Changing your own tires

Lowes: 2 yellow crowbars $18 each(tire spoons)
Harbor freight: 20 ton bottle jack $40
Harbor freight: 3/4 impact $90
Harbor freight: 1/2 airhose 50' $40

I do this kind of work. You will need a way to seal up the tire. A cheetah tank is about $300 but you can make one with a welder and an air tank for about $50.

Lug nuts will come loose after replacement, they need to be tightened after 200miles

 

You can place the tire under the landing gear and crank it down on top of the tire to break the bead if you don't have a tire hammer.

 

Dang, that's ingenious!

 

Unless you change tires everyday, just take them in.

 

I've used outriggers on a backhoe, or a hydraulic jack, be creative. We used to seal the bead with a shot of ether and a match.

 

Kapowee

 

Now that you mention the ether, I've seen that done at truckstops. Hadn't thought of it again until you posted it.

 

Drive steer tire up on to flat to break bead. If you're game certainly do your own tires, any money saved goes in your pocket. Make sure you got good lock and chain on any spare you carrying. You really should have a 1" torque wrench, I found a Mac 1" torque for $175 at pawn shop

 

Just bring it in, it isn't that expensive and if you are that cheap, maybe you shouldn't be owning a truck.

one time with a difficult tire or getting whacked in the head with a tire iron, you will think twice about saving money.