(quoted from post at 23:39:14 12/30/16)
(quoted from post at 23:28:09 12/30/16) i dismounted a couple of tires myself recently and I can assure you it's not much fun. It took me about 3 hours and some serious effort. But, the tire shop is 40 minutes away and not able to handle the big ag tires except for 8-5 on weekdays. The logistics of running the tires over, time off work, etc made a 3 hour job on a Saturday afternoon by myself the best choice. Now that the rims are sandblasted and powder coated it's time for the pros though, I wouldn't want to ding up the powder coat with my cave man tools.
Be careful which "pros" you choose.
I took a pair of rims and tires to one "semi local to us both" dealer
to have the tires dismounted. I told them I didn't care about the
tires, they were junk. Cut them into shreds if needed.
The rims were sold though and I didn't want them damaged.
"Ok" they said, then they laid them down on the floor and beat on
them with a tire hammer. Beat the rims up so bad I lost the sale.
They ended up "buying" them and sent them home with me.
But not without a lot of hassle.