Tire tools

I made a bead breaker and some tire irons. I thought someone might be interested in seeing. I found out that changing a large tractor tire that is rusted on is very different than changing a car tire. I had to remake it 2 or 3 times and I still need to remake the bottom foot. The first foot was made of 1/4. Inch steel which bent like plastic and the big power screw that was 1/2 inch stripped out. I changed the foot to 1/2 inch and the power screw to 3/4 inch. It now works pretty good. You have to use it in several places around the tire to completely break the bead. If I ever make another one, I will make the foot out of a 1/4 inch leaf spring and see if that is strong enough. The 1/2 inch foot is hard to get started. You have to use a tire iron and press the sidewall down and then take a 2 pound hammer and pound the bead breaker in. My tires were rusted in really good! Do tire men know how much trouble they cause by using water based lube to mount tires? There is a video on YouTube that I got the idea from. The plunger is 1 inch square tubing. The larger square tube was made from angle iron welded together, just a little larger than the small tube. It's about 6 inches tall.
The tire irons ends were heated and flattened on a anvil. I cut a pipe in half for the rounded part. Maybe 1/4 pipe. Those two were used to get the back bead off of the wheel. I couldn't find a video that showed how to do that, so I made those bars. I don't know if that is the best way to do it, but it worked after a lot of work. I don't recommend you change your own tractor tires unless you're broke or crazy. One guy said I may be crazy, but it helps!