Centramatic Wheel Balancers?????

those are impressive numbers. Have you priced them anywhere yet whoopNride

 

oops nevermind

 

centramatics work great...

I worked for an o/o for a number of years and he ran them on the tractor... we seen about 24-25% increase in life on the Centry and about 20-22% on the FLD he had.

I just bought my truck a few days ago... I had the dealer add extra for the centramatics... worked out to $1024 for all five axles...

overall, with centramatics you will save tires, run smoother (no tire hop on highway) and more MPG (not much more, but a little)... in a nut shell, the tires run almost perfectly down the road... and you don't have to worry about re-balancing later... (you just have to make sure the shop guys put them back on durring tire changes, lol)

 

I wonder will these things help when I'm logging?

 

If in your operation your ableto stay on pavement I would say yes.But if your off road some it would be a toss up because of the obstacle factor I'll call it.I really like them but I run OTR and try to be easy as possible when in tight situations.

 

You lost me on the "obstacle factor".. IMO they would be great for logging aswell... consider this.... mud packs into one side of the wheel, once back on the road no matter how well balanced the wheels that mud will throw you way out but with the centramatics they would still be in balance.

 

Sorry did'nt mean to confuse anyone.What I'm refering to is all the obstacles a log truck encounters once it leaves the highway.And if 1989 Pete was looking at it as cost savings,that was the toss up I was refering to because of the abuse the steer tires take anyway in a logging operation.

 

Very true. The tires are gonna take a beating and won't get the milage a highway truck will from the same set of tires. To me the most important thing is balancing the tires as they run. Logging is hard enough might as well make it ride as smooth as you can when you are on the road.

 

I might try a pair on the steers just to experiment