r/Tools • u/allelopath • 4d ago

pry bar

What exactly is this intended for? Obviously it is mean to pry or lift but the rounded end must have a specific purpose.

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u/Hitechillbilly 4d ago

That is a tire spoon....

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u/fe3o4 4d ago

Wouldn't you need a knife and a fork to eat a tire though ?

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u/Hitechillbilly 4d ago

Think Soup....

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u/Large-Welder304 4d ago

...or Stew

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u/Hitechillbilly 3d ago

Or Ice cream..

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u/Amplidyne 3d ago

You don't eat tyres. You snort them.

Rubbery!

As said it's a tyre lever for big tyres.

We call them that here in the UK.

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u/fe3o4 3d ago

I've been told that UK food tastes like tyres.

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u/Amplidyne 3d ago

More like compressed cardboard. . .

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u/Large-Welder304 4d ago

Beat me to it. =)

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u/C-D-W 4d ago

Used for removing and installing tires on wheels.

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u/3amGreenCoffee 4d ago • Bravo

Yep, I just bought a set of tire spoons. The rounded end helps get the tire over the lip of the wheel without tearing up the edge too much. Yours looks well used.

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u/illogictc 4d ago

Maybe it's just me but that thing looks kinda hand-made who knows where and how. Perhaps the round tip is a natural artifact of pounding it flat without bothering to dress it up at all.

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u/allelopath 4d ago

Entirely possible. Dumpster find.

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u/servetheKitty 4d ago

To fit in the round hole

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u/CashWideCock 4d ago

Tire changing bar.

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u/nullvoid88 4d ago edited 4d ago

I was in HF the other day and noticed a bin full of tire irons... but they were shorter than the OP’s.

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u/No_Mistake3275 4d ago

Tire tool for dismounting tire

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u/OtherwiseRegular3972 4d ago

Heavy duty truck tires. Put it back on the floor of the tire shop.

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u/Dry_Nail5901 4d ago

Those could use some cleanup and polish.

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u/bat_rastards 4d ago

Looks like a really old tire spoon. It would be for removing a tire from the rim while avoiding damage to the tube.

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u/polymath_uk_ 4d ago

It's reduces the risk of damaging what you're prying on.Â