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How to RoadForce balance 26 inch mud tires and wheels

31 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this instructional video, Mike Melton demonstrates how to perform a road-force balance on a large 37x13.50R26 Gladiator MT mud tire mounted on 26x10-inch CAD35 wheels. He walks through the setup, spins the tire on the balancer, and observes the roller engagement. Melton notes that mud tires are inherently loud and advises that complaints about noise are misplaced. He records the road-force runout values (approximately 2.25–2.5 units) and a total force of about 4 pounds, concluding that the Gladiator tires balance well despite their size and intended use.

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All right, nobody really shows how to road force balance these big old wheels like this. So this is a 37x13.50R26 Gladiator MT tire on some CAD35 wheels. These are 26x10-inch wheels. So let's go ahead and road force these things. All right, we got it spinning. Here in a second, that roller's gonna come down. We're gonna— now these Gladiators, them things always balance out good. Now as far as being loud, of course they're loud tires. They're damn mud tires. They're not supposed to be quiet. So if anybody wants a quiet tire and they're bitching about it being loud, tell them to go get something else, man. All right, the roller's on there. Let's see how good these things balance out, not only in weight and, uh, road force runout also. All right, roller's off. You only got 2 and a quarter here, 2 and a half here. Look at that, 4 pounds, 4 pounds of force on this damn tire on a big old 26. Now that's pretty damn good.