Tire "shaving" or "truing" has been done since the 70s and is still being done today. The OP apparently knows what he's asking for and doing. While out of round tires are not as prevalent today as they have been in the past, THEY STILL EXIST! If one is smart enough to determine that tire is out of round and doesn't try fifty zillion ways of balancing because he KNOWS the tire is out of round, then, there's primarily only two choices.
One is, if the tire is under some form of warranty, then you do what you can to get it replaced. Whether or not the selling company complies is a whole 'nother subject. Most will.
Your second choice is, GET IT TRUED!!! I've had many tires trued. Truck tires, car tires, and motorhome tires. The last time I talked with Discount tire on the subject, they claimed that tire with over .060 runnout (right close to an 1/16" of an inch), it is labeled as out of round. I've performed my own tests on my coach and have found more than that figure. I then had them trued and it was like GLASS from that point on. They were done ON THE COACH and then, rebalanced. Each time it took less than 1/2 the original weight to rebalance the tire.
Is it possible to have a tire/wheel mounted "off center" on a hub"? Damn near impossible. Since 100% of todays tires and wheels are either "hub piloted" or "stud piloted" which means, one method or the other is CENTERING the wheel on the hub. Now, can a tire be mounted "off center" of the wheel, again, almost impossible but, it can happen in extremely rare circumstances. It happened to us when we first picked up our present coach, an Itasca Horizon 36GD with the 330 CAT. It's got 255-80R-22.5 tires. Both front tire were slightly miss-mounted. Les Schwab of Carson City NV, re-mounted them and again, they took about 1/3 the amount of weight that was previously on them.
So, yes, tires CAN BE OUT OF ROUND. Just how you choose to deal with it, is up to you. And the part about "dishonoring" warranty if a tire is trued, not so true. I've had Discount "Pay" for truing due to the fact that they had no tires to replace the ones they just sold me and one or two were out of round. Yes, they still kept the warranty on them.
Scott
