Trailer Tires?

[Ice_Fishin07]

I getting a new trailer tire & have questions:

1. Balance or not to balance trailer tires? pros/cons of each.

2. Any good brand name? Carlise is what I have now, they have been good tires for me.

Thanks.

[K_Josh87]

I put a set of carlises on my 16' enclosed tool trailer this spring... so far so good. They did balance them, and judging by the amount of lead hanging on the rim, it was a good idea....

[K_Josh87]

I will add, I will probably take them in once or twice to get rotated as well... not a big deal I don't think, but the old ones wore differently front axle and rear axle... and its free so may as well....

[BoxMN]

FWIW, Carlaisles (sp?) are a four letter word in our group. For good reason, for us anyway. I had to buy some at FF a while back for emergency reasons, and hated that I had to. Just not good luck with them. I do have a utility trailer that still has soome carlaisle on them, no blowouts with them yet.

Now have some Towmax and Commander (or commodore?...) and hopefully they will be good. The shop who put them on said they won't even mount carlaisles for anybody... but they don't sell them either, so take with grain of salt good luck!

[Ice_Fishin07]

My existing Carlisle tire below, because of low pressure.

[K_Josh87]

the ones on the tool trailer arn't to bad... the tri axle dump trailer with 14 plys gets spendy... I think I put two brand new tires on it last season... got to stop running over stuff in the dumps and what not! Stinks when the treads not even worn! Haha... tires can be a pain, this is the first set or carlises I have run... the ones that where on it where load stars or something that came with the trailer... TSC sells them... they lasted me over four years, and my trailer is pulled a lot with a decent load on it...

[SkunkedAgain]

When I just bought my Goodyear trailer tires, the service manager asked if I wanted them balanced. I asked him why I wouldn't and his response was that it's not worth it since there are no passengers riding on the trailer. I'm still not sure if that's a valid argument but I didn't notice any bouncing or vibrations during my 500 mile trip. I can always get them balanced in the future if needed