memtb wrote:
JIMNLIN wrote:
Never balanced a tire on 14-15 flatdeck trailers....three Stock trailers....four cargo trailer....one TT.....three 5th wheel rv trailers.....for several reasons that I and others have posted a dozen times on this website.
I'm happy...my tires and trailers are happy. I get 40k-55k miles a set. Tires wear even across the tread with no cupping.
Do you balance the tires on your cars or trucks? memtb
Certainly.
What is your reasons for not balancing?
There are several that are well know around haulers websites and experienced tire dealers that I've learned over the years.
One biggie is trailer hubs are not balanced. Throwing weights on the tire/wheel assy then mount it on a unbalanced hub doesn't make cents/sense.
Another is a trailers leaf spring are 26"-27" in length and act as a huge damper,very short and very stiff compared to our soft riding trucks with 72"-76" long spring.
Hell our older trucks with 38"-48" long leaf springs that had 7-8 leafs in the pack was so stiff we could get buy without shocks on the rear.
Another reason is trailer wheels lug holes aren't concentric to the wheels bead seat. Thats why many experienced tire dealers have there techs mount the tire and run a radial run out check. They may have too remove and rotate the tire to find the the least run out.
In my former hauling business we had no reload runs. We ran empty back to our loading yard. It was rare we had issues with LT tires on my trailers but in that type of work around construction worksites they did get damaged. If a tire started showing cupping/tread bulging in a few short miles I had the tire replaced.
Everyone has their own ideas about tire tech on a trailer which is apples vs pickles for the same tires on a tow vehicle.
