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 ?

I have never seen a verifiable and documented reason for balancing trailer tires and your comment trying to compare them to manned steerable vehicles shows me you don't understand the issues. A tire that is so out of balance to actually cause a noticeable NVH issue on a trailer has to be IMO almost "square" vs round. Balancing tires on cars and trucks are imperative because of the NVH issues due mainly to the steering system and all its links, tie rods, ball joints, etc. A trailer tire simply rotates on a fixed spindle and minor imbalances are easily absorbed and negated from the tire itself and the suspension.

Any potential NVH issues with trailer tires is mitigated to a large degree by the fact that you have 4 random balanced tires located very close together near the middle of the trailer vs. 4 individual tires located at the corners of a vehicle such as a car or truck. Any vibration of the trailer tires will combine with the closeness of the adjacent tire and even thru the common suspension components to reduce the individual effects. This is just the opposite with the tires on the corners of a car or truck that is manned.

I have an onboard video monitor inside my trailer and can watch things and there is "no beating" as you want to think that happens in a trailer with normally unbalanced tires. In fact you would be amazed at how well things normally ride inside a trailer. Now turns/bumps, etc. those are when things start visiting other things and areas inside the trailer.

Larry