Finally somebody that knows how to use this correctly!!!! I have watched a bunch of other videos and people were struggling horribly! You made it look soooo simple. Its amazing how a job looks so simple when you use the right tools correctly! Nicely done!

WARNING! NOT AS EASY AS THIS GUY MADE IT LOOK. You notice that the tire he put on was very elastic and stretched over the rim no problem. It all matters what type of tire you are trying to mount, if it's new or used, does it have a thick side wall ect.. This is a very well done tutorial and helped me a lot. Just don't beat your self up like I did if the tire doesn't slip on so gracefully as it does in this demonstration. Patience + Faith = Grace. I gave the thumbs up and subscribed. thanks Fairpoint Farms

You're the man Eric, I just bought one of these tire changers so I can do ATV tires more easily. Your demonstration was great!

I dismounted and mounted up to 18" tires with this tool , saved hundreds of $ .

Great demonstration. Simple, clear and straight to the point. I need two new tires and can't seem to find size 14 in stock. I'm liking this.

Wow - you did make it look easy! Great job.

Thanks for the video, Definitely going to get one for changing small tires. Something I probably should’ve had a long time ago.

I have been using one for over a year now ( tire changer and balancer) , Have even changed 8 lug heavy duty tires with them. I bought the two tire irons from harbor freight... sometimes makes it a little easier on tires with funky rim drop centers. It has saved me a good bit of cash, really like it

Im in my 70th yr,and bought one last week for $60. Mounted it an 3/4" 4' x4' slab of plywood.. Changed my first tire today! Was not bad, but mounting new tire was hardest part. I feel great! Until now, the only tires i ever changed, were bicycle tires. This item wil l save me lots of money!

Eric, great series of diy mounting and balancing videos. Thank you!

Great job on showing how to use the tire changer.your the first person to show how to use the bar correctly, hat off to you sir..

Thanks for the video, I've been undecided for over a year to buy or not one of these, back on the agenda as most garages won't fit PWs and I have a few for my car to use. Wasn't sure how it worked, but your video has shown it.

Great and clear demonstration. I hope to see more of your videos.

Wait till July ,, I promise you’ll break a sweat 😓 in those humid mountains haha , good job man . As always , very informative. Have a blessed day , enjoy this nice spring weather before the sauna begins

Great demo. You covered a lot of important information too. 👍

Slow clap to you, Finally some one who uses this tool correctly showing how the tire dis-mount and mount was intended to work. Nice!

NIce! Thanks for the clear description. Now I'm off to put 6 new tires on my CanAm Defender.

Nice job. Seen some other videos of people using these and they are doing it wrong. You used the tool properly and it actually worked like it should!! Imagine that. LOL. Keep up the nice videos!!

The people I've seen having problems with them usually have not had the the tire changer securely mounted. Having it anchored to the concrete is best. When i was renting I coudn't drill holes in the garage floor so I picked up and old door someone was tossing out and bolted it to that. As long as the platform is solid and large enough for you to stand on so it can't move I haven't had any problem. A generous amount of lube also helps. I've always used dish soap myself. Squirt it out, splash some water on it, run over it with a brush and it cleans off any dirt and provides lubricant.

I been watching this dude for cb stuff...lol..pretty cool seeing this content from him.

Great video 👍.. gonna buy one today.

I Started working in Gas Stations in the 50's. This all we had at the time. Brings back a lot of memories!!When we got a Coats 10/10 we thought we had gone to heaven!!! Great Video, thanks........

You look and talk like an older version of Andy Bernard from The Office. xD

I dare say, that tire is far easier than some. Still, good video - excellent pace, articulate, good sound, excellent videography - overall well done.

Great video direct to the point going to go buy one.

Hey 👋 I learned something new Subscribed 👍 Thanks

Thanks for posting, I'm going to buy one today and was wondering how to use it the right way. I've always have good luck with what Harbor Freight tools. If you don't beat on them they last.

Love the posters

I watched another review of this tool and now I understand its user error. The other reviewer had no clue what they were doing! You made this look easy.

