[Paul S]

Recently bought the Olmaxmotors one - first try on the 21" front wheel of my 701 was a complete pain trying to use it loose on the garage floor! Kept moving around along with the stiff sidewalls on the Mitas E07+ meant that you could not get proper leverage on the duck head and ended up finishing it off with tyre levers.

This morning gave it a second go mounted securely to my work bench changing the rear tyre of my 1290 SAR and this time it was a piece of piss - really easy all be it with tyres with a softer tyre wall.

 

[Paul S]

Bench mount ..... I reckon that's the trick !.

I had the same problems trying to use the tool on the floor - really hard to get the leverage and it's slipping around everywhere.

I think I'm going to make a mount for it from plywood with some 3 x 3 wooden rails underneath so that it sits on top of a waist high brick wall i have behind the house. Plenty of room to work around it and hopefully I just put it onto the wall and its good to go.

Bench mounting made all the difference for me. Just two 8mm coach bolts was all it needed and so can be disassembled when done in a minute or so

 

[Paul S]

Reckon I could make the majority of it out of unistrut

Three main reasons I've never bought one.
1. Expensive
2. Another big lump of equipment knocking around
3. They only do bike tyres

The hi lift definitely solves the first two and with the amount of clamping force it can exert I might be able to do bigger tyres too with another adaptor

*edit
Anyone know what duck head I need?

Here's a link to the Rabaconda one: Standard Duck Head for Rabaconda Street Bike Tire Changer - Try Grip & Rip Tyres in South Wales - they stock most Rabaconda bits.

Alternatively my Olmaxmoto changer comes with a Butler Duck Head if you can source one of those.