Never Buy This From Harbor Freight (Almost Broke My Hand)

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Much credit to Scotty. He's a beast, 70 years old and man handled that harbor freight tire changer

Scotty risking his life with cheap tools to help us out😂

We need more good men like you, Scotty, sharing their knowledge for those of us who never had anyone to teach us.

I have changed a lot of tires with my harbor freight machine,I'm 64 and in pretty good shape, scotty you are a mechanic,not a tire jocky. Watching you doing 4 tires with you is making me tired out, take it back to harbor freight and ca) this another lesson in life,live long and prosper.

Sorry you had such a bad experience. I've got the same tool and love it. It paid for itself after the first use and I've changed many car tires, ATV, UTV, and trailer tires with it and had no problems. I bolted mine to a four foot length of 2x2 square tube steel and now it is portable and I can simply insert it into any receiver hitch on one of my vehicles when I need to use it.

I bought mine 4 or 5 yrs ago for the same price Scotty did. The older one is beefier. I haven't bent mine yet. You will get better at it after you've done a few. I use 2 vice grips to hold the lip of the bead on each side so the tire doesn't slip back off while I'm taking them on and off. I would rather put my own tires on than sit for 2 hours waiting for the tire store to get around to it while I'm stuck watching Judge Judy. Lol

The way scotty said "garbage" had me rolling on the floor

I have one like that I bought at a yard sale about 20 years ago. Yah, I had to weld some small angle iron on the foot arms of the bead breaker, but it works great now . Has saved me hundreds of dollars... and time not sitting at a tire store waiting. I have one of those bubble balancers too. I love doing my own tires. (I'm 65.... not much younger than Scotty)

I aged ten years just watching Scotty struggle thru this lol.

I agree, in it's factory state it's pretty much crap. I immediately welded a brace between the arms on the bead breaker to keep them square and I welded the base to the legs and I've never had a problem with it since. Later I used some scrap 2" pipe to make a swivel arm and added a shoe to it. I'm about $150 into it and it's rock solid.

Scotty I changed my oil and had a heart attack at 60, luckily I realized what was happening and got help in time my friend mowed his lawn and wasn’t so lucky. I don’t want to see you do this kind of thing for us although we appreciate your help and wisdom don’t go too far. Thank you 🙏

I've had one for years and I had to weld angle iron to the bead breaker arms because they bent , now it works fine

Makes the fees charged by the tire shops look worth it

Good on you Scotty for still having the strength and energy to do that at your age lol most guys at 70 would probably have a heart attack after 5 minutes of that lol

I bought this tire changer in 1993 when Harbor Freight was catalog only in NY. No stores. It was $30 (red) and the bead- break arm is thicker steel and the mounting end of the bar never worked.. It held up and works fine otherwise, bolted to the cement floor.

Actually it works just fine with a couple modifications. One being tos stiffen up the bead breaker, the other is the duck bill addon. There's tons of videos out there on that modification and it works really well. A cheap tool can be turned into a decent tool with some work!

My almost first job in 1963 was a gas jockey in a Shell station in Boca Raton Florida. We had a tire changer, that I later trained on. It looked like it weighed 5-600 pounds, cast iron. The data plate said 1941.

Don’t break off your hands Scotty, we need all arm and hand movement at all times in your videos 🤣🤣💯

I bought mine over 15 years ago, for my Lawn service business.. to work on my trailers and mower tires and it works great after you get the hang of it. Dont service lawns anymore but still use it he and there. 😊