Relationships with your local tire shop is important:

[Winger Ed.]

A few years ago-
I was in the local tire shop---- buying tires for mine, or the wife's car.
I asked one of the guys, "What do ya do with your 'pull off' wheel weights"?
He said, "Ohhh,, we give them to this dude that comes by once in a while".

I looked in the trash cans, and saw what brand of empty beer bottles were in them... paid my bill & left.

A week or so later, around 4:30 on a Friday....
I came back.... With a case of that brand of beer under my arm.
I asked the head illegal alien,,,,
"Can I trade you & your guys this--- for some old wheel weights"?

He got a real pained look on his face, then told me,
"No,, the dude we give them too came yesterday and took all of them.
I kept the case of beer under my arm and told him,
"Gosh,,,, I'm sorry to hear that. I'll check back with ya sometime"... and left.

3 weeks later,,,,,, late in the afternoon on a Friday,,,,,
I came back with the same case of beer under my arm,
and asked the same question.

And yeah,,, them guys heaved enough wheel weights into the back of my old 1/2 truck to squat it down on the springs.

Since then,
I stop by a few times a year with beer, or even a quart of 195 proof Moonshine at Christmas.
They give me enough wheel weights to 'squat' my new F-250 Superduty, plus:
When I actually need tires- I'm in & out-- like a pitstop at the Indy 500.
On my last visit- I got a pair of new 15" radials to fit the front of the van for $100..... and I was out of there in 15 minutes.

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[Jim]

Small town here, only a coupla shops. Come to find out the shop I deal with is owned & operated by a guy that handloads. A coupla questions and I found out what calibers he loads for. Went back about a week after my second visit and left him with a sack full of .454-230-RNs, some left over .400-185-JHPs and a bunch of 9MM brass. He doesn't produce a lot of WWs, but I get 'em all.

[jawjaboy]

I've gotten ww's at shops from over 200 miles from me. Always keep a bucket in your vehicle, even when on the road for a visit somewhere.

The worst they can do is tell you no.

[Shiloh]

Nice story Winger!!

O Douls works for me and my source.

Shiloh

[starbits]

I stopped by a tire store and asked about wheel weights. Guy showed me a bucket and asked for $20. I picked it up and figured 50-60 pounds. Offered him $15 based on the weight and told him why and he accepted. Got home and had 86 pounds of stickys and 2 pounds of clipons. Need to get my pick up arm recalibrated. Week later I was in the area so I stopped by asked if he remembered me. He did. I gave him another $5 and told him it weighed more than I had thought. He thanked me for being honest. Cost me $5 I didn't have to spend, but I am locked in tight with that shop for wheel weights in the future.
Starbits

[ArmedMainer]

Wish I was having as good as luck as you all seem to be having. Every place I've been to has informed me they already have someone that buys from them. Guess I've got to keep on asking around.

[500bfrman]

Wish I was having as good as luck as you all seem to be having. Every place I've been to has informed me they already have someone that buys from them. Guess I've got to keep on asking around.

I have the same experience, so I finally just said forget it and ordered from Mayco. more expensive than ww's, but oh well. they were a lot cheaper than roto about 30 -40 percent cheaper.