Marra that was nice helping Eric with the tire change. And your friend really helped a lot getting the liner out of the old tire. Glad it was just a tire and nothing worse for as hard as you worked with the wrecker last weekend Eric.
Hey there Eric I've been in the commercial truck tire business 27 years I'm from Northern Michigan but my life has taken me down here to Florida We get some of those 37 1250 r16.5 military takeoffs from the bases down here when they get a little bit of age on them they just throw them away still got lots of tread. Definitely a big job most people can't appreciate
keep ur spare tires u der a tarp or something to block the sunlight and u. rays from. deteriorating your already used spare tires... and it also keeps. the water out of them too
Recently changed a tire on my Hutchinson bead locks. Dropped the center section in and thought "did the o-ring stay in". Ignored this only to have to pull it apart later. The o-ring was so mangled it was ridiculous.
Woo, a double introduction! Whenever you have a front flat on the wrecker, MY back starts hurting! @7:10... Looks like Green Tea! Yep, I don't lift tires with my arms either. I sit on my butt and lift them up with my legs.
I had my strap let go when I was removing the insert out of mine and it was not pretty. To get mine out the easiest I put the whole tire and run flat underneath the legs of my cherry picker and use the lifting portion to pull the insert out of the tire.
Lift versus a jack? if it's only one tire,, only need to lift the one just enough to r&r it, those that lift entire vehicle to however much higher than really needs to do,, then have to lift that heavy as crap wheel&tire up to however much higher than needed vehicle to put back on, being old, decrepit, and weak I'll do like eric and use the jack and lift the one just high enough
I wonder how many people here have actually lifted one of those rim and tire packages with the run flat installed? I never want to lift those further than I had to. My 12 bolt rims and stuff all weight as much as I do. 😳
@@kurtburkhardt5862 he is the head of repairs a the chevy dealer he works at, my sister lived in the area for a time, never met him but have been to dealership he works at as my sister got several cars there
I can remember when you built that wrecker it was white maybe give the old girl a walk round video talk about the things you would like to do to the wrecker and things you are going to do but it's up to you great video enjoy watching keep up the hard work
Have you ever considered using a dot of anti seize? A small amount, just a dot on lug nuts where the tapper meets the rim. This will allow the nuts to torque completely and still be easily removed.
He has some & if you didnt know he is a G.M. master mechanic & a service manager (his job), i dont think he uses any on the rims at least from the many we have seem him change out on the channel.
hey, i changed any an every sort of tire for several years. since that one had a bad sidewall, id probably used a sawzall an cut the tire off to get to the run flat insert faster an less painful. id think ud have no problem doing it especially after getting the ratchet strap a lil cranked down. youve probably already thought of this an it doesnt work , if so sorry for my input.
I have a question that hasn't been answered by anyone yet that I know of (I've looked). How did you make humvee beadlocks dually on the rear? Whats your setup out back are you running spacers or custom wheels? I have a Dodge 3500 dually with spacers out back to make it single rear wheel. I have 6 good humvee surplus wheels/tires and I would love to make my truck dually again.
Love watching a lot of theese Channels, but 😅 It seems americans always choose mucking about on the floor just besides a lift 😅 no matter the amount of work and risking having the car fall off the jack onto them, and it does'nt matter how many lifts they got in the workshop 🤔😅 but for a simple wheel change I would also choose the jack because it is easier compared to hanging the car on the lift - and a jackstand or the other wheel as safety 😅
@@117000000- As a Statesman here I often find myself working on the floor and wondering why I built three rolling work tables at perfect waist height. 🤔 Angrily I look around and see absolutely every inch of useable countertop littered with half finished projects of my father’s….Then I realize that I’m in HIS shop and decide to quietly finish my project 🤣
@@thatdave86 Don't know that channel, but did you notice the runflat insert takes up the entire width of the tire at the bead? Sure you can try to squash it down a bit but it just springs back up due to the insert. If you had a different type of beadlocks (usually without the runflat insert) it might work to squash them but Eric did it the right way for these Hummer wheels.
@@Mark_Bridges they were focused on the rear bead groove,yes they still lifted the rim piece out but it was free . Watched another vid,but he used a trolley jack and tie down ,more for when you would be on the trail. If the bobcat had a 4in1 bucket a simple squeeze might be a big help to save struggling with it . Yes I see your reasoning why run flat tyres can't be handle this way ,I would expect the tyre to be de-mounted by a tyre shop,and if the owner was a lady/girl they might struggle with a stubborn tyre .
I don't want to be captain obvious in the hindsight but why don't you just cut the tire off when it's already garbage unless you're planning on fixing that
In the time it takes to drive the truck to the lift, position the arms, and lift it, he can grab the floor jack. it's more work, but Eric's never been afraid of work.
Appreciate the video! Also a tip, consider completely cutting out Dairy from your diet at least for a while so you can see that it is the cause for so much of human joint & muscle paint and swollen hands and or ankles and feet. Completely cut it out and by week 3 you should start to feel & notice the difference, then if you want only have good quality dairy products and only a little! I was 40ish felt like I was waking up from out of my grave every morning it was ridiculous and Poppin 1 Aleve everyday faithfully!...🫤 NOT anymore those days are gone 🤸🏽♀️ stopped dairy becus I wanted to see if it was true, & well by week 3 NO More & I mean NO more Aleve since then 3 years Aleve free, pain swollen achy stuff gone 🤸🏽♀️
