Finding pull-offs at your local shops

[ericzx7]

Well, I figured out the key. I have called many shops in the area asking about availability of pull-off tires. Several shops gave me a flat "NO", or told me it was illegal for them to give them away. The funny thing is, I just went by those same shops today, as i was in town on other business, and got permission to go through their stacks of pull-offs any time I want. This leads me to believe that it is always better to do the asking "in person". I came home with 2 rear tires, and a front, all with decent tread on them. I heard of other people having trouble getting their hands on pull-offs, and would deffinitly recomend going to the shops in person. Well, that's my 2 cents worth. Good luck. Hope this helps.
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[PAULYBOY]

Liability, culpability, inability. There used to be a huge market in used tires for cars, trucks, and bikes as little as 10 years ago. Then came the litigation lawyers, the class action suit lawyers, and the save yourself from yourself type liberals. In my neck of the woods, Cincinnati, the law says you can't sell a used tire. Period. No matter how few miles are on it. Yet, there are still a few used tire places around town in the less financially capable areas of town. Always trying to keep the poor man down.
So, how much did you pay for your non tires?

[ericzx7]

Liability, culpability, inability. There used to be a huge market in used tires for cars, trucks, and bikes as little as 10 years ago. Then came the litigation lawyers, the class action suit lawyers, and the save yourself from yourself type liberals. In my neck of the woods, Cincinnati, the law says you can't sell a used tire. Period. No matter how few miles are on it. Yet, there are still a few used tire places around town in the less financially capable areas of town. Always trying to keep the poor man down.
So, how much did you pay for your non tires?

That's the beauty of it! $0.00 !!!!!!!! They won't "sell" or mount them for you, but they said I could carry off as many as I like, due to the fact that it costs them $3 per tire to have them hauled off. Pretty sweet huh? I may be changing my own tires , quite often, but I may have enough to get me through 2 seasons of riding now!

[Ironriot]

Awesome. I gotta try this now. I'm also gonna try to score some mufflers off of a H-D shop

[ericzx7]

Awesome. I gotta try this now. I'm also gonna try to score some mufflers off of a H-D shop

Sure beats not ridin' cause ya can't afford new tires! lol

[Ironriot]

True! Plus the worst they can say is no right?

[ericzx7]

Exactly! Good luck! :-D

[themess]

If you remount a tubeless tire, pay very close attention to how fast the tire loses air. It is almost impossible to remove a tire without kinking the bead. A kinked bead doesn't seat on the rim as well as a new bead. So pay attention to air pressure until you how often you need to add some.

[slow_heavy_750]

I work at a shop and we have a couple of stunters that come in for tires...ill help em load them into their truck...not sure if the bosses would approve or not but oh well..lol

[bwringer]

If you remount a tubeless tire, pay very close attention to how fast the tire loses air. It is almost impossible to remove a tire without kinking the bead. A kinked bead doesn't seat on the rim as well as a new bead. So pay attention to air pressure until you how often you need to add some.

I've remounted a couple of tires with no problems... one was removed and remounted to patch a small hole from the inside, and once was when I realized about 30 seconds after mounting the tire that I had mounted it the wrong way around... #-o

But these were both mounted by hand, and I generally use as little force as possible. I can see where someone using a machine or who just doesn't care much about what happens to the old tire could easily kink the bead.

Take-off tires seem like a Very Bad Idea to me, but then again both my bikes use really oddball tire sizes, so I've never even experienced the temptation. I'm also quite willing to go without a lot of other luxuries to have good tires under me.

[duaneage]

A mechanic on my street brings hoime car tires al the time. At the dealership he works at people say they want better rubber than what the car came with and he tosses the 4 tires with around 10 miles on them in his truck. I think he resells them at a huge profit.

[themess]

I've remounted a couple of tires with no problems... one was removed and remounted to patch a small hole from the inside, and once was when I realized about 30 seconds after mounting the tire that I had mounted it the wrong way around... #-o

But these were both mounted by hand, and I generally use as little force as possible. I can see where someone using a machine or who just doesn't care much about what happens to the old tire could easily kink the bead.

Take-off tires seem like a Very Bad Idea to me, but then again both my bikes use really oddball tire sizes, so I've never even experienced the temptation. I'm also quite willing to go without a lot of other luxuries to have good tires under me.

Your experience makes sense to me. I've never seen a tire that's been dismounted by hand, so I don't know how the bead would be affected. But I've seen hundreds of car tires that have been dismounted by the standard tire store machines, and every single one, no exceptions, would have been scrapped at the factory for a kinked bead. Few people know how to examine a tire, and that includes people who sell and mount them. I went to Sam's to buy a set of tires, and examined them before mounting. I ended up rejecting almost all of the tires that they had in stock of my size and model (for a different reason).

That doesn't mean that no used tires can be used safely. If it holds air well, it should be fine.

I used to use snow tires in winter. I bought a set of rims and left the tires mounted on those rims.