Can a Hippie Out-Tool a Trucker in a Tyre Changing Contest?

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The forum discussion centers around the comparison of hand tools, specifically the adze, pulaski, and stitching horse, as well as the bead breaker used in tire maintenance. Participants delve into the design features of these tools, such as the square handle of the adze, which prevents rotation, and the functionality of the stitching horse in leather crafting. The conversation culminates in a humorous anecdote about a hippie out-performing truckers in a tire-changing contest, highlighting the unexpected skills individuals may possess regardless of their background.

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  • #61
Ding ding ding! We have the correct answer.
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Bead buster is actually cast into the tool so I had to blur it out.
 
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  • #62
Averagesupernova said:
Ding ding ding! We have the correct answer.
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Bead buster is actually cast into the tool so I had to blur it out.
Lol..... :ok:
 
  • #63
would never have got that one.
 
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  • #64
What gave it away @OCR ?
 
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  • #65
Averagesupernova said:
What gave it away
The pinched fingers, skinned knuckles, ...
 
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  • #66
real men don't use a gadget to break the bead.

you either use two tyre levers or put the tyre flat on the ground and run over it with another vehicle a few times.

= real men would never have seen such a device...disqualified.
 
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  • #68
good point.
 
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  • #69
Averagesupernova said:
What gave it away @OCR ?
I've used a device like that on big tractor tires, where you don't remove the rim from the tractor... just the tire off the rim.

The breaker I used was powered by air, so your picture wasn't a dead give away... the design of the "foot" in the upper right, picture two helped, so did your clues...
...it is in fact meant to move two items apart...
I am sure someone on this forum has done the task that this tool is meant to do...
The tool in the very first image in this thread has likely been used many times to do what this tool is designed for.
I googled "bead breaker", and found the image I posted...

Tires I used the tool on...

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  • #70
Averagesupernova said:
Try that with these:
Lol... yup, they're 30.5-32 radials... :oldsmile:
 
  • #71
Reminds me of a stand off I was in loggers versus environmentalists. It was tense and aggressive. One night the hippie's challenged the truckers to a tyre changing contest on a logging truck.

The truckers thought they would win easy. This hippy apparently worked in a previous life as a mechanic assistant.

He beat all the truckers at changing tyres, they couldn't believe it.

Both groups respected each other after that and prolly defused the seething violence that was brewing.
 
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