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@silverstate55 Thanks for the bottlejack idea!

Yeah, I wouldn't use them in a pro shop environment. I'm swapping tires worn down to the indicator bar with some decent used (mounted on wheel) tires I bought a while ago. I got exactly one swapped out yesterday after work. The short daylight hours plus the time it takes me to drag out the...

I also found manual/mechanical versions of the bead breaker that are much more affordable. You simply use an impact gun to crank down a jack screw to break the bead. Given that people break these down with a tire sledge, I think the hydraulic bead breaker is overkill for the MV hobbyist...

Thanks!

Ah, quite right. I've been staring at deuces and had 9.00 on the brain.

No, I'm very vanilla. Just sticking with the stock tire size and configuration. Wouldn't 12.00's require the bridge truck spacers?

I'm not afraid, I'm vigilant. I know what I don't know, so I'm here to get that knowledge and assess my skill set against the requirements. If I feel that even with the knowledge that I won't be able to do the job safely, I'll find a professional to do it for me. What I know right now, is that...

I also just learned that if I don't break the bead and press the tire down first, that locking ring isn't coming off no matter what I do.

Ok, I have a bunch of dried out and/or bald NDCC tires on wheels in the backyard. I removed the valve cores awhile ago and let out all the air. Yesterday, I figured I'd start breaking them down to get rid of the tires and give the good tubes away to neighborhood kids to use as floats in the...

<facepalm> Crap, that's right.

I wondered about doing this. I was curious if the bead on the back of the wheel would fall down in that position and fail to seat. I don't doubt you for a second, but the manual I read said to use a tire cage. (Page 9-9 of the -20). Often, I take things way too literally. Of course there are...

Ah, you imply something else that is important- Should I do the initial fill with the valve core removed? That way if I see something amiss, I can just flip the air chuck off the tire and it'll drain. If the valve core is installed, I'd have to risk putting body parts over the lock ring to...

Yeah but hook back to itself with what?

Hang on, this might be a better plan- The only thing stopping me from buying my own inflation cage is lack of a place to store it. Then I found this: Folding tire cage 11.00x20 tires will definitely fit inside this thing. It's only 2 bars. Is it safe?

Question: If I were crazy enough to attempt to replace an inner tube and tire and inflate it without a cage, using chains, what is the best way to secure the ends of the chain? A padlock? Grade 8 nut and bolt? I have a way to inflate the tire remotely. I have a locking air chuck and I can...