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Old 15-04-2014, 08:30 PM   #1
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Default Portable tyre changers

I'm considering buying a portable tyre changer but I'm unsure if they are any good.
Something like this
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121308090...84.m1438.l2649

Supercheap and Radum also sell them for around $100 which seems reasonable seeing as my local tyre shop charges $20 to strip a tyre from a rim.

My questions are:how durable are they?Some look like they might break after the first use.
How "portable" are they as they look like they need to be bolted to the floor?
Does anyone own one or know anything about them?
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Old 15-04-2014, 08:37 PM   #2
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eBay link doesn't work
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Old 15-04-2014, 09:47 PM   #3
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Strange,it worked earlier.
What about this one?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/CAR-TYRE-...e8690c2&_uhb=1
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Old 15-04-2014, 09:55 PM   #4
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Strange,it worked earlier.
What about this one?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/CAR-TYRE-...e8690c2&_uhb=1
That looks like it could potentially damage/scratch an allow wheel, maybe it would be good for steelies?
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Old 15-04-2014, 11:22 PM   #5
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Looks like a lot of hard work. My tyre bloke charges 20 to strip one off and put it on and balance it on another wheels
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Old 16-04-2014, 08:59 AM   #6
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Yes,steel rims is all I would use it for.I have seen video on You Tube of blokes using them and they are not being gentle.
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not portable has to be dyna bolted to the floor, they do work well tho
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not portable has to be dyna bolted to the floor, they do work well tho
Yes that's one thing I was unsure about.Some of them are advertised as portable but they clearly need to be fixed to something.On one of the you tube videos I saw an American guy has attached a piece of square steel tube to his and then secured it to the tow bar of his ute.It still moved around a lot though and he looked about ready to impale himself on it a few times.
I think I might just stick with the tyre shop.
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Old 16-04-2014, 11:45 PM   #9
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They can be bolted to a pallet; that's what I did after seeing the same idea on a You Tube video.
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i.e http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96saANFEiKc &
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa-yBqOfB_0
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Old 17-04-2014, 07:18 AM   #11
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Get a set of tyre irons if you want a portable tyre changer
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Old 17-04-2014, 09:31 AM   #12
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They normally have a electric one mounted to a trailer at power cruise events.
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Old 17-04-2014, 09:32 AM   #13
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^^ & some dish soap
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TIRE-TYRE...item3f156155c5

can be hard work if you haven't done it before though
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