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Tire machine advice.

dispensamatic

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I am setting up my Garage. I am considering between:
Corghi A2024LL
Ranger R80EX
and
Ranger LS43B
Atlas WB49-2 Pro

Advice?
 
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dispensamatic

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One track weekend= 12-16 tires. I need something capable of doing 20" diameter x 12.5" width 25 series sidewall. Z06 is infamous for hard-to-change tires. My local tire shop in Missouri took 4 hours per tire. I shipped the cars to Florida, one shop also took 4 hours. Another shop took 5 minutes. Yet another shop 10-15 minutes per tire. The hard part is getting the bead up into place as the tire buckles after being installed onto the wheel. This is accomplished by pulling the tire up onto the bead with pry bars. BUT, I need a tire machine that can install a 25 series tire without destroying it.
 
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MrPink

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We had a coates behemoth looking machine that did 25 series tires, i even mounted 15 series tires on a 30" wheel with it. This was now 9yrs ago, and I can not for the life of me remember the model.
 

39CAMC

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I would do Corghi (or Hunter). Those are the gold standard.

One possibly very important note - if you are mounting the Michelin Pilot Sport 2 cup tires on the C7 Z06, the machine will not fix the mounting problem. Getting them on and off is not an issue (for a skilled technician, you will need practice here) but getting them to actually take air is the problem and what takes hours and hours. The bead guard part of the tire catches on the drop part of the wheel. The GM/Hunter procedure is to pry on the tire bead with a screwdriver and it really doesn't work that well and can tear up the wheel.

I do a decent amount of these and it there is no shortcut. Lots of lube, lots of prodding and prying and they can be a real bear.

DaveW
 
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SteadyC

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Call all the reps and have them demonstrate their models and fight over you lol. Nice setup!
 

Xcursion88

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The best machine is an experienced you.
Seriously.....
Any of those machines you mention are fine...
Along with any of
Coats (that's the real gold standard)
To Greg Snith's Atlas
To Derek Weaver stuff...

Most of them are all made in the same Asian plant anyway with light blue paint or Red paint or....

You are far more imprtant than the machine. Where to push down, why it's not taking air...all kinds of things you learn with experience only.

Good luck
 

Sammajor2000

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The best machine is an experienced you.
Seriously.....
Any of those machines you mention are fine...
Along with any of
Coats (that's the real gold standard)
To Greg Snith's Atlas
To Derek Weaver stuff...

Most of them are all made in the same Asian plant anyway with light blue paint or Red paint or....

You are far more imprtant than the machine. Where to push down, why it's not taking air...all kinds of things you learn with experience only.

Good luck
Thank you so much
Your answer is very encouraging
 

HomeTheaterMan

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Corghi would be my choice out of those, but if it was me I'd give Hunter a call. I think you'd be better served by a Hunter or Coats rather than the cheap brands.
 

peter94

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Our shop has a Hunter TCX57 and we have done some pretty wide wheels. It is a very versatile machine and I would really recommend it if you can afford it.
 

kbeefy

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Find a tire shop good at those tires and ask them what machine features are most beneficial?

I have a tire machine with the 'extra hand' pneumatic arm and follower, but without knowing how to use it it was just in the way.

I'm getting better, and low pros are getting easier, but I broke a few things along the way because I didn't know what I was doing.
 

Xcursion88

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Find a tire shop good at those tires and ask them what machine features are most beneficial?

I have a tire machine with the 'extra hand' pneumatic arm and follower, but without knowing how to use it it was just in the way.

I'm getting better, and low pros are getting easier, but I broke a few things along the way because I didn't know what I was doing.
This info is a great point.
Again back to the experience part of it once you get experience those "assist" are just in the way and in most cases slow you down.

I'm not boasting whatsoever but I learned to do low profile tires before any of that stuff existed.
Now I just fire along nearly as fast on low pro's as regular.
It's negligible the time difference but only came about from experience.
Tire iron, pry bars where and when.

Experience will get you there.
 
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