Removing Rear Tires DIY

Married2Allis

Well-known Member
Apologize if this topic has been covered, but having done this before on car tires -- I have the wild idea of cutting the 16.9-34 rear tires off with a hacksaw or power tools (obviously without also removing a finger, hand, or arm :D). I just want to get to the bare rims so I can take care of any rust or sharp edges before getting new tubes and tires. Does anyone have any ideas? -thanks!
 
Don't you have any wedges or bars? Just search Youtube if you don't know how to do it. Plenty of video how to's that'll show you how.
 
(quoted from post at 14:16:27 01/21/15) Don't you have any wedges or bars? Just search Youtube if you don't know how to do it. Plenty of video how to's that'll show you how.

I've seen some on there but it looks like the bead is really hard to break (one guy used a loader bucket). I'd like to do it with the rims on the tractor. I was thinking about cutting out a small section and then grinding the beads in half. Sawzall and razor knife sounds like it'll do the trick.
 
If you have access to an oscillating tool it worked good for me. These tires were foam filled so I could not break the bead and take them off the usual way.
I used the oscillating tool to cut it a few inches from the rim and then used it to "carve away at it" to expose the bead wire and then used the same tool to cut the wire or use a wire cutter
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I just use splitting wedges like you'd use to split wood. A few whacks with a sledge hammer is all it takes.
I bought an old Case last summer,brought it home on a hot,humid day and still broke the tires down,took them off,took both off one of my Olivers and put those back on it in three hours or so.
 

It is not a wild idea, it is a sound approach. As others have said cut the tire from the bead with a recip saw. Cut the bead with hammer and cold chisel. Quick and easy!
 
Sawzall for the carcass, then an abrasive cut-off wheel for the bead. I go in at an angle to have less chance of nicking the rim with the blade.
 

Remove the tire and rim from the tractor. Lay it down flat under the drawbar of another, heavy tractor. Use a handyman jack to break the bead. Fip the tire/rim over and break the bead on that side. If you don't care about saving the tube, use any kind of pry bar, crow bar, etc. to get the tire off the rim. You will struggle with the first tire because you are learning. The second tire will be MUCH easier.

I've done 2 sets of rear tractor tires using that method.
 
rustyfarmall's way is one of the ways I have used that will work and be less work than cutting them off. I set a 2X4 on the tire next to the rim with other end on a block as high as the tire to put the jack on when I used a bottle jack.
 
(quoted from post at 14:24:27 01/22/15) rustyfarmall's way is one of the ways I have used that will work and be less work than cutting them off. I set a 2X4 on the tire next to the rim with other end on a block as high as the tire to put the jack on when I used a bottle jack.

Cutting takes about 90 seconds /tire. I did a pair of 18.4x38s a few years ago.
 
Looks like many have cut them off before.

I guess I'd only warning that if the casings are good and if any tread left at all there could be some value in the old ones if not cut off.
 
(quoted from post at 12:10:30 01/23/15) Looks like many have cut them off before.

I guess I'd only warning that if the casings are good and if any tread left at all there could be some value in the old ones if not cut off.

Yes cutting could damage the tire Be Careful!! LOL
 
(quoted from post at 12:10:30 01/23/15) Looks like many have cut them off before.

I guess I'd only warning that if the casings are good and if any tread left at all there could be some value in the old ones if not cut off.

Exactly!! If nothing for nothing else, a rear tractor makes a very good raised bed garden. Works quite well for sweet potatos also.
 
High lift or as others call handyman jacks
are effective and I have done that many
many times but can be VERY DANGEROUS if
not done exactly right. The bottle jack
trick will work. What I did on my very
rusty rims with dry rotted tires was
soaked the beads with pb blaster 2 or 3
times and sat all night. Next morning used
a hammer and a wedge to break the bead
down ever so gently. I uses my same tire
and it was even dry rotted. But trust me,
there was a few choice words expressed.
 
Since you don't seem to care about the tires, cut the valve stems off to let the air out and drive it around on flat tires, that should help break the beads loose. Or at least that's how it works for me when I get a flat on a tubeless tire that I'd rather not have off the bead!!

My grandpa used to lay the wheel on the ground and drive on to it with the front wheel of his grain truck, that seemed to work well to bust the beads.
 
Check this YouTube video out worked for me!
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Thanks for those bottle jack pics, I thought you backed over the tire with another tractor.
 
As long as the tire does not have steel wire embedded in it, you can use a chain saw to cut a section out of the tire- it only takes seconds. Wear safety glasses and some leather gloves. Stop the cut about an inch above the bead. Cut the bead with an abrasive cut off wheel or angle grinder. Careful not to nick the wheel. I removed about 25 old tractor trailer tires from the rims this way so I could recycle the wheels. Works great.
 

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