Tire machine recommendations

[78C10BigTen]

Most of the Jeep’s new shoes showed up today!

Four more wheels to polish and 120 bolts to go…

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Sweet tires! I really love bfg muds!
Edit: thats currently whats on my 2wd s10 lol

 

[Ricko1966]

Not a bad idea. I’ll give it a go.


Are those safety toe plaid slippers?

Have you mounted tires before with pry bars? Not trying to insult you,just if you haven't ,I'd want to give you basic instructions,it's not really about just prying them on you have to keep the one side down in the well. It helps to clamp vise grips on 1 side and use 3 levers

 

[CalSgt]

Are those safety toe plaid slippers?

Lol… Perhaps

90% of the work with mounting beadlocks is torquing the ring down. Not difficult but tedious and no safety toe required!

 

[Frankenchevy]

Have you mounted tires before with pry bars? Not trying to insult you,just if you haven't ,I'd want to give you basic instructions,it's not really about just prying them on you have to keep the one side down in the well. It helps to clamp vise grips on 1 side and use 3 levers

Yes, but only ag tires and motorcycle tires…pretty much everything but car and truck tires.

 

[Ricko1966]

Yes, but only ag tires and motorcycle tires…pretty much everything but car and truck tires.

A picture is worth a thousand words,and damnit I never took any pics. I'll see what I can come up with it's not hard once you know how. If you at a rim,there's a low spot in the center you want to get your 1st bead down in there and keep it down in there then that first bead goes on easy with some lube. Sometimes I can just push them on like a button through a button hole. Then you start on the second bead,get it down in the low spot,then clamp vise grips on the rim so it holds the sidewall down keeping it in the low spot. May need a block in between the vise grip handle and side wall. Then put a pry bar about 3 and 6 and pry the bead over into the low spot then tak a 3rd iron and start working to the 12 o'clock position. Used this as my bead breaker it works great,modified it to use on my HF machine.

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[Ricko1966]

A picture is worth a thousand words,and damnit I never took any pics. I'll see what I can come up with it's not hard once you know how. If you at a rim,there's a low spot in the center you want to get your 1st bead down in there and keep it down in there then that first bead goes on easy with some lube. Sometimes I can just push them on like a button through a button hole. Then you start on the second bead,get it down in the low spot,then clamp vise grips on the rim so it holds the sidewall down keeping it in the low spot. May need a block in between the vise grip handle and side wall. Then put a pry bar about 3 and 6 and pry the bead over into the low spot then tak a 3rd iron and start working to the 12 o'clock position.

I basically mimic this but I've got vise grips at the 6 O'clock position with the fat side of the jaws holding the bead down. Then I use 3 pry bars because I don't have the fancy tool for the 12 O'clock and 6 O'clock position. I did them this way for a long time after after I got my HF machine. Then I did all the mods to the HF machine and quit doing them this way.

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[CalSgt]

@idahovette

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[78C10BigTen]

@idahovette

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Just wish they had white letters lol

 

[bucket]

Yes, but only ag tires and motorcycle tires…pretty much everything but car and truck tires.

It's essentially the same. Well, I don't know about motorcycle tires... never done those. But tractor, ag, heavy truck, light truck, car tires, etc. It's still the same principles, and different makes, models and sizes all effect how easy (or isn't) it is to swap with tire bars.

 

[CalSgt]

Just wish they had white letters lol

Just wish they had white letters lol

Was showing off the blue mountains on my coors can!

I do like RWL but on the rock crawler they would just get messed up

 

[78C10BigTen]

Was showing off the blue mountains on my coors can!

I do like RWL but on the rock crawler they would just get messed up

Im the kind that dgaf, lol whites out everywhere!

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From a few months ago but im still runnin em whites out! Lol

 

[Frankenchevy]

It's essentially the same. Well, I don't know about motorcycle tires... never done those. But tractor, ag, heavy truck, light truck, car tires, etc. It's still the same principles, and different makes, models and sizes all effect how easy (or isn't) it is to swap with tire bars.

I meant to respond to @Ricko1966 when he described the process above. Seems the same as other rim types.

 

[89Suburban]

Have you mounted tires before with pry bars? Not trying to insult you,just if you haven't ,I'd want to give you basic instructions,it's not really about just prying them on you have to keep the one side down in the well. It helps to clamp vise grips on 1 side and use 3 levers

I basically mimic this but I've got vise grips at the 6 O'clock position with the fat side of the jaws holding the bead down. Then I use 3 pry bars because I don't have the fancy tool for the 12 O'clock and 6 O'clock position. I did them this way for a long time after after I got my HF machine. Then I did all the mods to the HF machine and quit doing them this way.

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My sister got me these for my birthday, they work pretty good.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FP98QKNT/

 

[hoagster]

Besides trailer wheels and tires…15-18” wheels with 31-40” tires. Maybe the occasional lower profile car tire.

And your neighbor's? Just kidding!!

 

[hoagster]

@idahovette

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km2's come with white letters! You'd just scuff them off on a boulder though!