Best cheap tool you ever bought.

Can we get a definition of "cheap"?

About 10 years ago, I bought a Coats RC 15 rim clamp tire changer from my friends shop that was going out of business.

500 bucks.

I stopped counting after it paid for it's self, but at around $50 every time I dismount/mount a pair of tires, I am WAY on the plus side.

I also picked up a small, matching Coats low speed balancer for $375 at a swap meet.

I'm WAY on the plus side with that one, too.

Last summer, I put two on my daily, two on the wife's daily, and two on my mom's.
2 months ago, I rotated the fronts to the rear, and put two more on the wife's.
That's 200 for the mounts and maybe another 80 for the balances that I still have in my pocket.

It's the second time I've done all 4 of the wife's, the third time for mine and the second time for mom.
Plus the 73 (2.5 times), the Dakota (at least twice), the D100 (one here, one there) and a few parts car roller tires.