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   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 4/25/2022 12:10, sms wrote:   
   > On 4/25/2022 8:18 AM, Michael Trew wrote:   
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   >> I'd love to have a machine to mount and balance my own tires.  I fix   
   >> most things on cars myself, and there is a satisfaction to that   
   >> (although it's also relevant to cheap/necessity for me).   
   >   
   > A static wheel balancer is pretty inexpensive but it's not really a good   
   > idea to use one on tires that will be operated at high speed. A manual   
   > tire changer is also pretty cheap, under $100. But by the time you pay   
   > retail prices for the weights, and pay for the equipment cost, you'd be   
   > able to pay for a lot of wheel balancing before you achieved a positive   
   > ROI, and you would not have tires that are properly balanced after all   
   > that. A dynamic wheel balancer is over $1000 for a very basic model from   
   > China.   
      
   I rarely drive over 60 MPH.  I've mounted little 12/13 inch Geo Metro   
   wheels and just sent them without balancing at all before; so a cheap   
   one would be good enough for most of my purposes.  I drive old beater   
   cars, and I currently own 10 (or 11?) of them.   
      
   When you say a "static" balancer, do you mean a bubble balancer?  I've   
   seen some used shop equipment come up for sale on FB Marketplace and   
   Craigslist before, still usually out of my preferred price range (cheap).   
      
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