Tire specialist Mike Melton balances a set of Predator 33x12.50-22 LT tires for a customer. The Road Force balancer shows a peak force reading of 48 lb, well above the recommended 35 lb maximum, which could cause vibration while driving.
All right, we got a customer coming here to change his tires. Let's show you what he's gonna put on there. So customer ordered the Predator 33x12.50-22s. That's a good looking tire. Now I'm not sure how this thing's going to balance out, so let's put it on this balancer and see how this thing goes. All right, to start with, all you guys take these stickers off. The customer does not want these damn stickers on their tires. So of course, like every tire, we're gonna Road Force it. We're gonna make sure it's an LT because it is an LT tire. Got it. Let's go ahead and get it. Now you see me rolling it. So far it's got a small little hop, not too bad. So let's see how these things do. So now the roller's on there putting that 1,200 pounds of force on that tire. Now let's see what they come out with. A little high for me. 48. It's calling for 2 ounces here, but it's still got 48 pounds of force. Shouldn't be over 35, so these may or may not give a vibration. So make your decision on buying these things over that.