The H F tire changer worked great. I didn't have a place to mount it to concrete floor. I used a 3" muffler clamp and a 30" piece of unistrut to secure the changer to the 2" receiver on my Jeep. The changer moves around some but lets you use the force needed to do the job.

I'd like to see someone do low profiles on one of these. They are generally the hardest to mount. On a pneumatic machine we make use of some secondary parts of the machine to push or press the tire into position.

Woah, can tell you've done this a time or two!

Good video, people buy that machine need to watch your teaching here! I have used soap for years to do tire work, also you can buy something called tire mounting soap or lube . Lubeing the bead before you break it down, stepping on the sidewall with your feet will help the Lube work work its way into the bead area for some of the more stubborn tires. The trick is Lube tire before you break the bead , Lube tire before you remove it from the wheel, Lube new tire before installing. use a generous amount of lube.

Great video. I had exactly the same experience. Bought it, bolted it down then swapped over 4 tyres in about 30 minutes. I stood there thinking how did anyone say this tool is no good.

Wow! You made it look so easy! I hope I have the same luck with mine 2mro!

Can't wait for your balancing video.

WOW, at 6:20 your the first and only person I seen use one of these HF manual tire changers so easily putting a tire on with that stock bar. Now I have to watch this 3 more times out of unbelief, then try to figure out why cant I have such a problem.

Great video 👍

Am getting me one because of your video thanks for posting

Outstanding. Truly well done.

found this video when looking at the tire changer at Harbor Freight's web site. read a review mentioning You Tube had great videos about how to use this tool. your video did the trick for me and I'll be ordering mine very soon. any how must have been fate that I landed here. I'm located 16 miles east of Raleigh NC so I just had to sub to your channel. thanks for a great review and demonstration of the tire changer.

Old school! Back when you could actually jack up a car by the bumper, I worked at Western Auto after graduating high school and this was all we had. Got to where I could do 4 tires, start to finish, in about an hour. And that included bubble balancing. The owner made a fortune with me as I was being paid $1.25 an hour. Now, my hourly wage increased a bit more since then but the satisfaction of a job well done was never about the money , for me.

Thanx 4 the show. Make it look much easier than the last vid I watched, but then again he had a piss poor set up. Only 2 anchor bolts used and wasn’t able to just spin around like you did.

Thank you for your video, make it very easily .

Good tip on tire sensor.

You are the man. Thank you so much!

I like this video you make it seems so easy i am encouraged

incredible 😍 i see that you are a smart man bc you also have the balancing machine 😁

I lost attention from 2 minutes on, because of the Elvira posters. Totally worth watching if even just for those. “Tire what-now?” 😁🇨🇦👍🏼

Sold. I'm headed down to buy one now.

Great video! I have been wondering how easy it would be. I think you talked me into giving it a try on my next set of tires.

Cool I didn't know that they sold a tire changer nice posters

I like your wall poster😁

Honestly, best video on this thing. I am totally getting one. BTW have you seen the laser mod for balancing. its brilliant.

Love the posters ;-)

Great video very helpful thanks

Elvira. I like it. Good video

Many people don't understand how to use the wheels drop center to help the tire pull over the rim edge. They end up fighting themselves and then blame it on the tire changer.

FANTASTIC VIDEO

Ha I'm a tad embarrassed I've been fighting mine wondering if it was really worth the money then I see you do it and it hits me...1.) I need to bolt mine down, that'll be a big help instead of dancing with the thing and 2.) I've had the tire upside down everytime...haha all you can do is laugh when you realize how absent minded you've been lol thanks Eric love the videos man

great job

great demo...

Thanks for the no nonsense walk-thru. Will this work on 20" rims?

Discovered your channel today - impressive collection of videos... I'm wondering if it would be feasible to mount this to a frame work of 2x6's (big enough to stand on while applying leverage). Also, is this useful for changing small lawn tractor tires?

I did enjoy this video

I'm sold, I'm always changing tires. So this would save me a few bucks...Thanks

Great demonstration dude better then most

Excellent!

Lube is a life saver. Lol never done this in your life ? Looked like you've been doing it your whole life.

