Balanced tires are important for both safety and economic reasons. Heavy vibration resulting from unbalanced tires causes increased wear and the danger of control loss. Because an unbalanced tire ...

A balancer is a piece of shop equipment that helps a technician ensure the tire/wheel assembly’s weight is even and balanced, so it rotates smoothly once mounted onto the vehicle. Once balance is ...

It has always been a good idea to balance tires, but with the advent of low profile tire designs, such as the 50-, 60-, 70and 78-series, tire balancing has become a virtual necessity to prolong tread ...

What's the best way to balance big tires? I've heard all kinds of different things, but I was wondering if you had any practical experience with balancing tires above 36 inches in diameter. Like you, ...

Being able to road-drive an extreme 4x4 is what separates capable rigs from glorified side-by-sides. However, road-driving any very capable off-road rig with big, heavy, and durable tires can pose ...

While cleaning out my garage recently, I came across several 5-gallon buckets of lead wheel weights sitting next to a manual tire machine and single-plane static balancer that served me well for ...

Hunter says the wheel balancer boosts tire change efficiency and gives technicians time savings across equipment combinations.