Should I Balance My New Tires?

westend wrote:
Larry,
I've got torsion axles, too, and on fairly decent roads, there is very little vibration and movement, inside. I also have shocks but don't know if they help. I'll have to try that X-mas tree indicator. Moving ornaments would be precise!

I do balance all my tires. Around here, it's $5/tire and I'd bet I get that back in lifetime-of-tire.

Yea my Xmas tree "shake indicator" came about because DW was concerned about putting "breakable" ornaments on it and having an "ornament WAR ZONE" everywhere after a day of traveling. My camera system is a standard "baby monitor" (mine is made by Summer Infant) which I have found is great because of it's range and the ability to add extra cameras (I currently have two cameras) and even zoom and pan the cameras remotely. It serves many purposes such as a back up camera on the trailer, a home front door/yard monitor at home and I use it on a pole to check my gutters for leaves/debris and cleaning. Only big disadvantage is for a back-up it does not have the reverse view so a little learning is needed when used for that purpose. However, I have the backup one mounted on the rear window inside my 31' trailer and have no issues with reception from the cab inside my Van when traveling. I think that is just because of the design and quality since as a baby monitor no one would buy it if it didn't have a dependable decent range.

While the cameras can be run on batteries I use a DC-DC converter to power them when they are in the trailer. The color monitor has a rechargeable battery, but can also be powered via USB power.

Larry