Changing tubeless tires with as little mess as possible?

That’s like buying more feet for a person with a shoe collection problem. I do OK with road tires, but my offroad tire collection is a bit out of control. Besides all the variety of courses and conditions, I try not to race on tires that are too old or have too many patches. So, they kind of have a lifecycle as race tires >> pit wheel tires >> training/riding tires. Besides training wheels/tires, it’s rare a set of tires would ever stay on a wheel for more than a few weeks. I can swap a set of tires in 5-10 minutes and it’s not much different then putting on a freshly waxed chain for me. I wouldn’t want to count how many off road tires I have in the garage right now, but it’s certainly over 50 and that’s after “cleaning house” last winter to get rid of the old stuff that was just gathering dust. Here’s a couple bins worth -

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