Hunter to Show Walkaway Tire Changer-Balancer System at SEMA

Hunter Engineering Co. will demonstrate its Walkaway System at the 2026 SEMA Show, which opens Nov. 3 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The setup pairs the company's autonomous Revolution tire changer with its autonomous Road Force Walkaway wheel balancer.

Hunter says the balancer handles inflation on its own, releasing the air chuck and starting the spin once inflation finishes. The company claims the arrangement frees technicians to fetch the next assembly, mount tires or pre-torque assemblies on the vehicle. Hunter also says pairing Road Force Walkaway with its Maverick tire changer trims time from a four-tire changeover, and that the Revolution combination saves more still. Those time figures are Hunter's claims, not independently verified results.

For a shop, the pitch is throughput: a technician can start a balance cycle and walk to other work rather than wait on inflation. Hunter will run demonstrations in its booth through the show's close on Nov. 6.

Hunter is also spotlighting a remote diagnostic collaboration with Bosch that adds Remote Diagnostics Service to its ADASLink scan and calibration tool, and a Compact Console configuration of its Ultimate ADAS system.