That "kid" is me! Well, at least the first one, before the thread got seriously sidetracked...
I'm 31 years old in that video, I bought my house at age 25 without a garage, saved my money for four years, poured a pad, waited a year (to save more $$) and my father in law, a contractor, helped me frame in my humble 2.5 car garage.
I asked him, before we poured the pad, should we throw some allthread in so I could tie down my tire machine. "nah, you can always drill later and epoxy it" says he.
Boots? WTF? The "related" videos on youtube go off keywords.
That contour del bondo in the background cost me $250, I bought it cheap needing tires and body filler to pass state inspection, I paid $15 for three used tires with good tread and sold the car for well into four figures. (not that well, but worth my time). Plus it amused me which is why we all go work outside.
I mount tires probably a couple times a year. I don't need this albatross bolted in the middle of the floor (so I can walk all the way around it when I do tire work), nor do I need stubby allthread poking up for me to trip over if I were to unbolt the thing and move it into position. It was a conscious decision considering the space I have and the frequency of use.
I take great pride in doing less with more, I've rebuilt saturn 1.9 motors with the block still in the frame using tools from walmart, big lots, and harbor freight, with husky wrenches thrown in back from when I understood them to be rebadged snapon. The HF changer exemplifies this "more for less" attitude. How many of you do all your own work except tire work? How many people gripe about ordering from tire rack and having to deal with a snooty local installer?
As far as jackstands, yeah I use them when I'm
under a car... Lots of people sit "indian style" doing brakes or whatnot... not me, I plot a fall path where my brake rotor or lower ball joint/control arm have a clean way down to concrete... and my tire/wheel stashed under the car somewhere. Obviously for a simple tire job, the tire/wheel is elsewhere, but I'm never in harm's way...
sl9grrl is just a BS name I registered under at youtube so I could look at the 18+ stuff.
It was only later that I figured I'd upload a couple videos.
