Cheers guys,
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Originally Posted by yorkie_chris
You don't change tyres enough to warrant loads of fancy stuff anyway.
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You're not wrong there Chris, last time I changed a tyre it was for a Raliegh Activator and all I used was a pair of spoons.
I've seen loads of different ways on the internet about breaking the bead, from placing wood on the edge of the tyres and then driving your car onto them to using a big vice, or using the side stand of a bike
I've also watched vids where someone messed around with a couple of tyre irons for ages and it sounds great for a workout but part of doing this is because I need practice making stuff, so I might as well make something that is useful to me.
I've knocked up an angle iron base with proper castors for my tool box, my smoker and coal basket for said smoker, catches and stuff for around the garden, fixed a trailer for someone but I want to do something that will make life a little easier and cheaper in the long run. Me and Squirrell have several bikes between us, I have two cars.
If I can make this and use it, I can understand where things could have been done better and maybe make a bigger one that I can do the car tyres on too (maybe not the Land Rover one though
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It's more of a learning exercise that as a bonus can be beneficial to me and my mates. It's got to be better than making a set of shelves