Latest Heavy-Duty Balancer From Hennessy
Hennessy Industries’ Coats brand announced a new direct-drive wheel balancer, the 6450-3D, designed to quickly and accurately balance heavy-duty truck tires. Features include a one-touch automatic data entry system for all three parameters, a patented Stop and Lock feature that holds the wheel in place until the weight is installed, and an auto-indexing feature that
Hennessy Adds New Heavy Duty Service Balancer
Hennessy Industries has launched a new heavy-duty wheel balancer – the Coats 6450-3D – which the company said was "designed to quickly and accurately balance the most demanding heavy-duty truck tires." The direct drive 6450-3D is based on the Coats 6401, said Hennessy, but adds several features from the popular Coats 1250-3D model, including one-touch
Product Spotlight: Tire and Wheel Balancers
Tire and wheel balancers continue to become more sophisticated. Many now incorporate onboard LCD touch screens with easy-to-understand graphics and step-by-step instructions to help even inexperienced tire technicians properly perform each procedure. unbalance detection. These sensors are extremely sensitive and offer superior long-term stability. LED rolling wheel indicators show weight positions as the wheel rolls
Oldest Balancer Still Kicking 30 Years Later
Hennessy Industries has found the oldest active Coats balancer in the U.S., and its owners will get a new one to go right beside it.
Call For Entries: Fifth Annual Top Shop Awards
Entries are now being accepted for the 2011 Tire Review Top Shop Awards presented by Ammco/Coats, which seeks to honor the “best of the best" independent tire dealers in the U.S. and Canada. Now in its fifth year, the contest is officially open, and entries will be accepted until midnight on July 8, 2011. Entry
2008 Top Shop Winner: Atlantic Tire & Service
Ask any employee about the secret to Atlantic Tire & Service’s success and their answer is quick and simple. “It’s all about customer service,” says Davis Morgan, one of Atlantic’s store managers, echoing the universal opinion of his teammates. “We strive to make it a comfortable, confident experience.” But, according to Atlantic Tire founder and
2007 Top Shop Finalist: Redwood General Tire
The late Bill Walsh, long-time coach of the San Francisco 49ers, was one of Alpio Barbara’s friends. So is former 49ers quarterback Joe Montana, whose mom once worked for Barbara. But unlike the NFL, there is no off-season for Barbara’s Redwood General in Redwood City, Calif., a Top Shop Award finalist. “If the month ends
New Power Duckhead Bead Lifter From Hennessy
Hennessy Industries launched the new Coats Leverless Power Duckhead Bead Lifter, a mount/demount system that retrofits the Coats APX, 9024 and 70X series Rim Clamp tire changers. The bead lifter’s leverless design eliminates traditional tire tools that can mar the tire’s surface due to application difficulty or operator error, resulting in improved shop efficiency and
Reflecting on Four Years’ Worth of ‘Top Shops’
Perhaps you’re surprised to see my face on this page instead of Editor Jim Smith’s. Well, you should be. It doesn’t happen often, but now and then I like to resurface in the pages of the magazine and offer a few pearls of wisdom. Also, I like to see if I still have it in
Latest Tire Changer From Hennessy
Hennessy Industries’ Coats brand has introduced its X-Series Tire Changer, offering features and upgrades from the company’s 5000 and 7000 models that will allow shops to customize tire changers to meet their specific needs. The X-Series line will offer three 50X and three 70X models, and customers will be able to differentiate the models by