Mike MeltonI Fix Broken Crews and Build Leaders That Run Without You

April 27, 2026

27 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, Mike Melton evaluates the Summit RT (identical to the Sailin') all‑season tire, emphasizing that it is an inexpensive yet high‑performing option. He critiques the tire’s road noise, calling claims of quietness false, and praises its sidewall and tread design. Melton cites real‑world mileage of 40,000–50,000 miles as typical. He then proceeds to demonstrate the use of a Road Force balancer in his shop, explaining how the machine diagnoses vibration issues before the tire is mounted on a truck. He removes the tire’s sticker, runs the balancer at 1,200 lb of force, and interprets the weight adjustments (quarter‑ounce, three‑quarters‑ounce) needed to achieve a green‑light reading, highlighting the importance of proper wheel weighting.

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This is one of the best inexpensive RT tires you can get right now. This right here is the Summit RT. Now, as far as road noise, yes, it does have road noise. So if somebody sells you these tires or even the Sailin' tire, the Sailin' and the Summit is the exact same tire. So if somebody tries to tell you this is a quiet tire, they are BSing you all day. Now, it is a good looking tire. It's got a nice looking sidewall on it, nice looking tread blocks. Now we're seeing people get about 40,000 to 50,000 miles out of these things. All right, now let's go ahead and balance them up. But you know what we got to do first, right? We got to take that damn sticker off, son. All right, we got it all set up. We ain't gonna cut it, we're gonna edit it. So that's the Road Force balancer. Most people won't spend the money. This is all we use in my shop. So what it does, it's going to diagnose any kind of vibration problems that come out of this wheel and tire assembly before they go on this truck. So now rollers is going to come off here in just a second. It's putting 1,200 pounds of force on it. Coming off. There we go. Everything's all green right here. That's what you want. It's only got— calling for a quarter ounce here, three-quarters of an ounce here.