Stranger in the Black Sedan
04-19-2009, 08:33 PM
I have always wanted my own tire mounting machine and wheel balancer, since I am always changing cars and tires around. I have had so many bad experiences with techs damaging expensive wheels and also not balancing correctly. After I had a shop let me use their machines once, I realized I could do this stuff myself and not have to worry about damaging stuff. So the reasonable conclusion was that I should buy my own machines for home use (doesn't every home owner need stuff like this?)
The wonders of craigslist... I picked both of these up locally w/ my truck.
I negotiated the balancer down to 500.00 and the tire machine down to 650.00
Both work great. The balancer was recently certified by a calibration tech
They still sell this model tire machine and it is $1900 new so I am very happy
Now I am sure I will make a lot of "friends" in the area that need work done
Click the thumbs below to enlarge
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Steve
The wonders of craigslist... I picked both of these up locally w/ my truck.
I negotiated the balancer down to 500.00 and the tire machine down to 650.00
Both work great. The balancer was recently certified by a calibration tech
They still sell this model tire machine and it is $1900 new so I am very happy
Now I am sure I will make a lot of "friends" in the area that need work done
Click the thumbs below to enlarge
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/shylin01/Shop%20tools/th_TireMachineandYankessandLin coln027.jpg (http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/shylin01/Shop%20tools/?action=view¤t=TireMachineandYankessa ndLincoln027.jpg)
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/shylin01/Shop%20tools/th_TireMachineandYankessandLin coln032.jpg (http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/shylin01/Shop%20tools/?action=view¤t=TireMachineandYankessa ndLincoln032.jpg)
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/shylin01/Shop%20tools/th_TireMachineandYankessandLin coln033.jpg (http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/shylin01/Shop%20tools/?action=view¤t=TireMachineandYankessa ndLincoln033.jpg)
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/shylin01/Shop%20tools/th_TireMachineandYankessandLin coln025.jpg (http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q116/shylin01/Shop%20tools/?action=view¤t=TireMachineandYankessa ndLincoln025.jpg)
Steve