Depends if the tire has fluid in it and how rusty the rim is. I have had rear tractor tires that came off in twenty minutes.The rims looked like new.

I have had tires on very rusted rims that took two hrs per side to bust them loose!
 
Not difficult at all. Tire store does it for $20!
I use this Little Buddy bead breaker when I do them at home.
I've gotten to where I only do them at home if they are filled
with fluid and I want to save and re-use that fluid.
Tire store charges considerably more for that.

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Not difficult IF not fluid filled and you have the proper tools.

Do not attempt it if you do not have two good tire spoons and a slide hammer or other suitable bead breaker.

Dean
 
As stated depends on rust and in fluid filled. Usually not all that bad with a couple of spoons and a BFH. If only planning to do one tire for the cost of the tools and hassle might be easier to let your local tire store do it.
I bought this cheap manual tire changer from harbor freight for $50 years ago and has been a good investment and has changed many a tire over the years. This past Sunday night I was trailering a small dozer when about 2 miles from home I blew a tire. Of course I didn't have a spare with me. So I ran home with the blown tire Found an old tire and tube, mounted them with the tire changer and was able to get it home with out the expense of having to call someone on a Sunday night to come out and change it.
If you like doing things yourself you might want to give it a try. Might even be some videos on youtube.

Kirk
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I lay the tire flat and drive along the edge of the rim with a 3/4 ton pickup.
3/4 ton tires are hard = 75 psi.
1/2 ton might do if they aren't rusted on. Another tractor will NOT do the job.
It walks the tire right off the rim.
Then I take a couple of tire irons and remove the tire from the rim as needed.
Before I got a decent set of tire irons I used a couple of crow bars and wunder bars. They worked fine.
My pal Kenny is nearly 80 and still does all his own tire work. He would scoff at me if I had it done.
Or worse yet, offer to do it for me.
Tire work is not hard to do.
 
I used to change them with my Dad all the time. This is how we broke the beads, have used a truck also. Dad always used 2 old leaf springs about 20 inches long, I broke down and got 2 tire spoons from Harbor Freight and they have held up very good. As others have said depends on how rusty they are as to how easy they come off.
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Do yourself a huge favor -- take the whole tractor to the farm tire shop they are far easier to change while they are on the machine. A tire pro should have even the toughest 1 off in 10 or 15 minutes, unless it has fluid in it.
 
I agree,
loaded little tractor on the trailer,
took it to the tire store,
unloaded it, they had the new tires and tubes changed, fluid transferred and cleaned a bit on the rims.

all was good, loaded tractor and it was home, they did a good job,

no danger to me.

even thought they are small for tractor tires, with fluid they weigh 600 to 800 lbs.
who wants that weight falling on you at my age.

just not worth it.

they loaded my old tires in the back of the pickup,
remember if they are in usable condition you can sell them all day for $50 to $100 bucks.
in fact the tire store manage said if I was doing a lot of bush hogging he would rather have my old tires than the new ones as he would hate to run a stob through one of those new tires.

borrowed $900 of mama bears egg money and I was home.
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kirk, i've got that same tire "machine" from harbor freight too. it's been worth its weight in gold.

but for a filled tractor rear tire, ya, i'm off to my local tire shop. good people, and friendly pricing.

glad it's all done, wellmax :)
 
Here, you have to have a truck come to your location.They don't fix tractor tires at their shop.Closest shop is 45 miles away. They charge you mileage and so much per hr.
 
I used to tackle the job but not any more. 73, bad back and worse temper. LOL
1st Problem: a tire dealer about 18 miles from me has cost too much. I took 5 28" tires and wheels to be broke down. Some wheels were scrap and some tires were scrap. I identified which were which and left. I went back 4 days later. One good tire of a pair, bead cut in half. Owner said, "rusty". Yup sitting out in the rain AFTER it was cut. Lesson not learned. I had 2 nice tires to be broken off scrap rims. I stood there waiting this time. I watched the "help" use a pneumatic tire machine bead breaker and push right through the sidewall. Owner said, "rotten rubber". FIRED! I have never gone back and have told the story many times.
2nd Problem: about 2 months ago I took 3 28" tires and wheels to be dismounted to a dealer over 30 miles away. 2 down, one to go. Hack tire man clamped the bead breaker to the rim in an area the rim was bent. Impact wrench is supposed to drive the break against the tire bead. Instead, it went over the tire bead and through the sidewall. SCRAP another tire of a nice pair! Excuse, old tires on rusyt rims. YES idiot! Means be careful!
Looking for another dealer nearby. May have to pay for service call at $100 per hour.
 
After the damage a wild tire jockey with a bead hammer inflicted on my Hat rims, I'll be doing my own in the future. Took me quite a while to fix what they had done.

And no, thanks to the tough advice I got here, I didn't pay the garage owner a red cent.
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never went to a "garage" to have tire work done. I use a tire shop (Bergeys) that has been in business since the 30's. never had a damage problem with em.
 

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