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As I have posted before, thought about purchasing one for my home shop to be able to balance tires on my 3 cars. I guess this is a China unit but I don't know.

On 20-Jun-14 8:29 PM, stryped wrote:
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As I have posted before, thought about purchasing one for my home shop to be able to balance tires on my 3 cars. I guess this is a China unit but I don't know.



I'm not sure if I'm feeding a troll.


Why not save your $600 and take advantage of the price included/free
wheel balancing when you get your new tyres fitted.

Spending $600 on a wheel balancer when you only maintain 3 cars seems
more than a little out of whack.......

stryped wrote in
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http://owensboro.craigslist.org/tls/4524860669.html

As I have posted before, thought about purchasing one for my
home shop to be able to balance tires on my 3 cars. I guess this
is a China unit but I don't know.

THINK about it for just a minute, stryped. I know that may be something of a foreign concept
for you, but try it, just this once.

How much does a tire shop charge to balance a wheel? Ten bucks? I heard Walmart does
it for eight.

And how often do you need wheels balanced? Once every 2-3 years? If you're maintaining
three cars, that means on average four wheels per year, at $10 each. That's $40 per year,
tops.

Divided into the $600 you're going to spend on the balancer, plus probably another $50 in
weights, means it will take you AT LEAST SIXTEEN YEARS to recover the cost.

Sounds like a stupid idea to me.

Or a stryped idea.

Not that there seems to be a lot of difference...

On Friday, June 20, 2014 12:24:26 PM UTC-5, Doug Miller wrote:
stryped wrote in

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http://owensboro.craigslist.org/tls/4524860669.html



As I have posted before, thought about purchasing one for my

home shop to be able to balance tires on my 3 cars. I guess this

is a China unit but I don't know.



THINK about it for just a minute, stryped. I know that may be something of a foreign concept

for you, but try it, just this once.



How much does a tire shop charge to balance a wheel? Ten bucks? I heard Walmart does

it for eight.



And how often do you need wheels balanced? Once every 2-3 years? If you're maintaining

three cars, that means on average four wheels per year, at $10 each. That's $40 per year,

tops.



Divided into the $600 you're going to spend on the balancer, plus probably another $50 in

weights, means it will take you AT LEAST SIXTEEN YEARS to recover the cost.



Sounds like a stupid idea to me.



Or a stryped idea.



Not that there seems to be a lot of difference...

I just like the idea of being able to mail order tires and change them myself. I already have a manual tire changer.

And I think I could do it better than anyone else. No body seems to even pay attention to the balancing marks on new tires. My wife's car has huge weights on it because of it....

And I don't think I want Wal Mart doing anything on my vehicle. At least the one around here...

"stryped" wrote in message
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On Friday, June 20, 2014 12:24:26 PM UTC-5, Doug Miller wrote:
stryped wrote in

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http://owensboro.craigslist.org/tls/4524860669.html

As I have posted before, thought about purchasing one for my
home shop to be able to balance tires on my 3 cars. I guess this
is a China unit but I don't know.

THINK about it for just a minute, stryped. I know that may be
something of a foreign concept
for you, but try it, just this once.
How much does a tire shop charge to balance a wheel? Ten bucks? I
heard Walmart does
it for eight.
And how often do you need wheels balanced? Once every 2-3 years? If
you're maintaining
three cars, that means on average four wheels per year, at $10
each. That's $40 per year,
tops.
Divided into the $600 you're going to spend on the balancer, plus
probably another $50 in
weights, means it will take you AT LEAST SIXTEEN YEARS to recover
the cost.
Sounds like a stupid idea to me.
Or a stryped idea.
Not that there seems to be a lot of difference...

I just like the idea of being able to mail order tires and change
them myself. I already have a manual tire changer.
And I think I could do it better than anyone else. No body seems to
even pay attention to the balancing marks on new tires. My wife's
car has huge weights on it because of it....
And I don't think I want Wal Mart doing anything on my vehicle. At
least the one around here...

I'd buy four jackstands so I could pull all the wheels to make one
trip, and ask around for a better tire shop.

I've found that the shop's attitude follows the customer's attitude
and willingness to listen.
-jsw

stryped wrote in
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I just like the idea of being able to mail order tires and
change them myself. I already have a manual tire changer.

Suit yourself. The math says it's a foolish decision. If you don't mind waiting until your kids are
grown before you even begin to recover the cost, it's your money you're wasting, not mine. But
as we see below ...

And I think I could do it better than anyone else. No body seems
to even pay attention to the balancing marks on new tires. My
wife's car has huge weights on it because of it....

.... as always, you'll do what you've already decided to do anyhow, regardless of the advice
you receive. Makes me wonder why you ask.

On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 20:05:34 +0000 (UTC), Doug Miller wrote:

... as always, you'll do what you've already decided to do anyhow, regardless of the advice
you receive. Makes me wonder why you ask.

Makes me wonder why you answer questions that haven't been asked.

The OP asked what people thought of that specific wheel balancer.
He did ask for your opinion: if he should buy a wheel balancer or not.


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Bill wrote in news:0ZSdnWl88-y-
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 20:05:34 +0000 (UTC), Doug Miller wrote:

... as always, you'll do what you've already decided to do anyhow, regardless of the
advice
you receive. Makes me wonder why you ask.

Makes me wonder why you answer questions that haven't been asked.

What question would that be?

The OP asked what people thought of that specific wheel balancer.

And I told him what I thought of that specific wheel balancer: that, because it would take
sixteen years to recover the cost, it was a foolish idea.

He did ask for your opinion: if he should buy a wheel balancer or not.

And I gave him my opinion.

You might spend a bit of time researching stryped's posting history, which is replete with ill-
advised ideas -- not just in this newsgroup, but in alt.home.repair as well -- before forming
an opinion of my responses to him. [I've been positively gentle, compared to some folks
here.] Stryped has a long history of asking for advice and then ignoring it.

On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 05:29:04 -0700 (PDT), stryped
wrote:

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As I have posted before, thought about purchasing one for my home shop to be able to balance tires on my 3 cars. I guess this is a China unit but I don't know.
Weaver used to be pretty good equipment - for a home balancer that
would be the cat's meow!!!!

On Friday, June 20, 2014 7:29:04 AM UTC-5, stryped wrote:
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As I have posted before, thought about purchasing one for my home shop to be able to balance tires on my 3 cars. I guess this is a China unit but I don't know.

Probably a good unit, but I've been able to pick up comparable balances for well under $300. Always a tire shop closing up somewhere.

I bought a tire machine and balance when I was actively racing. saved me some money, but mostly it saved me time and travel to and from the store. When the tire shops went to $70 a set (with me bringing them in) it made it worthwhile.

FWIW, I sold my last computer balancer and kept a bubble balancer. For my infrequent use it works just fine. Still have an old rim-clamp Coats changer though.