to those of you who have changed tires

[sewerzuk]

on stock split rims....
Mad props.
You are truly a badass

One hour and about 2000 calories, 1 tire removed. 6 more to go.

 

[AMGeneral]

Heck,I can usually do 5 or 6 a day with no problem,1100 X 20s at that.

 

[Westech]

a trick is to brake the bead by using a 4x4 or larger and placing it on the tire and using a truck to drive up the board to brake the bead. EZ as pie.

 

[sewerzuk]

I got the first one off with pallet forks on my kubota tractor. Hopefully I have the procedure down a little better now for the rest of them...

 

[WillWagner]

Want a tip?
Get an empty water bottle...you know, the plastic pint ones?
Fill it 7/8 full of warm/hot water, poke a 1/8 in. hole in the screw top.
Fill the rest of the bottle with your favorite liquid dish soap...I have found Polmolive works MUCH better than others!
Air down the tire, give the bead a good squirt of the soapy water mix and walk away for 5 mins, or, do multiple tires.
Go back to the first tire, lock ring up, on a piece of mud flap or carpet and use a good duckbill on it. After that side is off the bead, flip it and do the same to the other side.
I learned this trick from an old guy and it has worked very well, even on tires that have been on the wheel for 20 years.
I can get a tire dis mounted in about 5 minutes...even old ones.

 

[army_nurse]

did 3 in one day!!! changed 9.00's to 395's. after i finished the 3rd one went home and cried to my wife. but now the truck has super singles.!!!!!!

 

[porkysplace]

breaking them down is the easy part ( the right tools help ) i don't care how many you have done or how good the cage is airing them up is dangerous

 

[wreckerman893]

In my younger days I could beat them off the rims all day long.....now I just take them to the tire guy.

$25.00 bucks a throw is well worth it.

 

[pctrans]

THAT'S the way to do it "WM"

 

[ElkHunter61523]

Soapy water and use the mattox to walk around the bead. 30 minutes or less per tire. Been doing it this way on our dump and now the duece.

 

[gimpyrobb]

I took a bad rim, cut in quarters, set them on another rim and welded spacers on it. Now I just use that oversized rim to push down with the wrecker boom. I was able to completely break down 10 rims in just over an hour.

 

[littlebob]

I'm with WM. I've changed tires on a lot of things over the years, but big truck tires I don,t plan on doing but once for practice in an emergency, and I will do it it with the bare minimum of the tools I
would have at the time. anybody know what the bare minimum is?

 

[SETOYOTA]

duck bill hammer and a couple of tire irons, and alot of sweat. Did ten a couple pf weeks ago for my CCKW with the above mentioned tools. Tires had been mounted 50 years.

 

[m16ty]

I've changed more split ring tires than I care to remember. I'll still do it when needed but they aren't as much fun as they used to be.

I would think the bare minimum off tools would be a bottle of soapy water, a duckbill hammer, and a prybar.

Just remember to be safe when airing them back up.

 

[Sgt. Sam]

Tires

Ya Im getting to dammed old Fight them big old tires. I takes them down to
godole lesswabs and let the young ones fight them while I supervise. Gets the job done quicker and a lot better on me!!

 

[wsucougarx]

I have removed my tires and rims and have thrown 10 mounted tires into the back of my deuce....by hand.....not to brag but show my stupidity. My back has been paying for it since then

 

[tie6044]

I just bought a slide style impact bead breaker by Ken Tool, got it on e-Bay for $150. It works great once I got the hang of it. Still takes a little effort but there is no bending or swinging a hammer over your head. Here is what they look like:

Ken-Tool Economy Impact Bead Breaker, Model# T24B | Bead Breakers | Northern Tool + Equipment

 

[Stretch44875]

I will brag! 18 in an afternoon. But I cheated with a hydraulic bead breaker.

 

[baxter]

I did 4 once and the last 3 I took over to the semi tire shop $15 apiece.At least I can say I tried.

 

[Haggar]

To break beads, I've always put a large piece of square steel tube on the tire just at the bead. Slide the tire under the bumper of the truck, use a hi-lift jack, base on the steel tube, and then jack under the bumper. The tire will break the bead before the truck is lifted. Haha, most of the time.

I run beadlocks on my off-road Jeeps, so I mount my tires by hand, its fun getting the tires onto the rims (regular 1 piece wheels) with a couple large tire irons...