I learned that trick several years back. When I use to live in Myakka City one evening I came across an elderly couple on SR70 and they had a flat. There was a guy there trying to help and he could not get the rear tire off. I gave it a few tugs with no luck, so tried kicking it flat on the rim/tire after one swift kick with the bottom of my foot the tire popped off. Have never had to kick another tire off, I just figured that the mercedes were the only ones that stuck like that. It was a snug fit for sure.
Same thing happened to me years back with my first flats boat. Blew a trailer tire on 275 coming back from Fort Desoto. Never felt it go flat and noone had the decency to flag at me that I had a flat. By the time I noticed it, and got off the interstate, I pulled into a park(i refuse to change a tire on the interstate). Thing got so hot it was glowing. We drank some beers to let it cool. Couldn't break the lugs loose. No wd40 in the truck. Only thing we had in the truck and between three tackle boxes was a jug of menhaden oil and a spray bottle of Bill Dance fish attractant. Soaked all the lugs in that, unhooked boat, went got lunch and beer, and came back. Lugs actually came lose fairly easy for a trio of three strong guys. Tire would not budge lose from hub. Told Tim (he has about a 38" inseam and size 16 shoe) to kick it as hard as he could. It came right off. Trailer never pulled same after that. I swear he bent the axle. I sold that boat and got plastered the day it left my driveway
with all the people you know, connections you have, publicity/reader resources you have at your disposal it wouldn't be hard to bad mouth/blackball that shop or mechanic by posting names/locations. a little bad publicity/Karma would serve them right and might prevent it from happening to someone else.
