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Originally Posted by SRR
I have a Coats 10-10 and a bubble balancer. It's crude but works well on steel rims especially dually wheels. It's quite the work out!  Got it for free so I can't really complain. It is an air hog though, anything less than an 80 Gallon 2 stage and 120 psi...good luck! |
That's the EXACT machine I learned on in 1973-1974 era. The gas station where I learned closed decades ago and that machine was moved to a race engine shop where it still see's occasional use! I don't think in over 40 years of service and tens of thousands of tires changed on it, any parts needed replacement. Incredible. It was a major factor in why I bought a Coats rim clamp machine for myself. My 15 year old factory refurbished machine cost about 1 1/2 times as much as a new Chinese machine. I am willing to bet it will be changing tires long after the new Chinese machine is made into a Bud Light can.