Tire Machine

[Hammerdown51]

I've been working on building a tire machine and I have the base all done but I have hit a snag in the project with the motor. I had a 1/4 horse electric motor that I was going to gear down using a bunch of sets of bike gears but that's proven to be way too much work. For those of you who have built your own tire machines; what motors/ transmissions did you use to make them? I've heard people use cement mixer motors but I don't own one and it seems like a waste to throw the rest of it away

[RCJ]

That is the problem everybody has ,finding a cheap low speed motor.I found one on ebay ,worked for a month then stripped.I have 12 volt electric jack on my trailer, this winter I'm going to take it apart and see it will work.

[JustAddDirt]

looking at my Liftmaster garage door opener when I installed it, got my mind to wandering. Its an 8500 series torsion bar opener.
goes both directions.
moves slow
1hp. motor

If I hadn't bought the All-star Performance motor and gearbox, I would have pursued it.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

You can buy gear reduction boxes for typical 120V electric motors for less than $100.

[Hammerdown51]

Do you know a good website to find a gear reduction box on? I checked on ebay before I posted this like RCJ said but having it strip out is a possibility when buying on ebay.

[stock car driver]

all star sells the motor its the same one cpd and most everyone uses

[a25rjr]

I buy my motors for my rotisserie from Graingers. They sell many different models depending on your application.

They are usually around $100.