Mike Schoonveld: Should you balance your boat trailer tires?

If you are a boat trailer owner, you’ve probably already made up your mind about the question posed in the title of this essay. Some say yes, some say no. What do the experts say? Even they give mixed answers.
For the record, no tires – whether it’s on a boat trailer, a camper, go-cart or an 18-wheeler – have to be balanced to work. Put an unbalanced tire on a car, truck or trailer, tighten the lug nuts and hit the road. The wheel and tire will go around and around and around for a long time and without much issue. The question then becomes: “How long and at what expense.”

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