In 1904 the "H. Atwater Tire Puller" was manufactured and sold by H. and J. H. Atwater of Chattanooga. Other ads show that J. H. Atwater was in Chattanooga and H. Atwater was in Vacaville, California. They continued in business until at least 1908.

The H. Atwater Tire Puller used a long-armed lever press to push off the steel tire from a wooden wheel. This method was found to put less stress on the wheel, resulting in less breakage of spokes and less likelihood of damaging the joints in the wheel hub or rim.

Information Sources

• 1904-08-10 Hardware, page 46, in a listing of new businesses.

  Chattanooga, Tenn.—H. Atwater has recently gone into the business of manufacturing and selling the Atwater Tire Puller, said to be the finest thing for pulling tires from wheels.

  T. I. Wilson, Chattanooga, Tenn., says: "I never had a machine for the money that has been so usefu las the H. Atwater Tire Puller. We could not do without it and it is with a very great pleasure that I recommend this tool to every blacksmith doing even a small amount of Tire Setting."

  The Chattanooga Buggy Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.: "We find the H. Atwater Tire Puller one of the most convenient tools in our shop. We would not be without it for five times the cost."

• September 1904 The American Blacksmith, page XVIII.

  J. H. Atwater, Chattanooga, Tenn., and H. Atwater, Vacaville, Cal., manufacturers of the H. Atwater Tire Puller, send us the two following testimonials from users of their machine.

  February 1905 The Carriage Monthly, page 538.

  J. H. Atwater, Chattanooga, Tenn., advertises a tire puller that understands its business. It never strikes, is dumb as an oyster to the walking delegate, and will remove a wagon tire from the rim in five minutes, and without the slightest injury to the wheel. This is not what the tire puller says of it, but what other people say concerning it. It is a gem in its way, and understands the tire pulling business to perfection.

  April 1908 Blacksmith and Wheelwright, page 170..

  Atwater's Tire Puller.—Every blacksmith who was done any considerable amount of resetting wagon tires realizes the difficulty and vexation of getting many of the tires off preparatory to doing the work and the danger of splitting and breaking the felloes. H. & J. H. Atwater, of Chattanooga, Tennessee., has invented a machine which will do this work easily, quickly and safely. See their advertisement with an illustration of the machine, and in writing to them for further particulars and prices, mention The Blacksmith and Wheelwright.