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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
I decided to look further into this today, as this last page has made me pretty curious about the effort put into rock picking tires.
I have never done it before. I was working on my Hakkapeliitta R3's. I did this in my basement tv room while watching Amazing Race.
After looking around for a good tool close to the 45degree angle hook DoubleF posted, the best thing I could find was an Ikea L-shaped allen key. Didn't seem like a good fit. I ended up using a pair of needle-nosed pliers.
I stood the tire up on edge (as if it was on a car) while I sat on my couch and worked on it.
The first tire took me 18 minutes. The last tire took me 11. I figure I got 95% of the rocks out. There were some that were just too deep in the really small siping for me to get.
I can see a shop not wanting to dedicate a lot of time to it...but it's also not the crazy tediously long job I thought it'd be. It was actually kinda relaxing.
I imagine with a proper tool, a rotating tire stand of some sort and some experience, four tires could be done pretty quickly.
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Haha, I appreciate your efforts for science and the current debate. So about an hour? My estimate was double that long, so something was indeed learned. I still don't get it, but half the crap I fata around on my car with makes no sense, either, so as long as it's fun and feels good, why not?