And here I spent all sorts of cash on tire mounting equipment

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Maybe I can sell it back, and just do it this way.

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i’ve seen that done to a skidsteer before. it was fucking awesome.

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that’s pretty BA.

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Too bad it only works for Camaro rims :frowning:

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So I shouldn’t use that method on these HRE’s?

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I kinda want to try that now.

X…

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cliff notes?

if it is using fire to set the bead on a tire… i can show you how.

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bad ass :tup:

I wish I knew about that back in HS, changing truck/tractor/ect tires in vocational with 2 crowbars and 3 people was a royal pain in the ass

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That’s an old Dakar rally trick.

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Thank you! I knew I’ve seen that somewhere in the past, but couldn’t remember where.

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wow… so much cheaper than mounting. does it balance too? :smiley:

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I’m pretty sure thats basically the same thing the icelandic offroad guys did in the north pole winter special they did.

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i love how it kept filling up with pressure too

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hey guys does this rag smell like ETHER?

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Considering HRE’s are dogshit, definitely :wink:

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Thats how i used to mount tractor tires for people when they brought um into firestone when i worked there. They’d be too small for the machine so i took some intake cleaner shit we had and threw a match.

It’s an easy way to set the bead, but it doesnt make getting the tire over the rim any easier.

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Offroad guys use this all the time to re-seat tires that fall off.

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X2

Did it that way at Sears

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Do it that way all the time @ my dads shop for semi tires. Well, using compressed air and a big valve, but it’s all the same principle. Very good trick to know.

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What did he spray on the tire?