Do Trailer Tires Need To Be Balanced?
Updated 09/18/2023 | Published 09/17/2023
Question:
Can you sell me a pair of trailer tires on wheels that are balanced? I find this helps with safety.
asked by: Dan S
Expert Reply:
All of the tire/wheel combos we sell are already balanced in the manner that trailer tires are balanced. Every tire and every wheel has a high (heavy) and low (light) spot. The manufacturers offset the high spot on the tire with the low spot on the wheel to balance them. Trailer tires do not need to be balanced beyond that. We do not have equipment here to mount or balance trailer tires. We ship all of our tires exactly how they were received from the manufacturer.
That being said, you can try to take them and have them balanced if you want to. The problem is that to balance the tires on a machine it takes a special machine and rig to do so because trailer tires and wheels are not the same as vehicle tires and wheels. Most tire places do not have this special equipment so they cannot correctly balance trailer tire and wheels beyond how they are balanced by the manufacturer.
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etrailer E Track Wheel Tie-Down Straps with Roller Idler and Ratchet - 2" x 12' - 1,333 lbs
- E Track
- E Track Straps
- 2 Inch Wide
- 1333 lbs
- 12 Feet Long
- etrailer
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