70 Seconds Floor-to-floor diagnostic wheel balance process
Hunter Road Force® Elite Wheel Balancer
Quickly diagnose vibration issues that traditional balancers can't identify
Road Force® Elite at-a-glance
66 Comebacks avoided Per year on average with SmartWeight® and Road Force® technology
24 OEMs approve or require it in their facilities
- Perform a Road Force® test and balance faster than any traditional balancer.
- Eliminate error opportunities with the patented vision system.
- Solve vibration problems and provide the “new car ride” using the diagnostic load roller.
- Ensure proper centering with patented automatic CenteringCheck®.
- Maximize efficiency using SmartWeight® technology.
- True self-calibration with patented eCal auto-calibration.
The industry’s leading diagnostic wheel balancer The Hunter Road Force® Elite
The Road Force® Elite measures road force and balances faster than a traditional balance.
Belgium’s Pneu Express allows Hunter equipment to “happen all by itself”
Hunter equipment is designed to save labor, freeing up techs to boost productivity.
Hunter equipment provides “amazing results” for Aston Martin Brussels
Placing high importance on efficiency and reliability, Aston Martin found what it was looking for in Hunter Engineering equipment.
Return on investment
Calculate your payoff and profits
Vision system
Patented vision technology provides more benefits in less time
Automatic features reduce effort and errors
- Eliminate manual dimension entry and runout measurement
- Automatically select weight mode
- Hide wheel weights through patented algorithms
NEW Smartspot® weight placement pinpoints the exact tape weight location. This removes any confusion and saves time by reducing weight chasing, or repeated trial and error.
Innovation in technology
Balance faster than previous models
Balance and measure
Road Force® in 70 seconds
Diagnostic load roller quickly identifies vibration.
The fastest diagnostic balancer
Provide a “new car ride” to customers in less time than a traditional balance
Lease to own over 60 months
with repayments
Your business can lease to own this Hunter Roadforce Elite Balancer from approx. $215.00 per week excluding GST on a 60 month term. Included is our 36 month comprehensive service agreement, which covers all parts and labour & includes 6 monthly preventative maintenance calls from our Hunter factory trained technicians.
from
$45.00
per day
Terms and conditions apply.
SmartWeight® technology
Save time & money with SmartWeight® technology
4x
More sensitive
Modern vehicles are four times more sensitive to static vibration forces than couple or dynamic forces.
66
Comebacks
Avoid an average of 66 comebacks per year by using SmartWeight® technology.
7,130
Ounces
An average shop saves 7,130 ounces of weight per year with Smartweight® Technology.
Identify additional weight locations
Hunter’s patented vision system identifies expanded areas suitable for weight placement.
Balance modern wheels better
Eliminate static forces that impact modern vehicles up to 4X more than couple or dynamic forces
Training & validation
Improve technician performance and ensure every balance
- One-touch to display rim dimensions
- Rim cutaway displays selected weight mode
- Switch text language with the push of a button
- TruWeight™ provides live navigation through selection and placement of wheel weights
- Road Force® panel displays assembly value and limits
Miscentering during wheel balancing procedures is the number one cause of improper balancing and customer comebacks. Automatic CenteringCheck® always monitors wheel centering to reduce setup errors.
Road Force® panel displays assembly value and limits, live rim and tire conditions shown on-screen and color-coding allows operator to visualize Road Force® variations
Simple graphics illustrate how to optimize the assembly. Live rim and tire conditions with color-coding allow the operator to visualize Road Force® variations.
Easy-to-understand graphics of suggested wheel placement help the technician correct tire pull conditions.
Easily view and set tire inflation pressure.
View operations videos to help train technicians.
Eliminate customer comebacks
Fix vibration issues in one visit
Unprecedented quality control
Identify and reposition tricky tyres at installation before customer complaints
Improve customer retention
Technicians can quickly check every assembly for vibration and pull issues ensuring a smooth ride
Differentiate your shop
Solve persistent ride quality problems other shops can’t fix
Other shops
Standard balance
Tire is balanced with standard non-diagnostic balancer or older generation Road Force® with the roller turned off.
