I’m in central KY and started doing mobile tires in July of 2020. I went with the weaver tire machine and balancer as well. I’ve had great luck with them.
How are you doing with that I mean what’s the population of the town that you live in and what was your first year like and how long did it take you to catch on I’m up here in northern Maine so my question also is how did you market this how did you introduce it to people and who did you introduce it to
@johnmattingly4909 what compressor and generator set up you go with I just purchased the weaver machines as well doing mobile as well just not sure what size I need
Hey hey looking into getting my set up ready was wondering if you could help me out about how i can set this stuff up in the trailer let me know man cheers :)
Do you tell them to get their wheels retorqued at a shop? It's supposed to be done however it wouldnt be practical to drive back out to a customer after a day or two.
Do you jack up the trailer when you run the balancer? I use a hunter GSP9600 balancer and had to put a 3/8" steel plate across the floor and jack up the frame to get a good balance on 33" and bigger truck tires.
No I don’t sorry just seen this my trailer is already leveled on the hitch I have an adjustable hitch I made sure my trailer is leveled when stopped I never had a problem with balancing a wheel yet
The generator controls the turn table and the claws are pneumatic. I have a 9000 watt generator and I could run my compressor, tire changer and my balancer all at one time with no problem at all. Idk who told you that but maybe they don’t understand that generators have different ratings and depending on what you buy is what you can run. Mine could power my house so trust me it has no problem running the 3 things in my trailer
I’m pretty sure every machine has it own specific rating but mine was a 150-175 psi with 5 CFM that’s the important part right there the air flow. I wouldn’t go less then 20 gallons just so the compressor isn’t always turning on and off making things louder and pulling more power from the generator because then you use more gas. Mine is 27 gallon 200 psi 5.1 CFM @90 psi and works perfect never lacked air but it does turn on about 2 times during a tire change bigger tank and it would only need to turn on once per tire. It is a little below the recommended power but like I said never had an issue. Here is the link to it. www.harborfreight.com/27-gallon-200-psi-high-performance-vertical-shopauto-air-compressor-56403.html
If you have any questions just ask I’ll do my best to answer I’m no master electrician but everything I learned is just basic electrical stuff I did have a job as an electrician for about 8 months but I guarantee you everything I learned was just beginner stuff and everything I did in the trailer anybody could do so I’ll do my best to try to help out
Absolutely I’m actually going to switch mine around a bit due to weight distribution with the trailer and the effect on my truck so watch for that video might give you an idea of how to better set up the machine’s
I’m in Florida so we don’t really have hills we are mostly flat and I really always try to stay on flat surfaces as long as both my trailer wheel are on the same level it’s good but regardless it’s more on how it mounted as long as you have your machine bolted to a flat surface it shouldn’t matter I have done a few on a slight hill well a Florida hill not like if your in San Fran and never had a problem with my balancing or any complaints
@@logicalthinking21 that's refreshing to know because I have these swinging metal arms locking the bottom lips of the balancer to the floor and I unlock them and swing them out the way to level the balancer before balancing and I'm tired of doing that. I have the Derek Weaver now but I had the Atlas mobile balancer and they said it had to be level. I'm in Atlanta so I do want it bolted to the floor for theft purposes. I'm going to balance the same tire twice with it level and then unlevel and see what I get. Thanks for responding and I love your setup!
@@INTIREMOBILETIRESHOP thank you for that… the only thing I can say is the best way to compare it is to have your old one on a hard leveled surface and recalibrate it before anything both machine must be recalibrated on the new surface they are mounted to then do the comparison
Question for you tire mounter I always planned on trying an electric mounter but someone told me it won’t work because a generator won’t be strong enough
The problem with this business model is the people want their flats fixed while they are working , but they also want it cheap. They won't pay a premium for it. So they can go to a shop.
That is correct but you have to learn your market for example in the city I lived in their was no tire shop for at least 20 min and a lot of people didn’t really have any other option or a lot of road side service calls it puts people in predicaments where I’m their best option
