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😂

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 🙏

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

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

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 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 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.

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

As an off roader, this tool has proved invaluable. Tire damage off road is common and taking a tire to a tire shop to get a simple repair gets expensive. There are many videos on modifying this tool that will make the job much easier. Mounting one tire as Scotty did pretty much pays for the tool. With an entire set of tires it pays for itself in one use. I've modified mine to use the duck bill, like the tire shops use, to avoid damaging aluminum rims. Best of all it unbolts from the floor and I can store it in the corner of the garage. Unlike the giant machines they have at the tire shop this takes up very little precious garage space. This is a tool that only gets occassional use but when you need it, you need it, and I can set it up in less than 5 minutes.

All I have to say, is mounting your own tires is the hardest money you’ll ever save😂 Well done Scotty 👍

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

You are an amazing man, Scotty Kilmer. I love your attitude and fortitude. I am 73 years old and do almost all of my car repairs and help close friends. If the world had more people like you, it would be a much better place to live.

Makes the fees charged by the tire shops look worth it

I have this with the motorcycle tire attachment. I love it. Probably changed at least 50 motorcycle tires with it over 15 years . I can't find the high performance tires I like locally unless I drive 30-60 minutes away. And private shops wanted to charge the shop hourly rate to change them at the time. As in over $100 to just change tires when I brought in just the rims off the bike! I can go through 2-3 sets a year so this thing has been a god send. Plus my kids now get to watch the process and learn something. This makes it very easy to get the job done. Although if you're determined you can do it with a couple screwdrivers too lol.

Thanks for the heads up Scotty. I've worked for tire shops 3 different times, and service stations when I was growing up, and I know exactly what you're talking about. I like the old quality machines that don't break.

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.

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

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!