Tire Plug

[D2hornets58]

I just dont like taking them off and putting them on the rims beacuse i dont have any tire irons. I have done it before but all i had to use was screwdrivers and i remember it was a hassle. The guy at the gas station only charges 10 dollars so i would rather bring it to him and avoid the struggle.

 

[reynoldston]

Dude,
What is it that scares you about taking a tire off the rim?
Please tell me how much your 'tire guy" charged you for that.
Is he a union democrat too?

You are going to find a lot of people that wouldn't take a tire off a rim. I get them in my shop all the time. They have never taken a tire off a rim in there life time and not about to learn. Most of them wouldn't take the wheel off the tractor to have it fixed. I don't think they even own a jack or a socket. I could start very close to home on this. If my wife had a flat tire on a mower it would rot in the ground before she would fix it. I hate to say this but it wouldn't surprise me if she mowed the lawn with the flat tire and though it was normal.

 

[Grass ala Mowed]

I hate to say this but it wouldn't surprise me if she mowed the lawn with the flat tire and though it was normal.

Ouch! Although in the case of my ex, it would somehow be my fault.

 

[D2hornets58]

Yeah I have no problem doing most of the work needed on my mowers or taking the tire off the mower. LIke I said I have put a tire on the rim before and it was tough because I dont have the proper tools for that. That being said I would much rather just spend ten dollars and have another guy do it because doing it with screwdrivers was not fun.

 

[fastback]

Since I have a number of tractors as well as trailers and I'm a bit impatient I ended out buying a couple of tire changers from HF. One is for regular size tires up to 16-inches the other is for the smaller tires 6 and 8-inch. They were relatively inexpensive and do the job well. I didn't like using screw drivers either. Both have the tire bead breaker, this tends to be the hardest part of tire work IMO.

 

[reynoldston]

Yeah I have no problem doing most of the work needed on my mowers or taking the tire off the mower. LIke I said I have put a tire on the rim before and it was tough because I dont have the proper tools for that. That being said I would much rather just spend ten dollars and have another guy do it because doing it with screwdrivers was not fun.

I can well understand what you are saying. I have a hand bead breaker and tire irons. The small wheels I mount into a vice to hold them. The biggest problem I have is when a tire is rusted onto the rim. Also I find that the small air filled caster wheel tires are a hand full to change. I have been known to talk to them some times and it might of been X rated. I know that is about what I charge to change a tire 10.00 dollars.