Amount of balance beads for 12" trailer tires

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Changing tires out on my trailer. Standard 12x4.8 on steel wheels.

Doing it myself at home and going to use Counteract balance beads. I looked on their website but all the trailer listings I can find our for the big trailers, not my little one.
Any recommendations / suggestions for amount to use? Anyone with experience using these on the trailers?

I was thinking 2oz. Poured that out and it seems like quite a bit for such a small tire.
 

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I use their beads on my ST1100... 2 oz in rear and 1 oz in front, as per their recommendation for my size tires. 1 oz sounds about right for that small trailer tire.
 
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From the website: As a rule of thumb, the amount of Counteract required per tire is based on one ounce per thirteen pounds of tire.
Most small tire Mopeds and Scooters will use a 2 oz kit. If your tires are very small you can use the 1 oz kit.

10.3 lbs is the tire weight

Called their tech support they say 1 oz
Thanks Steve

And I finally found the trailer page on the website.

1 oz. it is.
 
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