Do any of you guys change your own tires?

Look up Nut Buddy. Great tool to take care of that "emergency" tire swap. As far as torque? Get the darn tire on and get down to a shop and have it torqued right for $20. You still save hundreds.

 

My 40" breaker bar + my 200 pound self get it right where it needs to be. Add a 36" cheater pipe to that set-up and it's all I need to break 'em loose.

 

...only 40 lug nuts? Must be hub piloted. I've got stud piloted on my rig...GREAT for side-of-the-road BS because all I need to do is roll that inner wheel up onto a block and I can pull the outer wheel (rim and all) off the truck. Downside is the 100 lug nuts I get to work with when I change 10 tires...80 on the drives plus 20 on the steers. Talk about FUN! Of course here at the house, I've got an 80 gallon compressor and a couple 1" guns which make short work of spinning 'em off & on...just got to remember which side you're working on. If you aren't trying to spin the lug nut the correct direction for that side of the truck, you'll NEVER get 'em off...RH threads on one side, LH threads on the other.

 

I had to do mountains of tires before i could get in the driver seat, taking a tire off or installing new ones....no problems.

I just can't stand the idea of paying twice the price for road service, actually they are last resort option.

 

85 psi in a tire and you called for road service. Wow.

 

Yeah,I'm from the Baltimore area,and when I first trucked to the west coast in the 70's,I was surpised at all the conventionals and Budd wheels.Back here most everything was Dayton and Webb.Daytons are easier to change,but a pita to get aligned properly.Most tire shops didn't have the patience to get em' right,and you could ruin a tire in a 1000 miles if it wasn't done correctly.Budd wheels esp. hub piloted is still one of the best innovations for trucking ever.Here's my 4300 Eagle I bought new in 1977,10.00-22 Budd wheels,but tubed rubber,with the old 10 inner,and 10 outer lugs per wheel.

 

I just reread the OP's post, 85 psi is what I run on my tires. According to a manufacturers chart. On the steers I run 105 psi. Anyways, I would of ran it to a tire shop, but I guess that is the option of being independent, you do as you please.

 

40 inner and 40 outer equals 80. And yes, those right and left handed threads could throw you off, but I kept mine in a small pile.

 

Tires, i keep up with preventative. maint. pressure & rotation. tires do not blow out for the life of the tire (on my truck)...then they're retreaded...used for 2 more years.

 

And those were Budd wheels I'm sure most have no idea what barrel nuts and outter nuts mean. Or being young and determined to make it regardless of the hard work ahead.