Mike Melton installs and balances 295/65R20 Toyo AT3 tires, highlighting their 3-peak mountain snow rating and aggressive sidewall design. He uses lug-hole balancing and a Road Force balancer to keep total imbalance under 26 oz, aiming for a smooth ride.
Man, they gotta say the hell with these Firestones. Give me a real tire. So we're going to throw on some 295/65R20 Toyo AT3s. Now, if you're not familiar with this tire, let's go over this one a little bit. All right. For one, if you're up north, this thing's 3-peak mountain snow rated. Two, this is one of the best all-terrains. You got the Toyo AT3, then you got the Nitto G3, the best all-terrains on the market. Now, as far as being aggressive looking, it's got a little aggressiveness on the sidewall. Nothing crazy. That's got a lot of siping between those tread blocks. It's going to help you get that extra biting edge in that rain. Now, for it to be an aggressive all-terrain tread, this thing is really quiet. So if you're going to buy an all-terrain tire, get either the Nitto G3 or the Toyo AT3. Now we got it inflating right here. We're going to put it on the balancer. We're going to show you how these things balance out. Now, unlike a lot of shops, we balance by the lug holes. So what you put on there, you throw it on there like that. And you're balancing it by the lug holes. That is the best way to balance. Don't matter if it's lug-centric or a hub-centric wheel. Google it if you don't believe me. All right, we got all the weights off, but you know, before you balance it out, what you got to do? You got to take that damn sticker off. All right, we got it rolling. We ain't gonna cut it, we ain't gonna edit like a lot of you shops do. That roller's gonna come down. If you're not familiar with my stuff, right, we got to use— we use Road Force balancers. What this roller comes down and does, puts 1,200 pounds of force on the tire simulating it being driven on that truck. Now we're going to see if it's going to have any vibration issues before it goes on that truck so we can fix that. Well, this one here, look at that, telling— calling for 3.5 ounces here, a quarter ounce here, and 8 pounds of force. You want that to be way below 26. That way that thing rides like what? A damn Cadillac, son.
