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Offline Duncan71

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Tire mount and balance?
« on: November 08, 2013, 03:16:03 AM »
Do any "good guy" shops in this city still do a loose mount and balance for a case of beer?  Or cheap at least?  Best ive seen is $30 a corner, which frankly, is a lot for less than hours total worth of work.
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Offline Vinman

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Re: Tire mount and balance?
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2013, 07:52:43 AM »
I think Broken Axle has the equipment
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Re: Tire mount and balance?
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2013, 01:03:48 PM »
Yes we sure do. Give us a shout or stop by and we can set you up.
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Offline Duncan71

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Re: Tire mount and balance?
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2013, 01:51:06 PM »
Do ya do it for beer on the loose M + B, or just $100 bucks?
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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2013, 02:35:48 PM »
Lol, beer doesn't pay rent so cash please ;D
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Re: Tire mount and balance?
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2013, 08:42:03 PM »
Aaah, are you guys able to set up my stauns though? That would be a huge help.
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Offline WhiteOut

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Re: Tire mount and balance?
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2013, 09:35:20 PM »
$30 per tire/rim is probably industry standard. Call any tire place and they should be around that.

Or put it this way, is $20 enough for you to do an hour's worth of work that can involve lifting heavy weigh repetitively?
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Offline wyattjo

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« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2013, 10:00:28 PM »
Mega tire in the ne did a change over and balance for me about a month ago on my wife's Lexus for $73 including tax if I remember right and that's about the cheapest you'll find from what I've found on my vehicles
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Re: Tire mount and balance?
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2013, 03:33:43 PM »
Quote from: apeman on November 10, 2013, 08:42:03 PM
Aaah, are you guys able to set up my stauns though? That would be a huge help.

Dave and I have done stauns before... I'm not a fan of them. But we know how to do them...
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Offline Duncan71

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Re: Tire mount and balance?
« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2013, 01:57:57 AM »
Quote from: WhiteOut on November 10, 2013, 09:35:20 PM
$30 per tire/rim is probably industry standard. Call any tire place and they should be around that.

Or put it this way, is $20 enough for you to do an hour's worth of work that can involve lifting heavy weigh repetitively?

Yep.  Thats what I did all through highschool.  Mounted and balanced tires in a shop for $8 bucks an hour.  2002-2004.  Took me around 30 - 40 min a set loose.
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Offline cLAY

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Re: Tire mount and balance?
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2013, 08:42:09 AM »
Me too. Put myself thru my AST program at SAIT busting tires at night and on weekends at the Northhill Sears for $8.50/hr.  On a small car I could do a set in 30min. They charged $15/tire at the time.

So $30/tire=$120 for a set. Now I can see a dealership charging $120/hr for a tech to work on a vehicle and the tech is getting $30-$40/hr and lots of overhead on shop equipment, but how does a tire shop justify it? The tire tech is getting maybe $15-$20? and they don't have the same overhead.  ???
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Offline JohnB

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Re: Tire mount and balance?
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2013, 09:57:02 AM »
The cheapest I have seen lately is $20 a tire at Togo tire.  It is cheaper for a few friends to get together on buying a used tire machine.
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Re: Tire mount and balance?
« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2013, 10:35:53 AM »
I have a tire machine but you still have to pay for balancing and tire balancers are expensive. I bought new tires from Kal tire last week, I told them I could mount the tires myself and just needed them balanced. They said mounting was included in the purchase of the tire but balancing was $30/tire.   :P

It will be interesting to see next spring when I bring my trailer tires in for replacement and I want the free mounting but don't need them balanced.  :D
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« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2013, 08:08:47 PM »
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