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In the "Garage/driveway thread" Timbuk asked about the tire machine I had posted in a picture. Rather than have the details on that buried in the thread that trumps all threads for length, I thought maybe I'd post this here. I thought there was a thread like this already going about the tire machine but I guess not. 

If you wait for a sale and have a 100 bucks to spare, this is a pretty handy tool to do tire changes at home. If you pay someone to do them you can pay for this thing pretty quick. 

Modifications by me in this picture:

1) Vertical square tube is the holder for the bar when it's not in use

2) Horizontal square tube connects to the truck hitch using the items in #3

3) Threaded rod is the holder for the pieces of round and square tube that connect the horizontal tube and the truck receiver tube

4) 2 nuts welded on the underside of the wheel mounting flange and 2 wheel bolts with nuts welded to them thread into the nuts to secure rim to flange (the wonky thing Princess supplied doesn't hold the rim very straight or stable)

5) Angle iron brace welded in between the parallel arms of the bead breaker portion to fix a weak link

6) Gusset between the vertical tube and the base to correct the weak link ( the tube tries to bend away from the base without this gusset)

The first 4 are my own vision for improvements it needed, the last 2 are courtesy of Beaumontguru. When I went to see a hands on demonstration of his Princess Auto machine he pointed out these two weak links in the design. Thanks Dave!

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 I had the smaller one from Princess Auto and also broke the bead breaker. My brother has it now and I upgraded to the up to 20 wheels tire changer that Princess Auto sold but has now discontinued. I put thread inserts in the floor to anchor it down and I can remove it from the floor if needed. The one I have has been bulletproof and works great. I think with the  difference in price it probably didnt sell very well. 

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yes my changer is quite different than that but it i quite old had to weld up bead breaker and has a threaded clamp to hold tire on,nice mods carl be ggentle on the body

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Prefectca wrote:

 I had the smaller one from Princess Auto and also broke the bead breaker. My brother has it now and I upgraded to the up to 20 wheels tire changer that Princess Auto sold but has now discontinued. I put thread inserts in the floor to anchor it down and I can remove it from the floor if needed. The one I have has been bulletproof and works great. I think with the  difference in price it probably didnt sell very well. 

Paul

 I would have liked to put anchors in the floor but the garage has floor heat and I wasn't going to risk damaging a pipe. It actually works really well in the truck hitch. If I ever am to the point that I have no hitch to anchor it I think I'll make a bracket that fits around one of the posts on my hoist and anchor it that way.

I don't have enough room in the garage to leave it set up all the time so the ability to remove it was #1 priority.



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What if you dont have a truck, hoist or a proper garage floor to secure it ?

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Use your imagination.



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That usually gets me in trouble.

But I get what youre saying.

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Will it work on a large SUV hitch?



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Are the new SUV hitches 2" or are they 2 1/2" like the HD trucks? I'm using it in what I would call the standard (in the old days) 2" receiver.

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Should be good, that's exactly what mine is.

And if you attach the square tube to the vertical tube with a muffler clamp like I did the height adjustment is simple. I debated welding the square tube to the post but then if my truck happened to have an engine or something heavy in the box, the hitch would be a lot lower and it would be more detailed getting the tire machine to the right height.

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I bought one that does the small tires but was not trilled about drilling the floor. I really like your receiver idea



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70 SS ACADIAN wrote:

I bought one that does the small tires but was not thrilled about drilling the floor. I really like your receiver idea

 I'm sure you could find a hitch around your place somewhere!

I also thought of a flat steel plate I set on the floor. It would have two uprights with a 2" square tube on it that pokes into square tube attached to the tire machine. Drive a vehicle onto the plate and that would anchor the machine as well.  I went with the hitch idea because it seemed simplest and most stable. 

 



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Good hack.



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Car and Motorcycle manual tire changer mct816, Tire Repair Tools - Amazon Canada

whats ever ones thoughts on this one?



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Doesn't look bad and the reviews are decent. Do you like it better than the Princess Machine because of the reviews saying it does big tires? 



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Here's a deal. Same machine as the Princess Auto $99 machine except it has the pin that sticks up through the lug hole to secure the rim. Only $1447.95 plus $40 for shipping!

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Dang,  thats the exact one i have,  maybe i should sell it!



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4SPEED427 wrote:

Doesn't look bad and the reviews are decent. Do you like it better than the Princess Machine because of the reviews saying it does big tires? 

 just got surfing around and seen this one. Never read the reviews but it does look solid



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Car and Motorcycle manual tire changer mct816, Tire Repair Tools - Amazon Canada

whats ever ones thoughts on this one?

 I bought this one Carl and it seems to work good. I need it more for the tractors and golf cart. I did try to break the bead on and old 14 tire but the dog kept slipping on the tire



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70 SS ACADIAN wrote:
 I bought this one Carl and it seems to work good. I need it more for the tractors and golf cart. I did try to break the bead on and old 14 tire but the dog kept slipping on the tire

 Yes, they can be stubborn. You kept rotating it and trying different spots all the way around the rim? Usually if you persist it will eventually give in if you do that.



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On sale right now $79.99, great price on it if you were considering buying one.

https://www.princessauto.com/en/4-to-16-1-2-in-tire-changer/product/PA0008741464



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I came back here because I keep seeing this in the "recent threads";
I find it a bit funny, because, in my opinion, the title should really have maybe been changed from "Princess Auto Manual Tire Machine review" to "Modifications required to use Princess Auto Manual Tire Machine".

I found the thread useful, but it taught me that the thing as-sold doesn't cut the cake.



-- Edited by unruhjonny on Thursday 24th of February 2022 02:12:43 PM

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Was changing out all the tires and had trouble with the Kubota 8 inch tire seating the bead. i bought some quick start but the stuff would not explode just burn. I ended up cutting an old hose, screwed into tank with no quick connect and put hose right over stem. WorkEd great

 



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