Hillbilly tire shop in Kansas

[ACUDANUT]

Charged me 78  Bucks to mount and balance 4 tires.  It took them 10 minutes.  Rip Off imo.  What do others charge in your area ?

[cdr]

15 bucks a tire

[Ponch ®]

70 seems about right.

[stripedelete]

Assuming no car and no old tire disposal (handed them four rims and four tires).  $8-10 /tire.
Northern Ohio.

[Aero426]

  It took them 10 minutes. 

Would you feel better if it had taken them an hour?

[Bronzedodge]

It has gone up here in the crowded Mid-Atlantic in recent years.  $70.- is about average.

[Lennard]

  It took them 10 minutes. 

Would you feel better if it had taken them an hour?

[JB400]

I pretty much well plan on spending an hour at the tire store.  Ranges between $12-$15 a tire.

[Kern Dog]

I have a tire machine here but I don't have a way to balance them. I have mounted and dismounted all sorts of tires in the past 6 years.

[69rtse4spd]

12 bucks a tire in my area.

[odcics2]

Last time I had some race tires mounted got four done for $25.   

[69bronzeT5]

They usually charge $25 (Canadian) a tire up here but I have friend's shops that do it for $50 cash for 4.

[alfaitalia]

Charged me 70 Bucks to mount and balance 4 tires.  It took them 10 minutes.  Rip Off imo.  What do others charge in your area ?

I take it there was more that one man doing the work...cant see how one bloke could mount and balance 4 tyres in ten minutes (2 mins 30secs per corner!!). I recon I could do that in about 20 - 25 mins (I have access to both tyre fitting and balancing machines)...as long as they were not real cheap tyres that never seem to balance up easy! For info its about £8 - £10  per tyre (so $10.38 to $12.98 at todays exchange rates) so not miles away from US prices around here (plus a £1 per tyre environment tax to dispose of the old ones....hmmm). Lots of places will make it difficult be refusing to fit tyres they did not supply!!

[ACUDANUT]

 Several blokes did it.  it was Nascar fast

[DAY CLONA]

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[Birdflu]

Charged me 78  Bucks to mount and balance 4 tires.  It took them 10 minutes.  Rip Off imo.  What do others charge in your area ?

2 1/2 minutes a piece...that's impressive for air removal, dismount, re-mount, airing up AND balancing!  

Setting that aside, a lot of shops in our area charge $$$ that is equal to the rim diameter for dismount, mount & balance. So a 15" wheel would be $15...

[TruckDriver]

Hell, $78 is cheap around me. Near me, figure close to $100 for mounting and balancing. Unless you buy the tires at the tire shop, then usually it is free for mounting.

[moparguy01]

Its around 15-18 a tire here in Minnesota. But if I had 4 tires mounted and balanced in 10 minutes, I'd probably be tipping the guys. Thats impressive.

[c00nhunterjoe]

With customer supplied tires, i wouldnt touch it for 80 bucks in most cases. Wheel weights are through the roof on top of everything else.

[RallyeMike]

But if I had 4 tires mounted and balanced in 10 minutes, I'd probably be tipping the guys.

I'd be asking him to go back and do it right.

[JB400]

Might want to check the lugnuts.  Had one store not get them tight on my dads' truck.  Took him for a ride when the wheel came off going down the highway.

[Charger RT]

with internet sales local shops are charging more if you bring the tires. If you buy the tires from them it is a small fee.
Tim

[ACUDANUT]

I carried them in, and it might have been 15 minutes, just to clarify.

[bakerhillpins]

Ave is right around $20 a corner, so that's about the average around here. If you have disposal that's $2 extra per. On or off the car doesn't matter.  I've got a bud with a tire machine and he typically does it for free if the place that bought the tires doesn't include it.

[Tilar]

I think about that the same way I think about the price of gas... I cant make gasoline and I'm not changing tires anymore, so it doesn't matter what it cost. I gotta have gas and I need someone else to change the tires so I just pay the bill.