komp55

After searching for over a year, I finally snagged the used tire changer I'd been hunting for. It was a little rough when delivered, but I finished reconditioning it over the weekend. The man cave is now fully equipped and no more rapeage at the local tire store. 20's? Child's play.

FASN8N

Awesome

BenzoBoi

SO SICK!

SterlingE55

Hunter's a great machines! Congrats! When does the balancer come in?

shooter

Is that it in the background on the left?

komp55

Keen eyes. Yep, snagged a GSP9700 a while back.

V12Godspeed

Holy mother...seems you are ready to camp out bro! Definitely good tools, I feel you about paying to rotate tires etc...

06E55

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for the balancer as well as the new toy? I have been following a few TC3500s on eBay for about $3000 but they always look beat to hell!

SterlingE55

Some beech! I can't see the forest!

Lycan

Very nice....

Jon2007E63P30

I hate you, with the greatest respect.

kamilclk430

Ok I'm driving over there to get all my tires put on for hmmmm 12 pack? That is a dream CAVE brother

tgoss

Well played sir... Well played.

Pushing_Tin

I have now seen it all, way to go!

infantry

You just one up'd everybody.

baldmike73

very cool - and i was stoked when i turned my basement into a wine cellar!

daniel3ooo

WOW..that is so sick!

slownrusty

Speechless.so cool

chawkins2001

Fully equipped: )

hyperion667

sometimes if you want something done right you gotta do it yourself!

super nice....is that your garage?

Evoguy

I won't have the room to get it in my garage but I hear you about the rapeage at the tire shop! Good job.

abhatti55

That is awesome. I am sure you will able to use the balancer to it's full capabilities, unlike many tire shops.

Vic55

Definitely a cool acquisition. Dont forget your plastic gloves

komp55

That's a definite on that one. I've had the balancer for a while and am Hunter Certified on it. To really use it to its full capability requires more time than your typical tire store is willing to spend because no one wants to pay for that time, and chances are, their tire mechanics don't even fully know how to use all of its features. So you go to a shop with a road force balancer, and think you're getting a road force balance (and maybe paying a bit extra for it), but probably over nine times out of ten you're actually not. The tire hasn't been properly force matched to the rim (which requires bare rim runout measurements), and more than likely, the RFV spec has been adjusted on the machine to require less precision. It was real frustration with tire shops that led me down this path.

Staff@RPM

Awesome