The Future is Autonomous: Why Your Shop Needs the Hunter Road Force® WalkAway™ from Quality AES
The Future is Autonomous: Why Your Shop Needs the Hunter Road Force® WalkAway™ from Quality AES
In the fast-paced world of tire service, "time" is your most expensive inventory. If your technicians are standing over a balancer waiting for a spin to finish, they aren’t making you money.
At Quality Automotive Equipment & Service, we are proud to offer the latest breakthrough in wheel service: the Hunter RoadForce® WalkAway™. It’s not just the world’s fastest diagnostic balancer; it’s the first one that lets your team multitask like never before.
What Makes it a "WalkAway™"?
The "Elite" model set the standard for vibration control, but the Road Force® WalkAway™ takes it a step further by automating the most time-consuming parts of the job.
- Autonomous Inflation: No more holding a chuck and waiting. The technician attaches the air line, and the machine takes over—inflating to the set pressure and automatically releasing the chuck when finished.
- Simultaneous Balancing: While the tire inflates and the load roller performs its "road test," your technician can be at the tire changer, prepping the next assembly, or clearing the vehicle's hubs.
- Automatic Dimensions: Using patented vision technology, the machine "sees" the wheel. It identifies the rim profile, weight locations, and spoke count without the tech ever touching a data arm.
Eliminate the "Mystery" Vibration
Standard balancers only tell you if a wheel is heavy on one side. The Road Force® WalkAway™ tells you if the tire is built wrong or mounted wrong. Using a diagnostic load roller that applies up to 1,250 lbs of force, it detects:
- Radial Force Variation (RFV): Inconsistency in the tire's sidewall stiffness.
- Improper Centering: The patented CenteringCheck® ensures the wheel is perfectly mounted on the balancer every time, eliminating the #1 cause of "comebacks."
Boost Your Throughput by 45%
When you pair the Road Force® WalkAway™ with a Hunter Revolution™ tire changer, you can reduce your total four-tire change over time by nearly 15 minutes. In a busy shop, those minutes add up to 2–3 extra vehicles per day.
Let’s do the math - If the Road Force® WalkAway™ saves your shop just 15 minutes per car and you service 8 cars a day, you’ve just found 2 extra hours of billable labor time.
Time Saved: 10 hours per week.
Potential Revenue: At a $150 shop rate, that’s $1,500 a week in reclaimed productivity. This machine doesn't just pay for itself; it funds your next bay expansion.
The Quality AES Advantage
We don't just sell equipment; we sell solutions. As experts in the field, we partner with the Hunter Team to provide the installation and training needed to ensure your team is getting every ounce of ROI out of this autonomous technology.
Brochures and Speicifications:
Road Force® WalkAway™ Brochure
Road Force® WalkAway™ Specifications
Is Your Shop Ready for Autonomy?
If you want to provide a "new car ride" for your customers while maximizing your shop's efficiency, the Road Force® WalkAway™ is the answer.
Connect with the Experts: The team at QualityAutomotive Equipment & Service is ready to help you upgrade.
Call us: 913-205-1350
- Visit us: qualityaes.com
- Location: Proudly serving the Greater Kansas City area and beyond!