Shop Talk

[mechohaulic]

my personal preference is the trike ; never rode/ drove a motor cycle.  long story not today though,

[Joey Mack]

The Trike is like a fat chick... Its fun to ride but, dont let You're friends see you..  

 

 

 

Really..... It is a sweet ride. Air ride suspension, cruise control, Harmen Karden stereo, 103 C.I.D. / 6 speed gear box. And we can pack clothes and supplies for a weekend.  That is if we actually went away for a weekend.. 🤔

[mechohaulic]

8 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

The Trike is like a fat chick... Its fun to ride but, dont let You're friends see you..  

PLEASE be politically correct !!!NOT fat chick but full figured lady.  LOL

 

 

Really..... It is a sweet ride. Air ride suspension, cruise control, Harmen Karden stereo, 103 C.I.D. / 6 speed gear box. And we can pack clothes and supplies for a weekend.  That is if we actually went away for a weekend.. 🤔

 

[Joey Mack]

Yeah you're right.. mabey should have  said, Moped.... ??

[70mackMB]

[Joey Mack]

well I did make some progress on the sportster. too bad the front tire has cracks in the side walls.  It has les than 100 miles on it, so now I need one of those too. 

does anyone else feel nervous about my rigging?  I was  .....

 

 

[other dog]

1 hour ago, Joey Mack said:

well I did make some progress on the sportster. too bad the front tire has cracks in the side walls.  It has les than 100 miles on it, so now I need one of those too. 

does anyone else feel nervous about my rigging?  I was  .....

 

 

I didn't want to put tires on the '87 F-150 I had, they had great tread, weren't even half worn out. But I had noticed the dry rot cracks in them. They might last several years or they might give out on the next trip. I ended up pushing my luck just a little too far, and the right front suffered catastrophic failure when I was on the way to Gladys to pick up a load of stuff when we were moving over here to Spout Spring. I went ahead and put 4 new ones on it.

I hadn't even looked at the tires on my Impala but when I had it inspected last time inspector guy said everything was good but it would probably need tires by next inspection, for the same reason- dry rot cracks. So, remembering what happened with the pickup, I didn't wait. I went to the tire shop the next day and had 4 tires put on it. They were not even half wore out either.

They might have been fine until the next inspection but I wouldn't want Zina to be driving it to Lynchburg or somewhere and suffer catastrophic tire failure.

 

[Joey Mack]

Yep.. of course if i blow a tire on a motorcycle, im probably going to be done posting on BMT.. 🍻 o ordered a new tire,be here wed. $88. I would have finished the rear tire replacement today, but i got called out to work at 12:30.  Got back at 3 and,,, well,,,,,, it's 90 degrees outside and my gumption was gone... And it was close enough to beer O'Clock...... Need I say more..?

[tjc transport]

2 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

well I did make some progress on the sportster. too bad the front tire has cracks in the side walls.  It has les than 100 miles on it, so now I need one of those too. 

does anyone else feel nervous about my rigging?  I was  .....

 

 

your rigging is only sketchy if the bike falls over on you.

[Joey Mack]

Yeah, its good.   But when i set it up alone, i had to move slow. I should have just made a sling for my forklift and just lifted it that way..  

[mechohaulic]

once again it's the "old SHOULD HAVE Line" . better not to go down  the should have path!!LOL:::  should have stayed single !! but why be happy entire life ; 

[mechohaulic]

1 hour ago, Joey Mack said:

Yep.. of course if i blow a tire on a motorcycle, im probably going to be done posting on BMT.. 🍻 o ordered a new tire,be here wed. $88. I would have finished the rear tire replacement today, but i got called out to work at 12:30.  Got back at 3 and,,, well,,,,,, it's 90 degrees outside and my gumption was gone... And it was close enough to beer O'Clock...... Need I say more..?

Need not say another word. working with welder all day again at farm ; the monsoon came in quick and drenching. couldn't get out a head of it. the ole jeep plowed rain like never before. positive was Yukon Jack was waiting to welcome me back. wasn't beer O'clock but Yukon  O'clock . never did a remove/ replace motor cycle tire. the smaller the tire bigger P I A they seem. small garden tire worse compared to truck  / farm tractor tire. 

