Having sold these machines for two years, I can say that if you many to get
a machine that will make it worth your while (i.e. has assists built in to
make the job easier and to lessen the risk of scratching a rim) you need to
spend about 3,500. Anything less than that is designed as a 'value' machine
and is targeted towards the two bay, gas station garage around the corner or
the cheap tire dealer that thinks the risk of scratching a rim is
acceptable.
Stay away from used machines unless you are familiar with what can go wrong
with them. If you get one with a bad transmission (which is what turns the
tabletop), you will spend a lot of money to fix it. Probably more than what
you paid for it.
Don't forget, you will also need an air compressor to run the machine,
especially if you get one with an air powered table. Your average 5.5 HP,
single stage, Sears compressor with a 30 gallon tank will not be up to the
task. The stand-up 60 gallon ones will work, but they will work hard.
Paul Zahornasky
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Mark J. Andy
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 11:03 AM
To: autox mailing list
Subject: Re: Mounting Tire$
Howdy,
Like others have said, find some new friends.
Consider getting a tire machine of your own as well. A new tire machine
that'll handle big rims is $2k to $3k. Its a lot of money, but you'll
eventually get it back and its really nice to walk out to the garage and
mount your tires without having to drive somewhere.
If you don't care about 9"+ wide rims, you can also find 'em used for
significantly less. Look on Ebay.
Mark
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