I bought just 2 Coats cones that work on my vehicles for now only because I am going to buy the finger plate/collet set from MT-RSR. That is the most precise way of balancing from what I’ve learned.
I’m glad you asked this question! I connected a magnetic base dial indicator to the balancer where it can reach the cone and spun the machine with just the cone and wing nut itself. The China cones were almost 0.005” thou off on every spin. The Coats brand cones didn’t even move the dial...
Have had them on for about 5000 miles now and they’re great. Throughout this thread people read Interco and assumed they’re “Super Swampers”. I don’t know how many times I said that they’re TRXUS M/T tires that are RADIAL and not BIAS PLY like Super Swampers are.
I just realized that I forgot to update this thread. I ended up buying Coats brand cones and was able to static balance all 4 Interco tires to a zero balance.
I have to agree with you on the cones. I have eBay China ones and they never seem to allow the hub bore of the wheel to sit properly. I went digging on eBay and found a new old stock Coats cone. When I got it I could immediately tell that this was a superior cone and It allowed my whee to spin...
I heard the exact same thing about Interco but those issues were isolated to Thornbirds and Super Swampers… I went with their radial MT which is the Trxus model. It was between that and the Vortrac which is the older 16.5 BFG copy… The Trxus and Vortrac’s are really good tires. It just may be my...