[AT] tires with tubes

[Gene Dotson]

    Brad;

    I go along with you about doing my own tire work, and most of my other 
work. I bought a cheap tire changer off ebay and have it bolted to the floor 
in my shop. I can repair a punctured tube in half the time it takes to drive 
to town.

    I bought a set of tires for my truck from Wal Mart with the full service 
warranty. Had 1 with a leaking valve stem and took it in to get replaced. It 
was on the truck and I was on a hauling job. They said it would be a 4 hour 
wait. Told them I would be back and to reserve my time. Not to be done that 
way, I had to stay there and  wait for them to get to me. Told the manager 
to just give me the valve stem and I would change it myself. Took it home 
and less than 15 minutes I had the new stem in and back on the truck. My 
next tires will not be from Wal Mart.

                    Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gunnells, Bradley R" <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] tires with tubes


> It's both funny and sad at the same time. Funny what people will use for 
> an excuse to not do something. Sad in that when you needed something you 
> weren't able to get it. Growing up in a small town and working in the 
> service station I became used to working with tubes. Later I did a stint 
> of 2nd job part time work (boys need money for they're toys!) at a service 
> station in town here and every time a tube type tire came in during the 
> evening/weekend hours it was left for me to do.
>
> I tried to show the part-timers I worked with some tricks so they could do 
> them but they had no interest in learning. It was easier to roll them off 
> to the side and tell the customer to come back after my shift. Dad has an 
> old manual tire changer and the spoons so I still do most of my own tire 
> repairs on both vehicles and implements. Besides the satisfaction of doing 
> things myself I cringe at the cost to have a repair shop fix a tire. Guess 
> I'm cheap too.  :-)
>
> Brad
>
> On Mar 22, 2011, at 9:02 PM, john hall wrote:
>
>> I needed a couple 15 inch tubes for a hay wagon last Sat. After 10 phone 
>> calls it became quite evident that tires with tubes are quite rare these 
>> days. All the "real" tire shops were closed so I was stuck with major 
>> chainstores and service stations. I even tried Napa. The funny part was 
>> the "safety" reason the chain stores gave about not carrying and 
>> installing tubes.
>>
>> John Hall
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