In this vlog, Mike Melton walks viewers through a typical day at his tire shop, focusing on several hands‑on tasks and informal shop banter. He begins by swapping a truck’s tires to 35‑1250‑20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers, noting a customer’s indecision between mud‑grip and wide‑tread tires. Mike then trains a new employee on proper tire patching and sanding, emphasizing the importance of not cutting into the tire cords and grading the work. He inspects aftermarket wheels, highlighting the need to check and install hub rings to prevent vibration, and demonstrates bead‑lubrication techniques to avoid bead damage during installation. Throughout, he offers casual commentary, including a brief discussion about a protein shake’s natural sugar content and a customer’s mileage on X‑RT tires. The video blends instructional content with informal shop culture, showcasing both technical expertise and personality.
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Come on. Aside. Let's go see what they doing. All right, well, we got four Nittos. All right, so look, man, look at this right here. He got some. He got his money worth out of that tire right there. So he's keeping all his, all four tires. So on this truck right here we're gonna be Putting on some 35, 1250, 20 Nittos, Nitto Ridge grapplers. All right, this guy right here, he cannot make up his mind. We literally just put these mud grafts on this truck not even a month ago. Now he's gonna put his big wides back on. Hey, if he likes it, I love it. I think it looks better with the grass. Let's go check his stuff out. Now we're training the new guy on how to make sure he's patching the tire correctly. So let's go check out his work on, on how he sanded that down. Come on. Alright, come here. Look at this right here. So whenever you grind down the inside of that tire, that's, that's good right there. So you want to make sure you don't get into the cords, which he did a really, really good job. So I had him do a couple different sections to check his work. All three sections are good. I'm gonna give him an A on that one. Like nitto. This is one of their best looking tires. This is a Nitto mud grab. Why he's taking these off? He said he wants his summer tires on. Summer here. Some of there. Yeah. So whenever you take off aftermarket wheels, make sure you're checking for hub rings like he is. Right there. And we'll put them back on the truck. Let me see that right there. I'll put it back on for you. Yeah. Damn, that one's all tore up. Look at that thing. Yeah, so whenever you got aftermarket wheels, make sure you check and make sure they got hub rings. Because if you don't put these in aftermarket wheels, they will vibrate. Like this one here. Look at that. Oh, here's the hat. You need some new hub rings. All right, come look and see. These are the wides he's putting on there. Like y' all know I talk junk about venoms. That's what he's got on there. Here's the wides he's putting back on there. Makes no damn sense. You know, this man's got more damn money than he's got sense. Okay, all right, so look, if a customer wants to keep their old tires, make sure you're lubing up those beads. That way you don't tear the beads. So this is gonna help you out, too. So what you're getting stuck on right here is. It's getting stuck up on that drop center. So what you want to do is put that helping arm forward up below that drop center, and that'll help you release that pressure. See it? Now we pull that back off. You see that? Yeah. All right, cool. Come on, come on, come on, come on. That's not a milkshake. Protein shake. This is. The only sugar from here is. Is the banana. 42 grams of sugar, but it's natural sugar. So there's a difference. You know the difference between artificial sugars and natural sugar? No, it's. It's not all sugar. At the end of the day, It's. It's different. Like these right here, we put them on Greg. Greg's truck. He's got, like, 32,000 on them. Hard to look worn at all. They tend to get a little noisier every 10,000 miles. He said he's got on the. Of course, it's, you know, it's an xrt.
