While I had all 5 of my original BFG tires off of the DuraVee I set about diagnosing them, having the "test hub" available really helps determining radial runout and balance.
Out of 5 tires there were 3 with very noticeable radial runout, this I initially contributed to the TWF bead locks but I now have to retract that statement.
I pulled all 3 apart and checked the rims with a dial indicator.
Of the 3 tire/wheel combinations that had runout 1 was a bad tire, the rim was fine so I mounted a new BFG on it.
1 of them was simply out of spec, it had .100" radial runout, I have set .050 as max
1 of them was obviously bent and I did not even bother with getting its specs.
So I put the 2 tires that were on the "bad" rims on different rims that passed specs and they no longer have what I would consider objectionable runout.
Every tire has some amount of runout and I have no way to accurately determine the precise amount of runout but before it was obviously an objectionable amount of runout on those three tires.
There was a VERY noticeable difference in the amount of "crush" needed to put the rim halves together between the BFGs and the Petlas tires while using the TWF bead locks, the Petlas apparently have a much thicker bead area on the tires.
I personally think there should have even been less crush on the BFGs but it does not seem to have any effect on radial runout.
I did take all the tires I mounted to 65psi giving them a chance to fully seat the beads, then reduced them to the 35PSI that I normally run them at.
I can balance the tires on my test hub also, the "sensitivity" is less than 3 OZ so that puts them well within the range of the Centramatics.
That guy charged me $125 to do a half A$$ job on the 5 Petlas tires
So I put the BFGs back on the DuraVee and it now runs down the road smooth as glass, in fact now I can detect some other vibrations I was not able to detect before, after all it will never be a Suburban.
As for the Petlas tires I have found a source so I purchased one more tire, I have 3 that have radial runout, 2 that are pretty bad but again the price difference between 1 and 2 per tire is the same.
The plan is to mount the new tire and if it has no radial runout which I do expect I will order more, I am at this point about 80% sure I actually ruined 3 of the 5 tires with the bead locks that were not correct for those tires and not the tires themselves.
As for my initial impression of the Petlas tires, they look great, the aggressive side walls are BA,.
There is however a noticeable vibration between 25-35MPH reminiscent of driving on a cobblestone roadway, the BFG also have this but not nearly as noticeable, I suspect this would subside somewhat with wear.
I will update when the new tire gets here and I get it mounted.
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It only shows 2 pics when uploaded but I see 3