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has never been so easy
Last set I changed myself was a spare set of ice tires for my Raptor 3 years ago. I swore I'd never do it again, it was that bad!
My Raptor is going on 4 years old (it'll be 4 in the middle of August) and it still had the stock tires. A couple plugs, still leaked air, and most of the tread was gone.
Today on my first day of unemployment (hopefully short term), I figured i'd go buy some tires and give the Rappy some traction again.
Breaking the bead was always the biggest issue, this time though, I had a bigger tool for the job I put the rim on some plywood next to the Kubota and used one of the backhoe outriggers to pop the bead. I just lowered it slow and it popped off. Flipped the rim over and did the same thing. Less than 1 minute to break both sides, I was happy with that.
A little simple green and 3 tire irons and I had the old tire off and the new one on in 5 minutes. I had maybe 1/2 hour-40 minutes tops into changing 2 rear tires from taking them off the quad to back on...and most importantly, NO skinned knuckles
I took it for a ride even though it was wet and raining, feels like I bolted on a turbo I forgot just how much power this thing had