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Anyone ever use the equal tire balancing sand in truck tires? (9R 22.5, or other semi truck tires, not pickup tires) Pros/Cons?

We used equal for a while in our 295 75 22.5 tires and it worked fine when we aired up the tires at our shop where we have a refrigerated air dryer. However, If someone aired one up on the road with moist air, the stuff would cake up and then it was really out of balance. We used balancing beads for quite a few years. http://www.counteractbalancing.com/ . Since we switched to singles 445/50/22.5 we don't see the need for any kind of balancing. We use Michelin X Line Energy 295/75/22.5 on the steer and we don't see the need for balancing the steer tires any more either.

When I used to haul gas, the company I worked for used it in their trucks. If you didn't use the right valve cores, it would stick them open. Another company I worked for didn't use anything. To be honest, I didn't see any advantage to it. Our trucks had a trailer on them all the time, so there was always some sort of load. Maybe if you bobtailed every once in awhile you would feel the difference.

ok, thanks for the info! The reason I am asking, I had a weight come off one of the steer tires on my 58 2-ton. I can feel it hop a bit going down the freeway. The local Les Schwab truck center wants the same to balance or put the sand in, so, was wondering if anyone has had experience with it.