Chris, several years ago I bought a used Coates 4040A. Got a good price but it
was still pricy. Worth its weight in gold. Keep it under the carport.
Probably
saved the cost in trips to town I didn't make. Have done all sorts of aloy
wheels. John
Chris Heerschap wrote:
> Hey all-
>
> I've got a question. Do any of you have tire mounting equipment in
> your home shops? I've thought a couple times lately how nice it would
> be to be able to unmount and mount tires easily. I've seen Harbor
> Frieght has a manual changer for not too much, but I don't know if it
> would actually work that well.
>
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/taf/DisplayItem.taf?ItemNumber=34542
>
> I know another option is to find used stuff from garages and so forth,
> but I figure those would still be rather expensive.
>
> I also realize that this tire changer wouldn't do anything for
> balancing. Right now I'm just thinking about having the capability to
> change the tires.
>
> Part of the problem is I'm not dealing with steel wheels most of the
> time... usually it's aluminum wheels.
>
> Just looking for some opinions on the subject.
>
> cmh
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