Grit dog
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^Ok, maybe you can shed some logical light on this since you have a ton of trailer experience and are more calm.
Why?
And why don’t you forego balancing your vehicles’ tires?
Are you saying the stiffer suspension (what about when trailers are loaded up to max capacity?) negates any wear n tear on the trailer?
I mean, many times a vehicle wheel only needs minimal weight to balance out. Why not just run em all un-balanced and just take in the ones that vibrate real bad? U know, save a buck….right?
I know you can run un-balanced wheels on trailers and not “feel” it. I’m sure I’ve towed a hundred of ‘em. But the logic defies me.
Or do un-balanced wheels not affect anything else besides the occupants “comfort?”
That was a rhetorical question…
All the care and paranoia about trailer tires and blowouts and damage to trailers and “discussions” about using LT tires and bearings and how expensive campers are, and, and, and……and why would one try to save $10/year by not balancing the high speed spinny things that keep the camper on the road or put it in the ditch or repair shop?
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bucky
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I've been a car guy since I was 15 and brought home a 59 Tbird I bought and drove home with no tag for $15 dollars. Dad was NOT happy.
I went to work on the shop side of GM dealerships for 44 years. I don't know how many of you here have ever heard of static balancing, and I don't know that it still exists so I'll explain it.
In 1972 we had an electric wheel on a dolly that spun the tire and wheel while it was on the vehicle with a hand held strobe light that indicated true rolling mass balance when the strobe flashes stabilized on a specific lug nut or wheel weight. We marked the wheel and a specific lug stud so that any time a wheel/tire was removed it could be put back correctly. It was true rolling mass balance. To this day any slight vibration drives me nuts and must be corrected.
Now retired and having to rely on others to do what I can't do in my driveway kills me but I won't cheap out on tire balance on cars, trucks, OR trailers.
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NamMedevac 70
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Dirtdog said "Nah, it was a simple objective question, that resulted in you saying you haven’t done it because a shop told you a long time ago it didn’t need to be done. And you haven’t had issues.
So same question, asked a different way. If you now or or a while have felt certain that balancing highway speed light duty tires is not necessary (on your trailer) then why do you not forego tire balancing on your vehicle(s) that weigh similar amount, and drive similar speeds on the same roads?"
Bonus points if you provide more of a reason besides “that’s what the shop said.”
Don’t worry about the name calling. I know you can’t help yourself so it doesn’t offend me."
Poor old obsessive Dirt dog that is anal about any of my comments or post. You are cracked and in need of MH medication. Others here have also said their TT tires did not need balancing based on shop recommendations just like me.
Also we and I do not owe you any explanation as to why the shops said no need for balancing. None of your bully business. You and your attitude and many excessive replies are desperate and pathetic. It is obvious you suffer from DS over my username but that is again your hangup as I have never done against you. You are the ultimate forum troll. I am not changing it for you or your few lapdogs. Get a life and go fishing. May save your sanity and soul.
May you have a successful MH recovery. Cheers to good fishing and camping. Life is good, all is good.
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fj12ryder
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NamMedevac 70 wrote:Dirtdog said "Nah, it was a simple objective question, that resulted in you saying you haven’t done it because a shop told you a long time ago it didn’t need to be done. And you haven’t had issues.
So same question, asked a different way. If you now or or a while have felt certain that balancing highway speed light duty tires is not necessary (on your trailer) then why do you not forego tire balancing on your vehicle(s) that weigh similar amount, and drive similar speeds on the same roads?"
Bonus points if you provide more of a reason besides “that’s what the shop said.”
Don’t worry about the name calling. I know you can’t help yourself so it doesn’t offend me."
Poor old obsessive Dirt dog that is anal about any of my comments or post. You are cracked and in need of MH medication. Others here have also said their TT tires did not need balancing based on shop recommendations just like me.
Also we and I do not owe you any explanation as to why the shops said no need for balancing. None of your bully business. You and your attitude and many excessive replies are desperate and pathetic. It is obvious you suffer from DS over my username but that is again your hangup as I have never done against you. You are the ultimate forum troll. I am not changing it for you or your few lapdogs. Get a life and go fishing. May save your sanity and soul.
May you have a successful MH recovery. Cheers to good fishing and camping. Life is good, all is good. I have no use for the aforementioned obsessive, but you have consistently sidestepped the question why your car/truck tires need balancing, but your trailer tires don't. So just go ahead and put it out there: Why do you bother to balance car/truck tires and not trailer tires? If trailer tires are built so they don't need/require balancing, how are car/vehicle tires built differently?
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Grit dog
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Yeah sorry about the obsessive….lol.
It’s not about anyone who is confident in their belief that they shouldn’t balance trailer tires. It’s about the next poor unassuming feller who comes on here looking for info because Les Schwabs tells him it shouldn’t be done. (They argued with me and almost refused to do it once. Which is strange given their policy to upcharge and sell as much work as possible whether needed or not.)
And this guy got his china bomb trailer tires at a shop that even if they balanced them, would just slap 4oz of weight on one spot, and or not scrape off the old stickey weights and for sure not rotate the tire on the rim to try to get closer to zero if it showed an excessive amount of weight needed.
Then without those of us providing correct info, that feller gets bad intel and things it’s good cause no one else said otherwise.
I don’t care what anyone here or anywhere does with their trailers if they have convictions about them, right or wrong. Especially those who have provided no feel that they may somehow be well qualified in what they speak, nor willing to listen.
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NamMedevac 70
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You are really stupid with poor reading comprehension. The tire shops always recommended truck tire balancing and same shops said no need for TT tire balancing. You are anal about this like the loser troll Dirtdog. I feel sorry for both of you trolls and your low IQs.
Maybe you just don't understand plain English. Maybe a slow learner in school and always. No more replies to you loser trolls.
Cheers from the hot spot.
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Grit dog
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^Ha!
$20 says you can’t resist replying again, and with another outburst….lol.
It’s a sure sign of ignorance when one defends their position so vehemently with basically zero qualitative justification.
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bucky
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I'm sure the mods are getting a kick out of the banter.
However Grit is talking about tires and Medic is talking about Grit.
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shelbyfv
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NamMedevac 70 wrote:You are really stupid with poor reading comprehension. The tire shops always recommended truck tire balancing and same shops said no need for TT tire balancing. You are anal about this like the loser troll Dirtdog. I feel sorry for both of you trolls and your low IQs.
Maybe you just don't understand plain English. Maybe a slow learner in school and always. No more replies to you loser trolls.
Cheers from the hot spot. Prunes and/or metamucil, fix you right up.![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/awink.gif "awink")
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I really don't like these personal attacks. I'm going to report this thread to the moderator.
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