Thanks, man.

Elvira...good man!

7:02 That is where you can stop and place the wheel on the balancer and rotate the tire on the rim a bit to minimize or even eliminate the need for weights. Then air it up. Only the good tire shops will fiddle around like that but for a DIY'er, go for it!

Wow - you made it look easy!

If I'm not mistaking are you located in Shelby? Grew up in Crouse/cherryville and think I heard of your farm. But I appreciate your video showing it can be easy if you use your brain. The small farm I work for just got the H.F. tire changer and works good. It takes a little more backend to do front kabota wheels but manageable. Keep up the good work.

Damn, you make it look soo easy! The other videos are deplorable.

Ya try doing this with truck rims and tires

I've been toying with the idea to buy this for probably 10 years, but in my mind there's no way that it could brake the bead; when I've worked at wally world TLE and Fire Stone the bead brakers have so much force to brake the beads I didn't think this (I) could do it (at home I've tried braking the bead with a jack under the pickup's bumper and the pickup starts lifting and the opposite side of the tire would lift up. Watching this video, you just sold another HF tire changer; I'm going to HF tomorrow and buying one. BTW if you try, you should be able to get the inner bead on without using the bar by twisting the tire on the rim (that's what I do/did). I've worked with a tech whos half my size and can get both beads on, on a tractor trailer rim (I never could) with no machine or bar always putting me to shame.

You make this look so easy. I am struggling and can't get the tire on. I'm stuck on putting it on and the last quarter turn just won't move.

For a first try!!!! Nice!!

Thanks 👍

Finally! Fourth video I see on this tool, and the first one to do it right!

Nice!

Bought one yesterday used it this morning. The weakest part is the bead breaker arm. I can bend it with my bare hands. Other than that its just ok.

Did you say used dish soap for the Lube mixed with water That's what I used to UseChange my dirt bike tires

wanted to learn this craft. I want a selection from you. Is it good? Thank you

I'm buying something. I just got a 90minute workout doing this with spoons on two tires.

I live your Elvira posters

Damn I bought this and didn't realize I couldn't do 20 inch wheels :[

Less then $40 ! In canada that thing is going to cost at least $200. That where I live .

I’m having a hard time getting my Volvo rims off. Their snow tires and aluminum Volvo rims. I got one side after hour.

He made it look easy. Don't expect that if you've never done it before. I'm trying my first mount with this same setup right now and it's not going well.

Might work okay for light Honda tires but I'd like to see you do some bigger tires. I just tried changing 15 inch light truck tires and broke the tool immediately. It wouldn't break the bead ( I ended up using my log splitter). I bent the bar immediately bent the stand at the bottom and the weld broke on the keeper that goes on top of the rim. Worked at it for a couple hours and still never got the tire off. Seems like it's crap to me. I'm probably going to go return it all been up and everything.

how much does the tubeless motorcycle tire opener cost?

Have you tried this on a cosmetically nice aluminum wheel. It looks like it would to major damage to the rim from the start of laying it on its face to breaker the bead then dragging the bar on the lip of the rim with no plastic protector. Seems only good for wheels your not concerned about scratching or those covered later with hubcaps

2:20...careful with your finger placement. That tire bead can jump back and really give your fingers a good pinch.

You actually did it right ...lol

When you started breaking the beed it look like the tire was about to win that fight becuase i saw the pole bending so much

Don't know how you did that but I fought with mine for over an hour trying to get one Chevy 14 inch steely unmounted..tried another with only a 2 year old tire same thing...the bead breaker is no good and the bar is no good..today is July 4..it goes back tomorrow..glad I live close to a store..

Have you used this on a tractor tire yet?

Watched this video to see if maybe you had some sort of trick to make those damn things work. I got mine because I had to do twelve tires. I had three sets I rims two of which had two different types of tires on. My first tire came off decent (still took a considerable amount of force) but then when I grabbed for a different one shit started to break rapidly. Definitely depends on what wheel and tires you are playing with. Moral of the story when all is said and done this tool works good for car tires okay for larger highway tread truck tires, and piss poor on big chunky offroad tires