Customer performs quality check
Since customers are performing quality control for the shop, no additional time is required.
Customer may return unhappy
Majority of customers leave happy, but a small portion leave unhappy. Some return unhappy, others never return.
Additional work is required
Customers that return unhappy will require over 45 minutes of additional work that technicians are often unequipped to handle.
Road Force® Elite shops
Diagnostic balance
Tyre is balanced and a diagnostic test is performed in less time with Hunter’s Road Force® Elite premium balancer.
Match-mounting
A few tyres need to be re-positioned on the rim to guarantee a round assembly and a smooth ride. This only adds a few minutes when handled at installation.
Technician-approved
Because the technician tested every assembly, all customers leave happy.
Eliminate comebacks
Superior service differentiates Road Force® Elite shops from all other shops.
OEM approvals
Approved & recommended by multiple OEM partners
24 OEMs have welcomed the Road Force® Elite into their equipment programs.
75+ OEM Technical Service Bulletins mention the Road Force® balancer by name.
- Many OEMs require it to be used in their facilities.
- Ease-of-use & quality control make the Road Force® Elite the most widely recommended balancer.
StraightTrak® corrects tyre pull
- Customer complains that their vehicle is pulling to the left.
- Lateral force measurement is performed without time penalty using the Road Force® Elite wheel balancer.
- Lateral forces are balanced, eliminating vehicle pull.
Diagnose vibration issues & prevent customer comebacks
HunterNet® 2 Portal
Set goals and track productivity
Set goals and identify opportunities
Easy-to-understand report measures output, opportunities & achievements
Maximize productivity
Easily see shop performance over time and ensure utmost utilization
Fully-autonomous
Automatic, daily delivery via email and text
Receive automatic, daily reports
- Automatic daily snapshots in addition to a 7-day overview of performance trends
- View inspection rates and opportunities
- Measure alignment numbers and conversions
- Track balancing and Road Force® utilization
Specifications
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RFE00E |
RFE10E |
RFE20E |
RFE30E |
|---|
| Key Features | HDE10 | HDE11 | HDE32 | HDE33 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel Lift System | N/A | YES | N/A | YES |
| SpeedClamp® System | N/A | N/A | YES | YES |
| Standard Wingnut | YES | YES | N/A | N/A |
| Balancing | HDE10 | HDE11 | HDE32 | HDE33 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balancing Speed | 300 rpm | 300 rpm | 300 rpm | 300 rpm |
| Roller Force | Variable up to 1250 lbs | Variable up to 1250 lbs | Variable up to 1250 lbs | Variable up to 1250 lbs |
| Radial & Lateral Runout Accuracy | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Imbalance Resolution | ± 0.01 oz | ± 0.01 oz | ± 0.01 oz | ± 0.01 oz |
| Placement Accuracy | 512 positions, ± 0.35̊° | 512 positions, ± 0.35̊° | 512 positions, ± 0.35̊° | 512 positions, ± 0.35̊° |
| Features | HDE10 | HDE11 | HDE32 | HDE33 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rim width (min) | 38.1 mm | 38.1 mm | 38.1 mm | 38.1 mm |
| Rim width (max) | 520.7 mm | 520.7 mm | 520.7 mm | 520.7 mm |
| Rim diameter (min) | 254 mm | 254 mm | 254 mm | 254 mm |
| Rim diameter (max) | 762 mm | 762 mm | 762 mm | 762 mm |
| ALU (min) | 355.6 mm | 355.6 mm | 355.6 mm | 355.6 mm |
| ALU (max) | 1016 mm | 1016 mm | 1016 mm | 1016 mm |
| Tyre diameter (min) | 25806.45 mm | 25806.45 mm | 25806.45 mm | 25806.45 mm |
| Tyre width (max) | 4445.01 mm | 4445.01 mm | 4445.01 mm | 4445.01 mm |
| Tyre weight (max) | 20 lbs | 20 lbs | 20 lbs | 20 lbs |
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