To all the locals from Gainesville.
We are transporting some tires for another team to use in the autocross, they have little to no budget room left so we are seeking a Gainesville local with a tire machine, access to a tire machine or a friend with a tire machine who owes a favor.
This is a serious team and they will be worth your while helping them out.
Free tires means free mounting to me. This is assuming you mean challenge budget not personal budget. I don't have any free contacts but I might have a car guy who manages a shop who will take the time to mount weird stuff and not overcharge you for it.
We are looking for really cheap or maybe a beer exchange, this team is very meticulous about their budget and have included everything every year they have attended.
Allowing 4 free tires in the challenge budget=4 tires on the car ready to go with no budget hit to me. That said, I understand the motivation to do it all for as cheaply/close to free as possible. I think it is more in line with the original concept of the challenge. I've always paid the guy I know in cash and he wasn't very close to free. Sorry. 
Did I miss something? Can't have free stuff, right? And if you have work done in a shop, isn't labor supposed to be charged against your budget?
In reply to DrBoost:
GRM $2016 Challenge Rules said: These safety items are budget-exempt: seat belt or harness; fire extinguisher; roll bar padding; wheel lugs, studs and bolts; and your first four tires. Brake friction materials, lines, calipers, master cylinders, rotors and drums may be replaced with fresh ones that are functional duplicates. The purpose of this rule is to allow for fresh brake components, not to allow for budget shenanigans. For example, original brake parts cannot be sold and then rebought to take advantage of this allowance. Brake fluid is also budget-exempt.
DrBoost wrote: Did I miss something? Can't have free stuff, right? And if you have work done in a shop, isn't labor supposed to be charged against your budget?
Well, first 4 tires are free, but i read that as 4 round rubber things, then mount+balance would be considered work performed at a shop/paid for therefore in the budget. Unless you're insane like me and have your own tire machines.
In reply to patgizz:
Just need to overpay for them at a shop that does free mounting and balancing.
I have a tire machine, but i am in Jacksonville. When are they coming down? They are free to use it but i am leaving Wednesday to prepare for the parking lot build.
Grab a few tire irons and have at it!
I don't know anyone who privately owns a tire machine. My mechanic owns one and would probably mount them fairly inexpensively, but, it would be work done by a professional, in a shop, so the expense would need to be included.
Keep the options coming, the tires were sourced free by me at a track event and I am passing them on for free so they have zero budget value. Although I do expect a beer.
The installation is where we need all and any help.
Finding a entrant or a friend who would let us use their machine to mount the tires is exactly our plan.
Do tool purchases count against the budget? HF sells cheap, a manual tire changer. They're supposed to be bolted down, but 2 guys can hold it pretty well in place. I've been using one for years, even by myself sometimes.
I'm assuming there would be an air source available, so could buy the tool and just mount them whenever/wherever.
Tools do not count. Hard hard can it be? That last question gets me into a lot of trouble in my life.
RevRico wrote: Do tool purchases count against the budget? HF sells cheap, a manual tire changer. They're supposed to be bolted down, but 2 guys can hold it pretty well in place. I've been using one for years, even by myself sometimes. I'm assuming there would be an air source available, so could buy the tool and just mount them whenever/wherever.
They also sell a bubble balancer.
I seem to recall reading that the manual changer works fine bolted to a pallet.
I have a cheap manual bead-breaker and tire irons that I could bring. Emphasis on "manual". Works pretty well on floppy old street tires with tall sidewalls. But after mounting up a set of stiff low-profile autocross tires, if your friends don't pass out in the Florida heat and humidity, they could skip the gym for a week.
I've got one of those HF tire mounters. Brand new. I'll bring it if you want, but there is a reason it's brand new- mounting stiff sidewall race tires with one of these is next to impossible.
We have muscle and I have weight
In reply to aussiesmg:
OK, I'll look for it.
It's buried somewhere deep in the nether regions of my shop, banished from human contact, hopefully to never do harm again. 
It's an evil, evil device.
they work well screwed to a wood trailer deck, however i only have experience with non low profile tires. bring lots of lube
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