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8/29/2023 <br />16 <br />Tire Changer and Wheel Balancer <br />In May of 2006, the city purchased a wheel and tire balancer for pickups and <br />squad cars in the fleet. At the time the tire and balancer machine suited the <br />needs based on the city owned equipment. Since then, the fleet has grown <br />and the size of the trucks has increased making the tire machine obsolete for <br />about a quarter of the fleet. The result is having to organize and deliver the <br />tires and rims to a local shop for mounting and balancing. The proposed tire <br />changer and wheel balancer will not only be able to accommodate all of the <br />current vehicles in the fleet but will be able to do specialty tires such as <br />tractors and lawnmowers. <br />The ability to change and balance <br />tires in house represents a cost <br />and time savings. Relying on another <br />shop to get core vehicles and <br />equipment back on the road is not ideal. <br />The cost of a tire change and balance <br />on some of the vehicles can be as much as <br />$100 per tire and take up to an hour and a <br />half per instance to use an outside shop.