[Joey Mack]

Yep, if it was a big truck tire i would have had it on ... Because i git called out. I took the tire off the second bead since it was 3/4 on. I didnt want it to sit and get dents in the bead. I will get it tomorrow..  

[Joey Mack]

here is how i broke the tire down..  it worked well. 

 

[Geoff Weeks]

I miss the "good old days" when every car had a bumper jack, and the metal "foot" of the jack was just the right shape for breaking the bead on any tire!

Line it up under the front bumper, install the jack and a few quick pumps (or ratchets) and the bead was off, flip the rim over and do the other side.

[Joey Mack]

I have used the landing gear on my forklift to break tire beads, but this rim is aluminum, and i didnt want damage it or the brake rotor..  

[other dog]

14 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

Need not say another word. working with welder all day again at farm ; the monsoon came in quick and drenching. couldn't get out a head of it. the ole jeep plowed rain like never before. positive was Yukon Jack was waiting to welcome me back. wasn't beer O'clock but Yukon  O'clock . never did a remove/ replace motor cycle tire. the smaller the tire bigger P I A they seem. small garden tire worse compared to truck  / farm tractor tire. 

If you keep on about the Yukon Jack i'm going to feel obligated to give it a try.

[other dog]

Speaking of tires, I stopped in Parkersburg, WV. back in the 80's to get a motel room. I had picked up a load in Cleveland on a Friday and it  was too far out of the way to go by the house, and by the time I got there it would be time to leave again anyway because the load was going way farther south somewhere, I don't remember where now. 

So I stopped right there at rt. 50 and I-77, the motel had a big dirt parking lot. I went in and asked about a room and was walking back towards the truck, a 77 F model Mack, when a trailer tire just blew out, sitting in the parking lot. 

Sounded like a cannon, dust and dirt flying everywhere. I had been parked about 10 minutes by then probably. First time I'd ever had a tire blow out like that, blew several on the road, but never when I was parked.

[mechohaulic]

15 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

here is how i broke the tire down..  it worked well. 

 

ingenuity at it's best for sure; one thing about age experience ;;you always look for a way to do projects with less physical labor involved.

[mechohaulic]

2 hours ago, other dog said:

If you keep on about the Yukon Jack i'm going to feel obligated to give it a try.

Yukon fire at 100 proof much better than Yukon 125 ;; personal idea only .LOL since the conversation on Moxie took place , have been looking for it only to find empty spots where it should be, never paid attention to it before.

[Joey Mack]

Well I got the wheel back on and was putting air in the tire.......  And I broke the damned valve stem off... I pulled the wheel off. I will take it and my new front tire to the bike shop i use and let them fix em up.  I dont have patience to break the tire down and fight it back on the rim...  

[Geoff Weeks]

If it makes you feel better I have done the same, I think anybody who has worked around tires long enough has done it.

 Lock on chucks, and the tire falling over or getting bumped or hose getting pulled, is all it takes.

[mechohaulic]

12 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

Well I got the wheel back on and was putting air in the tire.......  And I broke the damned valve stem off... I pulled the wheel off. I will take it and my new front tire to the bike shop i use and let them fix em up.  I dont have patience to break the tire down and fight it back on the rim...  

for more fun ,your welcome to come to CT and do the tire on the Terex loader. don't remember exact size think some where are 16:00 x --x 28, ???  rained too heavy yesterday I got to be inside shop , not out on the loader project.

[mowerman]

On 9/5/2025 at 5:14 PM, Joey Mack said:

Yep. All mine.  My favorite is the sportster.. Fun to ride and its ok if i scratch it. The Trike is one i bought for Terri.. we also have a 1997 Honda 750 Magna..  

excellent yes my favorite one was the sportster. Also I was never into customs. The three Harleys I had were all full fendered 

[mowerman]

And yes, I noticed that about the lifting method doesn’t really look very secure to me either, but I have done some really dumb shit back on my early years