[Shop-talk] HF Tire Changer

[Battmain]

Unless you're using trailer wheels or regular passenger tires with
large (read-soft) sidewalls don't bother. I have one of those changers. 
I've suceeded in changing trailer tires. I carried two trailer spares on my 
trips.. Race tires, I did one, well half of one. After that I got fed up with it. 
The race tires were so stiff, I had one person standing on the bead to get 
it to the groove of the wheel, while I was prying with the bar. We got one 
side on and gave up. A tire machine is on the list as soon as I find 
space. Locally, it's $25 average to change one tire and some places 
will not mount tires they didn't sell you. That's my reason to justify a tire
machine. A real one. :)

Brian
battmain at yahoo.com


----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Stone <jandkstone99 at msn.com>
To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
Sent: Thu, October 8, 2009 10:03:30 PM
Subject: [Shop-talk] HF Tire Changer

(snip)
Has anyone ever used one of these or one like it?  Is it more trouble than its
worth?

Thanks.

Jim