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Best way to balance a Tire

21 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this instructional segment, automotive specialist Mike Melton walks viewers through a road-force tire balancing procedure. He explains that the balancing machine applies about 1,200 lb of force to the wheel, points out the rollers and other components, and shows how to read the machine’s output. Melton interprets a reading of 250 lb with a half‑ounce weight and a 10‑lb force as indicating a ride quality comparable to a Cadillac. He then shifts to tire selection, examining a Maxxis AT tire on a Dodge truck. Citing community feedback, he notes that while the Maxxis AT may last on light‑duty trucks, on heavy‑duty trucks it typically wears out around 35,000 mi, and he advises against using this model on heavy‑duty applications.

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We're going to go ahead and road force this thing. All right, he done took the damn sticker off, so I can't do that. So let's go ahead and do this. Of course, we're not going to cut it, we're not going to edit, none of that. You see it's still rolling here. In a second, that roller coming down— you see the roller down there, right there. All right, now here in a second, that's going to come off. Right now it's putting 1,200 lbs of force on it, check for anything that's going to vibrate. The hell happened there, brother? All right, we got it all. Now I think it's called for 250 here, half ounce here, and only 10 pounds of force. So what's that going to do? It's going to ride like a damn Cadillac, son. And we got this Dodge over here. Let's see, he's got the Maxxis AT right here that's coming off. Now on a light-duty truck they last, right? But on a heavy-duty truck, everybody, they don't like them. Some people said they last, but majority people say they wear out about 35,000. So I don't recommend going with the Maxxis AT if you got a heavy-duty truck.