I purchased a new manual tire machine from HF,mine is black & saw they made some changes for the better on the new machines. First the bottom of the bead breaker has a plastic/rubber formed piece where you lay your rim so you no longer need a towel on the floor. Also that X piece you put cardboard & fabric under has been changed to a round well made piece so all that padding is not needed.The last thing is under your rim where it sits on the changer is now covered with rubber! I mounted my changer to the floor & made a arm I saw on someone’s channel which incorporates a “Duckbill” made of some type of nylon/plastic which is a game changer for mounting & dis-mounting tires with no scratches! Also a centering cone made of aluminum & the duckbill were both from Amazon. The centering cones are available in two sizes,I got the larger size more for pick-up sized rims.

Soo Im not the only one that has a love affair with cardboard in the shop? I really have an addiction to 2x4's as well.

You need yourself a duck bill attachment.  I just removed 4 low profile tires from my original challenger wheels and mounted 4 new tires on replacement wheels.  2 of the original wheels were bent from hitting a huge pothole.

The duck bill attachment doesn't touch the outer surface so there's no scratching.

Thanks for the video. I've wanted to change out tires  but couldn't find a video for 18" rims I returned my changer because it said up to 16" now I feel confident to try and use it for 18" rims Thanks again 👍 great video 🎉

Good job! I bought one of these myself and just did four steel wheels. It worked perfectly but I only bought one chrome tire iron. I’m gonna go get two more. I can see from your video three tire irons is key especially for aluminum wheels. and the sea clamps. FYI I bolted mine down to the concrete with drop in thread inserts red head brand 3/8 in. Bought a harbor freight hammer drill for $39. It makes the machine rocksolid and doesn’t flex or wiggle around at all. and you can unbolt it and move it away and the concrete is still flush with no studs sticking out.

I got my HF tire changer yesterday and planned to drill my anchors today but after seeing you do it with a wobbling changer I have to try that.  Wish me luck!!!

Awesome job. I've had this tire changer for 24 years. I use It for the tire spreader. I hate doing low profile tires

I greatly appreciate it I'm going to watch all your videos now this helped me greatly!

you the man!!! There're clowns with tire machine that can't put on 235/40R18 without messed up the wheel.

Mate, you are the man! Didn’t have any tyre bars so had to use the shitty bar that comes with it still but clamping the other end of the tyre worked a treat after wrestling with the bar all morning and failing, this way took 5 mins and was way easier! Thanks I was losing the will to live at one point 😂😂

This video inspired me to go to the tire shop

Very good. Useful skill. Maybe one set of low profile in day no problem with manual ”machine”.

Tried this out with some chopped up nylon strap chunks - Added two velcro cable ties to the nylon strap chunks so they stay put but barely slide on the irons - worked so I am leaving them that way.  Cool video ! Thanks !

thanks for the helpful video, especially the c clamps, that was key for me.

You know a picture is worth a thousand words. Let your actions do the talking.

This video was way helpful. Thanks for doing it.

Good video, you made that look pretty easy. I have the UK version of the manual tyre fitter like yours, I've modified mine a little to make life easier, I am about to attempt my Jaguar XJR tyres with this, mine are slightly wider than yours but hopefully it won't be a problem, mine are 255 x 40 x 18  .... Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, I really enjoyed watching you SUFFERRRRRR!!!!!🤣🤣🤣 40 series are a workout fo sho! I think I'm going to bite the bullet and buy the manual duck head....or just quit being lazy and make my own since I'm a dang welder! Also....bolt the tire changer to the floor, makes things much easier....

Dude...the yellow dot is the lightest point in the tire and should be mounted inline with valve stem.

Get that tire iron out the way when first putting the new tire on ., grease it up a touch and go
From side to side
Working
It down an equal amount of distance 5-6 moves amd she’ll be down .. I do
Dig the C clamp idea tho low pros regardless of what anyone says on a manual machine are a mother .. nice job , informative video .. keep it
Up . Appreciate ya

Super helpful! Thank you.