[sawdustdad]

There is one job working on my cubs that has me cussin' up a storm. It's changing tires-dismounting or mounting new tires on wheels. When I try to use a tube, I manage to pinch and puncture the tube about half the time, or I can't get the tire to hold air enough to seat the bead if I go tubeless. Or, it takes 50 or 60 psi to seat the beads. I'm afraid I'll blow myself up. I've resorted to propane to seat the beads in tubeless situations. I bought a nice set of tire spoons/irons. They are better than the big screwdrivers I was using, but don't really help all that much. It took me over two hours to remove and replace a pair of 23-8.50-12 tires. I need to find a tire shop that will do this reasonably. Do you do your own tires or farm that out? How do you break the bead when dismounting a tire? I'm using my woodworking bench vise to squeeze the tire to break the bead.