Wheel Balancer HEADLAND WB-24 PRO — Fully Automatic, Laser, 110 V

Overview

The HEADLAND WB-24 PRO is a fully automatic wheel balancer. The measuring arm enters distance and rim diameter when it touches the rim, and a radar sensor reads rim width without contact. A laser projects the unbalance position onto the rim, and the variable-frequency drive stops the wheel by itself at that position, held by an electric brake. Readings are shown on a 19″ LCD. 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). Accuracy is ± 1 g, cycle time 7 seconds at 200 rpm, on 110 V / 60 Hz single phase from an ordinary outlet. OPT optimisation and an LED side light are standard; a voice prompt is available as an option.

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

Nobody reaches for the callipers again. On the WB-24 and WB-24 L the technician measures rim width by hand and keys it in; on the WB-24 PRO the radar sensor reads it. The drive spins the wheel, reads the unbalance and stops the wheel at the correction position with the laser dot on the spot and the brake holding it there. The technician applies the weight and starts the next spin. Three sources of error leave the job: a misread calliper, a mistyped figure and a wheel turned a few degrees past the mark.

A comparable machine with laser and sonar width measurement in the Canadian trade is priced at $5,680 CAD. The WB-24 PRO is $3,395 CAD on the Container Run and $3,895 CAD from stock.

Where it sits. For a shop balancing a few wheels a week, the WB-24 L does the same balancing with a laser for $1,200 less on the Container Run. The WB-24 PRO earns its place where wheels go through all day and the minutes add up.

What’s included

• HEADLAND WB-24 PRO wheel balancer with measuring arm
• Radar rim-width sensor
• Laser unbalance pointer
• 19″ LCD display
• Variable-frequency drive with automatic stop at the unbalance position and electric brake
• LED side light
• Shaft, quick nut and standard cone set
• Protective hood
• 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

• Voice prompt (available as an option; ask when ordering)
• 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 PRO 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 PRO 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, $3,395 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, $3,895 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, including what a comparable laser and sonar machine costs in the trade.
• 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.