Should I Balance My New Tires?

2112 wrote:

TooManyTents wrote:
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The question I would ask myself is "Why would I NOT balance the tires?" What is there to be gained by not balancing?

Because every trailer I have bought did not have the tires balanced. The only set of TT tires I have bought were in 2008 from a truck/trailer tire dealer. He insisted I was wasting my money balancing my trailer tires so I didn't. I have never noticed any imbalance issues on any tire I have owned, a total of 20 tires over the years.

My motorcycles are the same way but there is a dot to line up with the stem. But after some crown wear on the front tire they become unbalanced, I can feel it. The bike shop tells me balancing them at that point causes the front tire to wear out prematurely. I had one balanced and sure enough I was back buying a new tire after about 500 miles.

Discount Tires has the best price around for the GY Endurance so I'll have them install the tires. They charge $6 each for mounting and balance so balanced they get.

Thanks for all the feedback. It's always entertaining.