[hatzie]

Originally Posted by Just call me Sean

Most just say "liability reasons". When the shop I always bought from said it to me first I had them explain more. People installing tires on vehicles they aren't rated for then suing when they fail. People injuring themselves installing them and suing. Mostly reasons that revolve around getting sued. I said I would sign a waiver but still no. You know I could sue you for not selling me tires too right? That's the reward I get for helping keep your store open instead of ordering online and saving money.

This is a symptom of the compulsive obsessive petty tyrants in the latest generations. It's pretty sick and twisted that their world will come to an end if they can't tell us how to use the parts we purchase after we walk out the door with them.
Any judge that doesn't throw that kind of frivolous crap out of his courtroom is part of the problem. If I buy gasoline in a can, pour it on a fire, and turn myself into a human torch then I'm an idiot. My death or maiming is not the fault of the gas can manufacturer or the filling station. If I spray ether into the truck tire on a split rim and blow the lock ring off it and into my head it's my own darn fault.
I've mounted more tires by hand, up to and including tractor tires taller than my 6'5" frame, in the last 45 years than the teenage goons they have running the tire machines.