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Originally Posted by chevmn
One of the best investments I have made is a manual tire changer from HF (see link). I have had to make a couple repairs or improvements to it, but where I live, I would spend a fortune on changing or repair to tires, not to mention the issue you are seeing with a shop refusing to mount. I run old tires all the time on farm trailers and tractors. I also purchased a bubble balancer from HF and with a few exceptions, I can usually avoid the tire shops by buying tires online, and doing my own mount and balancing, and have found the high dollar spin balance job is not really any better than bubble balancer (for most common tires/rims.
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This is what I have. I do a lot of drag slicks and drag radial swaps at home.
I have mine mounted on a wooden plank. When I need to use it I drag it out and place ballast (ie, diesel pickup) on the plank and work it. When I'm done I stick it back in the corner.
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