I told her that I am 3 times as old, as everyone of their techs, and I can swap, and torque all of them in 20 mins, with a floor jack.
Told her I could learn that tire machine of theirs in a few minutes (have used one before), and could do this job myself in an hour, if they let me. Her eyes bugged out of her face.
Update:
It's now Saturday Morning, and I spoke to the Dept manager.
He informed me the real issue is they did away with the traditional Post lifts, and now have the small scissor type lifts. These will not go high enough to lift this lifted rig.
I am meeting them next week, and I will remove 1 tire at a time, in the parking lot using my floor jack, as they don't even have one that is big enough.
This entire ordeal is just silly. Why sell bigger truck tires in the first place, offer a road hazard warranty, charge for mount and balance for each tire, if you can't install them?
Update #2:
It's now Tuesday morning. Just got back from Sams Club.
The good- These Wranglers look good, ride good, and are much more quite than expected.
The Bad- They only ordered and installed 4 tires. I am using one of the coopers for a spare until the 5th tire arrives/installed.
2 tires took 2.0 oz to balance, 1 took 4.75 oz, and 1 took 6.0 oz. Both of those higher oz tires are on the rear.
The in between- They charged me $60 for the new road hazard, but let me keep the coopers. Since I can sell the coopers, and recoup that $$, so not a big deal to me.
They are supposed to call when the 5th tire arrives, but I learned already not to hold my breath on that, and I will call them in a few days. If that tire balances better, I will swap out one of the rear's with it.
Yes, I removed and installed each tire myself in the parking lot. Bolt wasn't as big as I thought. It's only a 10mm. Hit it just right to get it to puncture between the treads. 1" either direction and it wouldn't have. Just dumb luck is all. I will plug n patch it for a spare.
BTW.... They have nice Group 65 AGM's for $149 on the rack. Told me in Dec they will be $20 off (on sale) for the entire month.