Do any of you guys change your own tires?

No, I've never seen any trucker change a tire on the side of the road but don't worry there will be some internet claim shortly.

 

I haven't changed a tire myself, but ive done the old school air hose+ starter fluid+ lighter trick. It only works if u got a flat tire but hasn't came off the rim yet.

The tools for it heavy, where are you going to put the jack? Or raise it up without a heavy compressor. The blow canister can be filled using the air hose. But then again, your going to have to manually use a lugbar to take out the lug nuts. And if u dont use it right, the tire might come off and cause a pile up behind u.

 

Only done it in a shop, would be ridiculous to carry all that stuff with you on the road

 

I have done my tires at home but not out on the road. I also have a big he-man four way lug wrench that I really don't know where it came from. I remember trying to use it one time, I had loaned my tire gun out any way I broke one loose and said nope we are going to southern tire. Its a bad enough deal at the shop, trying it on the road without the "stuff" not for me

 

I would have driven to a tire shop then made the discovery. I hate dealing with road service and will avoid it if it's practical and safe to do so. Not sure what you could have done yourself with a sidewall issue, anyway. Going to need another tire.

 

I watched my grandpa replace his own tire, but only outside on the dual on a 1960's grain truck . Drove up over a block on the inside, beat the old tire off, slapped a new tire on and sat the bead. That was 25 yrs ago though, and farmers cant afford service trucks lol. Wasn't on the side of the highway though...

 

I've singled out blown outside tires with nothing more than a claw hammer and box wrench. These days, a pair of 30" tire spoons rides in my side box. The 20-ton bottle jack also came in handy the day I cut down a steer on an access road to a job site...moved an outside drive tire up onto the steer to get the load delivered and drive to a tire shop.

So yes, there are those out here willing and able to do tires on their own...might p!$$ them off, though, referring to them as a "truck driver"...because that only scratches the surface of what we actually do (and we don't care to be lumped in with those who draw the line at "driving" and refuse to lift a finger to do anything else).

 

When I bought my first tuck in 1974,we always changed and repaired our tires on the road.Carried a 20 ton bottle jack,2 spoons,tire hammer,big 4 way lug wrench bolted on my deck plate.Pretty much everything was 10.00-20 tubes back then.If you had a flat in a tube tire,you could tell it pretty much right away from the vibration,you had to get stopped quickly or the tube would wad up and ruin,or worse,set the tire on fire.Just pull off the exit,jack it up,knock the wheel off,pry the ring off,get the tube out.Usually we could patch it,find the nail in the tire,and boot it.Put the tire together,roll it under the trailer landing leg for inflation ,in case the ring came off.Clip the hose on,air it up mount it and go,no big deal.When tubeless came out,I used to carry a spare,but when I bought my first RGN in 1993,stopped carrying them,really no where good to put it.Up until last year when I retired,I still would buy 8 or more tires at a time,cash and carry,bring them home and mount them.In my 60's I'm not as fast as I used to be,but it's still no big deal,good exercise.I hate paying someone to do what I can do,and usually do it better.And if something ef's up I know who to blame.

 

I've not done it but an outside dual can be changed with nothing more than a set of spoons, a four by four, a lighter and some starter fluid, and an air hose.