Honestly some days I am riding that same bus haha. Sometimes the tires fall apart and go back together like a hot knife thru butter. And other days it feels like it’s my first day and I am using plastic knives as tire bars.
You do good work! Most people, even tire guys never understand what a beast those tires are, especially if they are up over 18 ply. Do you ever boot or vulcanize?..... Hooks and spoons can go south in a hurry, I always try to use hydraulics. I am thinking of making some blunted tip attachments for knuckleboom grapples so you can get a little more aggressive. Only thing I do much different is once I get the outer bead on the bottom I let enough machine weight down on it to hold it and then I vise grip the bead up on the side and usually then I can walk it right on with a grapple.... but I say do it however you do it cause that is no place for trial and error if its not your own 4,000 dollar tire....lol. And a lot of time can go by trying new techniques. I have a set of Hurst rescue tools as well that are very helpfull changing anything from 22.5 truck tires up to 35.5 skidder tires, especially if you can get them "caged up" where that you can push on the sidewall with straight ram cylinders. The spreaders make great bead breakers and holders as well.
Thank you. Heavy ply tires can be a tire bar bending fight especially in colder temperatures. I try to repair every tire but sometimes they are beyond repair. I carry some very large patches on the truck so that the customer doesn’t have to spend thousands of dollars on a new tire unless it’s absolutely necessary.
@mr.manipulator I understand. I just wasn't sure what all it took to get set up to boot or vulcanize. GCR has always sent mine off and it takes forever to get them back. Bought a set of Nokian once and they stayed snagged and they were 22 ply. Firestone is hard to beat on a skidder.
@timberslasher4899 you should be able to buy everything you need to patch/boot tires from the same supplier that sells lubricants/valve stems etc. Vulcanizing is a much more in depth process and requires more advanced equipment.
@mr.manipulator I figured because they would boot them there at McCarthy Tire or GCR but when they were sent offvto be vulcanized they were gone a while. We are in the mountains of North Carolina so we ran 24.5×32 on everything, good ground clearance and we have hard ground that narrow tires bite well, so I always had plenty of spares. Except when they used to disappear from the tire store, even our brand new 24.5s and floats for the trucks were pretty bad to go missing there...😡 But like I was saying there are no heavy tire alternatives around here..
Thank you. I think it would be possible. Quite often I have finished the job before it is dark outside but being winter and much shorter hours of daylight I’m sure I’ll have a job in the evening when it is dark.
Thank you for the suggestion. Many viewers like yourself have suggested using a bead hook to dismount. I have tried several times and have got my butt kicked every single time I have attempted to use a bead hook. I don’t know why but I have yet to have success trying.
i started using tire hook on skidder tires, peels it right off, keep the videos coming, ur the man!!
Thanks Dalton. Tried the bead hook a few times and haven’t had much success with it. Guess I need more practice lol
Damm bro you are one hell of strong dude! Crazy strength to do that bar work. 👍👍💪🏻💪🏻
Thank you! Not all strength though. Some technique and experience too.
Another fight on your hands Must say rather you than me Great video has usual And thanks for posting bloke
Thank you Jon
dude I am amazed! idk what we are missing but at my shop its all aboard the struggle bus when it comes to skidder tires
Honestly some days I am riding that same bus haha. Sometimes the tires fall apart and go back together like a hot knife thru butter. And other days it feels like it’s my first day and I am using plastic knives as tire bars.
Ffs your job is so under appreciated
Cheers
Most people do under appreciate the work that is involved in changing tires.
@@mr.manipulator Not I.
Full respect to you.
Keep up the videos and keep safe
Thank you!
You do good work! Most people, even tire guys never understand what a beast those tires are, especially if they are up over 18 ply. Do you ever boot or vulcanize?..... Hooks and spoons can go south in a hurry, I always try to use hydraulics. I am thinking of making some blunted tip attachments for knuckleboom grapples so you can get a little more aggressive. Only thing I do much different is once I get the outer bead on the bottom I let enough machine weight down on it to hold it and then I vise grip the bead up on the side and usually then I can walk it right on with a grapple.... but I say do it however you do it cause that is no place for trial and error if its not your own 4,000 dollar tire....lol. And a lot of time can go by trying new techniques. I have a set of Hurst rescue tools as well that are very helpfull changing anything from 22.5 truck tires up to 35.5 skidder tires, especially if you can get them "caged up" where that you can push on the sidewall with straight ram cylinders. The spreaders make great bead breakers and holders as well.
Thank you. Heavy ply tires can be a tire bar bending fight especially in colder temperatures.
I try to repair every tire but sometimes they are beyond repair. I carry some very large patches on the truck so that the customer doesn’t have to spend thousands of dollars on a new tire unless it’s absolutely necessary.
@mr.manipulator I understand. I just wasn't sure what all it took to get set up to boot or vulcanize. GCR has always sent mine off and it takes forever to get them back. Bought a set of Nokian once and they stayed snagged and they were 22 ply. Firestone is hard to beat on a skidder.
@timberslasher4899 you should be able to buy everything you need to patch/boot tires from the same supplier that sells lubricants/valve stems etc.
Vulcanizing is a much more in depth process and requires more advanced equipment.
@mr.manipulator I figured because they would boot them there at McCarthy Tire or GCR but when they were sent offvto be vulcanized they were gone a while. We are in the mountains of North Carolina so we ran 24.5×32 on everything, good ground clearance and we have hard ground that narrow tires bite well, so I always had plenty of spares. Except when they used to disappear from the tire store, even our brand new 24.5s and floats for the trucks were pretty bad to go missing there...😡 But like I was saying there are no heavy tire alternatives around here..
I Enjoyed the video Great Job!
Would it be possible to do a night service call ? It be really neat to see
Thank you.
I think it would be possible. Quite often I have finished the job before it is dark outside but being winter and much shorter hours of daylight I’m sure I’ll have a job in the evening when it is dark.
Good afternoon. Tell me how much does the hydraulic clamp that you use when dismantling and installing the tire on the disc cost
The yellow bead breaker is a couple hundred dollars. The truck is a few hundred thousand dollars.
Hi. What size is this tyres and tube? 28.1-26??
Tire was 73x44.00-32. Installed at 35.5-32 tube with 8 inch valve stem offset
What size tire was that?
35.5-32
Use a skider tire hook tire be dismount in 2 minutes
Thank you for the suggestion. Many viewers like yourself have suggested using a bead hook to dismount. I have tried several times and have got my butt kicked every single time I have attempted to use a bead hook. I don’t know why but I have yet to have success trying.