# Things you prefer to do the hard way...

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 12, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-prefer-to-do-the-hard-way/754607 "2016-05-12T14:55:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-prefer-to-do-the-hard-way/754607/81 "2016-05-18T17:54:12Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> I hand-mount all my truck, jeep and lots of my car tires. Saves a ton of money.

I do my own motorcycles, but this works well because they’re so narrow you can static-balance them at home instead of using a computerized spin-balancer.

Don’t you still have to take your car tires to a shop for balancing after that?

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