Trailer wheel balancing question.

Bird Freak wrote:
I have never understood why some do not balance trailer tires. Do you feel a tire out of balance on your car or truck? Why would you want your trailer to take the same beating from out of balance tires ?

x2. and I've had friend that didn't have tire balanced and complained about things moving around. Once balanced they commented how well things stay in place!!

and it keeps the tires from beating themselves to death as well.

good tire shops will know the stamped steel wheels are lug centric and use the correct adapter. Likewise on aluminum wheels that are used on trailers and they will use an adapter.

Although I suspect that a hub centric wheel is also very close to lug centric as well, or they wouldn't fit onto a hub and the studs. Other way around is not necessarily true. A lug centric wheel could have the hub hole way off center since it doesn't align to anything.

you will still have some out of balance since the brake drums aren't balanced AFAIK, since I've never seen a weight on them like a car brake drum has to balance it. But that out of balance is much shorter radius so the effect is not near as noticeable.

another reason for balancing is that if the tire is way out of round you'll see it when balancing (or twisted belts etc.) at which point I decline the tire and say try another one.