Wheel Balance Yes or NO?

I have usually had my c/van wheels balanced , whilst i was at college as a motor vehicle lecturer i had the wheel balancer in the workshop at my disposal so to balance the wheels was easily done . Steel wheels in those days , can never remember them being excessively out of balance nor can i remember any difference in towing experience.  When i had the tyres changed on my current van i asked the tyre fitter to balance the wheels, his response was we never balance c/van wheels , however he did balance them , alloy wheels and not wildly out of balance. Still notice no difference but will always balance them , perhaps more  to do with habit. Sorry for long post.

I just balanced mine today whilst adjusting shoes. 80g out on one and 45g on other. I did it for peace of mind (and having tyre changing/balancing facilities to hand). Makes sense to balance them from a mechanical point of view.

The tyre fitters automatically balanced the wheels when I had the tyres replaced.

With the roads as they are today my caravan takes a lot of hammer, from tyres up to bodywork and fittings. I have them balanced every time to try and reduce unnecessary vibration. Common sense IMO and it doesn't cost a fortune to have done. I also like to think that it could be more stable at higher speeds.

Thanks for your post just confirms that Swift seem to be not with it, but they will eventually replace my wheels and tyres as they have the rest of the faulty parts, they just require a push in the correct direction. As i stated earlier 260-280grams not a bit out of balance but huge!!

 ...... As i stated earlier 260-280grams not a bit out of balance but huge!!

A couple of years ago I had two tyres fitted at a Mercedes dealership. I drove home & realised that one had been balanced with 105g of weights .... I returned to MB. The tech saw nothing wrong with that and said he'd used up to 200g  Not on my car though. He was sent on his way back to the workshop and eventually returned triumphant, having balanced it with 30g. If only he'd done that in the first place. 

Interesting thread. It had never crossed my mind that anyone would NOT ballance a caravan tyre.  Thanks for making me aware.

Apparently Swift Never Do!!! Questions their technical engineers, Waiting of a response from them reference the dynamic balance/load graph i sent them!!! 260 gram static imbalance is approx 2,6 kilos at 60 mph.

Thanks for this thread.  I'll ask my tyre fitter to balance the wheels when I next get new tryes fitted.

Just as an aside if the front wheels on your car were 280 grams out of balance on the front you would be hard pressed to stop the vibration at 60mph. Swift in my opinion are trying to excuse a poor purchase of tyres DMack whos only claim to fame is they produce tyres for a rally team(where balance is irrelevant) Best laugh is that the spare also dmack on a steeel wheel took 10 grams to balance!!