Wheel Balancer HEADLAND WB-24 — Automatic Entry, 24″ Rim, 110 V

Overview

The HEADLAND WB-24 is a wheel balancer for passenger-car and light-truck wheels: rim diameter 10″ to 24″, rim width 1.5″ to 17″, wheel diameter up to 1,000 mm (39″), wheel weight up to 65 kg (143 lb). Distance and rim diameter are entered automatically when the measuring arm touches the rim; rim width is measured with the calliper and keyed in. Accuracy is ± 1 g, cycle time 7 seconds at 200 rpm, motor 0.2 kW on 110 V / 60 Hz single phase from an ordinary outlet. OPT optimisation, two-sided self-calibration, self-diagnosis, a protective hood and an LED display are standard. No compressed air is needed.

Every HEADLAND machine carries a unique serial number on its rating plate, recorded against your invoice. We have seen a machine of this class listed at a Canadian auction with the note that no serial number or manufacturer’s identification could be found. Without one there is no warranty claim and no recall.

All safety decals and control markings are in English and French. French markings are a legal requirement for sale in Quebec, and a grey import usually arrives without them.

Why this machine

Every cheap balancer sold in Canada uses manual data entry. The technician measures distance and diameter, keys them in, and a wrong figure means a second spin or a weight in the wrong place. The WB-24 pulls the measuring arm to the rim and reads both values itself. Comparable manual-entry machines in the Canadian trade run from $1,899 to $2,499 CAD. The WB-24 is $1,595 CAD on the Container Run and $1,995 CAD from stock, which is below all of them, and it enters the two figures by itself.

What it does not do. It does not measure rim width, it does not point a laser at the rim, and it does not stop the wheel at the unbalance position. You read the position off the LED display, turn the wheel to it and find the spot on the rim. For the laser, see the WB-24 L. For fully automatic entry including width, and a drive that stops the wheel at the position by itself, see the WB-24 PRO.

What’s included

• HEADLAND WB-24 wheel balancer with measuring arm
• Shaft, quick nut and standard cone set
• Rim width calliper
• Protective hood
• LED display
• Safety decals and control markings in English and French
• Unique serial number on the rating plate
• Canadian field-evaluation label with its own number
• Operator’s manual

What’s not included

• Wheel weights
• Truck, motorcycle and other special cones and adaptors
• Anchoring to the floor and the hardware for it
• A 110 V outlet near the machine
• Freight to your address
• Installation labour

Key specifications

Electrical approval in Canada

The WB-24 arrives from the factory without a Canadian electrical mark, and VY Build does not sell it that way. Every unit is field-evaluated in Canada, one machine at a time, by a body accredited by the Standards Council of Canada. The evaluator examines that machine, and the machine that passes receives a label carrying its own number before it leaves VY Build.

The distinction is worth knowing. A certification or listing approves a model. A field evaluation approves one machine. VY Build has the second, not the first. The practical result is that the machine on your floor carries a label with its own number on it, which is more than most equipment bought at auction can say.

The two prices

The WB-24 is sold through two channels, and each channel has its own price. The from-stock price is not a regular price, and the Container Run price is not a sale price.

• Container Run, $1,595 CAD. You pre-order a machine from our February 2027 container. A 30% deposit is paid at order and the balance is due before the machine is released from Charlottetown. Delivery is from our February 2027 container.
• From stock, $1,995 CAD. For a machine we are holding in Charlottetown, with its field-evaluation label already on it. We are not holding stock yet; this channel opens after the February 2027 container has landed and been evaluated.

The from-stock price carries the cost of landing and holding a machine in Charlottetown. On the Container Run you carry the wait instead. Choose by when you need the machine.

Delivery and lead time

Container Run. The container is scheduled to land at Halifax in February 2027. Each machine is then field-evaluated in Canada and released from Charlottetown once its label is on it and the balance is paid, in practice from late February. That puts the machine in your shop before the March changeover, which is one of the two weeks in the year when a tire shop cannot afford to be short of equipment.

The order window closes in mid-November 2026. Chinese New Year falls on 6 February 2027 and the factory winds down from late January. Production has to be finished and the container sailing before that, or the next slot lands in April. We would rather say this plainly than take an order we cannot deliver on time.

From stock. Not available yet. We hold no stock of these machines at present, so the from-stock option is shown as unavailable. It opens after the February 2027 container has landed and each machine has been field-evaluated and labelled; a machine bought that way is already labelled and ships from Charlottetown on receipt of payment.

The machine ships crated on a pallet. Pickup in Charlottetown is available. Freight to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and Ontario is quoted by destination and is not included in either price. You need a forklift or a pallet jack and a level floor to receive it, or ask for lift-gate delivery.

Before you decide

• Wheel balancer comparison for Canada — eleven machines side by side on the figures the sellers publish.
• Buying at auction: what you actually pay — the buyer’s fee, the tax and the transport, worked through.
• Electrical approval in Canada — what the provincial rules require, and what a field evaluation is.