so of driving.They say they use it in all the big truck tires and it works great?they will do it for $10 per tire, and $5 if I have it put in when I buy a new set.Has anyone used this stuff ? If so how did it work ?Aloha LeonI use beads on my dually tires.. works great.. I haven't put it in the trailer tires yet, but plan to.

Pineapple Kid wrote:No one in the Santa Cruz California has a Rim Centric tire balancer necessary for trailer tires to do the job correct.Does that "no one" include big truck tire dealers ??If so, I find that hard to believe.....at least in the general area.In my experience, RV dealers are jack of all trades and master of none. You are usually much better off finding a "specialist" for whatever you need worked on......if one exists.

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Goostoff
Explorer
Sep 02, 2015
Its an old truckers trick that made it into the commercial market. Dont use powder though. If it gets damp from humidity or moisture getting in the tire from putting air in it can clump up or freeze or whatever and make things way worse.

This trick has also spilled over into the off road community. We use BB's like you would shoot through a BB gun in our jeep tires. This serves a few purposes, Big mud tires usually take a lot of weight to balance. If the weight is inside it cant get ripped uff by a rock or stick. If you have a chunk of mud or snow get trapped in a rim the BB's will automatically compensate for it untill you can get to somewhere to get it cleaned out.

Another option is the airsoft gun BB's but they dont weigh very much so it takes a lot of them per tire.
Vulcan_Rider
Explorer
Sep 02, 2015
Pineapple Kid wrote:

No one in the Santa Cruz California has a Rim Centric tire balancer necessary for trailer tires to do the job correct.

Does that "no one" include big truck tire dealers ??
If so, I find that hard to believe.....at least in the general area.

In my experience, RV dealers are jack of all trades and master of none. You are usually much better off finding a "specialist" for whatever you need worked on......if one exists.
sdetweil
Explorer
Sep 02, 2015
Pineapple Kid wrote:
Have a rear kitchen Jayco and have never had any problems with the kitchen stuff moving about until I Installed a tire monitoring system
I guess the weight of the sensors has thrown the tires out of balance ? The problem is not bad however it is irritating to me.

No one in the Santa Cruz California has a Rim Centric tire balancer necessary for trailer tires to do the job correct.

The shop where I purchase my tires has suggested that I could have a
powder type compound put inside each of the tires that will automatically balance the tires after a mile or so of driving.

They say they use it in all the big truck tires and it works great?
they will do it for $10 per tire, and $5 if I have it put in when I buy a new set.

Has anyone used this stuff ? If so how did it work ?
Aloha Leon

I use beads on my dually tires.. works great..

I haven't put it in the trailer tires yet, but plan to.
sch911
Explorer
Sep 02, 2015
Not powder, it's small beads: Dynabeads

On our HR the brand new Michelins use Dynabeads in the rear outer tires only, all the rest are machine balanced with standard stick on weights.
abc40kids
Explorer
Sep 02, 2015
We're they balanced before the tpms? Just have them rebalanced with weights.... I've seen the beads work well in some larger truck tires, sand haven't seen used much anymore. Problem with beads or sand is if it doesn't fix the problem it could make it worse you now have to pay someone to take it all out.
gbopp
Explorer
Sep 02, 2015
It did a good job on our 96 Southwind. But, I only used it in the
steering tires.

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