Great work ethics? - Where in this video is that? - So he does his job and that means its great work ethics or are you ready for his nuts in your mouth?
Depends on the size of the tire and wheel. For me, 22.5 tires are the easiest to mount and dismount by far, but when a trailer rolls in with a 19.5 or 17.5, I end up hating my life for the rest of that job lmao
Tire Doc, I love your stuff. I’m just a piano technician but I relate to your content so much. Some days calls just make you want to bend over and die, and your job is a thousand times harder than mine!!
I have been changing car tires for a few years and just got a call for a job that handles semi trucks and the sort so seeing your videos has me all kinds of excited lol
I used to do tires. Just standard cars and trucks. But fml if a big truck tire on an old farm truck isn't something I never want to see again. No way I'd be fucking with semi tires 🤣. Thank God for people like you sir.
That driver/company did not give a care about tires and safety when out on the road how horrible and rusted those rims and rusted nuts/bolts u should have not have done that tire repair hope he got charged big time!!!
My father in law was changing a split rim tire at a truck stop and it exploded in the cage and a piece of metal from rim or cage literally tore his whole face off of him and knocked out one eye and almost the other ...he has no ears for real ...or nose ...it was a miracle he survived and that's after 25 years of recovery and dozens of surgeries... be careful messing with those split rims...they will kill you. .
I had a small fleet of straight trucks... doing home deliveries... moving... freight...etc...did it for around 20 years..I'm no pro like the Dr. is by any means... I just would do preventative maintenance..change brakes... other simple tasks and some times it would involve a tire change..Sunday afterhours road service isn't cheap..so I kept a couple of drive tires and steer tires in the garage for the trucks for emergency situations.. point of the story is ..one day I could not get the inside dual to break free from the hub and beat on it back and forth taking turns with other guys trying to get it broke loose... about that time the oldest mechanic was coming into work that evening and came over to where we were working on the truck ...was there 10 seconds and said ..run four or five of the lug nuts back onto the studs but don't tighten them all the way just barely snug with the rusty hub ...then he proceeded to say now..let the jack down put tire back in contact with the ground get in truck start it up and put it in reverse...soon as it dropped into reverse.. click..click...broke instantly loose...if it doesn't after going into reverse...drop in forward gear and just lightly roll forward..that little bit if weight and movement breaks them free... I haven't beat on a stuck rim since then .... works every time... The old timer was a retired metro bus mechanic of 40years ...Give it a try ...it works !!!
I did tire repair for 18 years. Split rims, 2 and 3 piece wheels. Tractor tires, automobiles, trucks, and big trucks. Changed every size tire from 4 in to 38 in. Liquid filled tires on tractors where they used calcium and had to use duck tape and pop cans to repair rust holes. It doesn't take a big guy to change tires either. I'm 5'7 and 145 lbs. Ten hours a day ,6 days a week. The hardest tire I've ever changed was a log skidder tire. I would like see you do a video changing one of those skidder tires.
Agree with log skidder tire. I had to do one loose, which was extra bad, 18.4-34. I've also done a 3" tire, it was the guide wheel on a highway line painter.
Tire doctor, I need the link for the device you used to push the rim away from the hub. I'm in the same industry, doing the same thing (brand new to it) and we get a lot of nightmare calls lol
Omg. I see that cdl-B straight truck and have serious flashbacks. When I did my tour of duty in the tire world that was my vehicle I used for sales & service.
You can use a porta power against the spring stack or frame rail to press against the rim flange to push them off of the hub. Make sure to put one lug on so you don’t shoot the assembly across the parking lot.
I had the same job and it was super easy but tiring day after day, I used to work on semi motors and replaced all tires. I left because I didn't make what I was work. Stupid company could not get an other diesel mechanic for over a year. 😂😂😂 They could have avoided all that if they paid me what I was worth. 😏
I've changed those tires, just with flat/pry bars+sledge hammer. It's not easy, especially when it's in the high 90s, or in the -10° that's when this poor guy really starts to feel it. Lol 😂 I only laugh, cause I've been there. This young man,earns every penny. 💪🇺🇲 Atta boy! 👍
What is that tool and where can I get one. Pulling off the inside tire that is siezed on is the worse. Last time I lucked out with he "hit it from the bad technic"
@@Apachefog ive seen that, front wheel wouldn't come off, lug nuts barely snugged up and went for a drive steering from left to right, wheel was still stuck like nothing ever happened 😐
I've had a similar problem where an aluminum rim was installed with out the plastic gasket to prevent it from seizing. I solved it by forced a jack between the inside rim and a flat spot of the rim Much hand cranking jack and hammering later free super single
Me and my grandpa had the WORST TIME EVER taking off the tires from a lawn mower rim. The beads would NOT pop off the rim so we literally had to run over the tires with a 1+ ton van just to pop the beads
Been there 3 am on the trans Canada HWY 🇨🇦 BACK IN 81/82 SERVICE TRUCK FOR CURTIS TIRE AT -30 CHAINING SPILT RIMS IN THE 80 CHEV 3500 WITH ALMOST NO HEAT AFTER 30 MILES A HOUR
Here is a tip kid. Put a bottle jack between the frame and the rim lip. (Get a hook and weld it to the bottle jack. Then jack the wheel off with a few loose nuts still on and the wheel always comes off.
