Tire Balancing

The dealer on has center holding wheel capability but can borrow the finger holding set. Treditt which manufacturers the wheel rim says they are meant to be center balanced only by use of finger balance method which picks up bolt holes.

Trailer wheels are lug centered as a trailer axle hub has no centering stub unlike our truck wheels. The hole in the trailer wheel is just a clearance hole.

Montana dealer says they do not balance their tires unless they get a reason such as large vibration.

I've owned three rv trailers and 14-15 flatdeck/equipment/stock trailers/boats/cargo and wore out dozens of tires on those trailers and have never had one balanced. I only balance them if a out of balance issue pops up (tread wear pattern) which is rare however I don't use ST tires on any of those trailers.

I have had two tier places try to balance these tires and each time they get a balance at one place on the balancer and the rotate the tire about 90 degrees the next time it shows out of balance.

This is typical of most steel trailer wheels and cheap aluminum wheels. The lug holes are seldom concentric to the rims tire bead seat flange. most Quality aluminum wheels are machined so its a better chance the bead seat flange is concentric to the lugs.
And along with that issue is the trailers hubs are not balanced.

Other have their reasons/preferences.

RAS43 wrote:
You are going to get comments on both sides of this issue. IMO if it is a tire that runs on pavement it should be balanced for better life. And it also may be easier on the equipment it is running on due to less vibration. It is true that trailer tires are not normally balanced at the factory but that doesn't make it right. I have all my vehicle, trailer and boat trailer tires when first installed. Vehicles get rechecked later on.

All of the above!

You're spending big bucks for the tires!

The cost to have them balanced is chump change and a no brainer...:W

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I have been running the GY G614's on my 5er since 2008 and each time I either replace 1 ... or all .. I have them static balanced....With zero issues

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You can always use something like Equal, which is just put into the tire itself.

All tires come from the factory out of balance as well as most wheels regardless of brands. If you don't want bald spots on your tires have them balanced.

Discount Tire didn't have any issues balancing our rig's ST tires, they definitely ride smoother than the stock tires we had from the factory that were not balanced.

You are going to get comments on both sides of this issue. IMO if it is a tire that runs on pavement it should be balanced for better life. And it also may be easier on the equipment it is running on due to less vibration. It is true that trailer tires are not normally balanced at the factory but that doesn't make it right. I have all my vehicle, trailer and boat trailer tires when first installed. Vehicles get rechecked later on.