Tire Change

I need to change rear tires on my JD A and JD 70. How hard is it to remove the tire off the wheel with the wheel still on the
tractor? It would cost me over $400 for the tire company to come to the farm to make the change. An extra trip to the farm is
involved because I want to paint the inside of the rims while the tires are off.
 
you need a tire hammer, and tire irons. if you have not changed tires before then might be better to get the pro's out.
 

They are the pits especially if filled with carbide rather than windshield washer fluid. Last time I did it I compromised. I got the tires and rims off, finigled them into my pickup with a come-along and took them to the tire shop for the rest of the gut busting work. Turned out one rim was rotted and all the paint ever made would not have helped. One tube was marginal so replaced it. Tractor rears are work + pain + money + patience. You can diminish some by using more of others. Good luck.
 

If the tires are scrap and you want to save money, a Sawzall and an angle grinder with a cutoff wheel can be a great help to get the scrap out of the way.

Then, you can clean and repair and paint the rims.

At that point, with some tire irons and some schlickery lube it's not too tuff nor is rocket surgery involved to install the new tires onto the rims.

Or, at that point. let the pros do it, shouldn't cost much more than a basic service call, once the rims "restored" and ready for the new tires.
 
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If you have a way to transport your tractor, then you might consider taking your tractor to the tire shop.

The tire shop may have a special tool to break the tire from the rim.

After the tire is broken from the rim on each side, then they will probably use two tire tools the get the tire off.

The tire shop that replaces tires and tubes on our tractors charges for $50 labor.

Hope this helps.
 
The tire guys aren't going to get excited about
working with a tire change without being on the
tractor.
If the tire doesn't have fluid, the job is not
too bad.

I change tractor rears myself if no fluid.
I've got an army surplus bead breaker which
simplifies getting the tire loose from the rim.
2 tire tools will get the tire off & on again.

When going back on, a Vise-grip on the rim will
make mounting easier.

ORRRRR call the tire guy.
Jim
 
Randy...if the tires have been mounted on those rims for a long time, if they have fluid in them and you do not have a pneumatic bead breaker....you're in for a lot of work. $400 to remove and remount four tires sounds high compared to costs here in Wisconsin.
 
I sold, replaced, mounted tractor tires for 22 years. Leave the rims on the tractor. Get yourself a duck billed tire hammer, a 3 lb hammer, two 30" tire irons, a jug of tire lube with the swab, two 12" tire irons, a good jack, 2 blocks to block the opposite tire, blocks to crib up the tractor. A slide hammer is a total waste of time on rear tractor tires. So is dish soap used as tire lube. It isn't slick enough. Got a trailer? If you haven't done this before, haul them to the tire shop and let them do it. If they are experienced, It shouldn't take them more than an hour on each tractor. If my back hadn't gone bad I'd still be doing this.
 
Bob is right, if they are junk just bust out the cutoff wheel and grinder...makes quick work of it.

if not, just drive around with them flat for awhile, they will break loose from the rim lol

i put the backhoe outrigger down on one side and use the back bucket to break them loose....but im lazy...
 
I don't know if your wheel looks anything like this but when i put a new wheel on here what i did was release the outer wheel/tire area from the center by taking off the clamps. That then freed up the tire and outer wheel to go to a gas station down the road that deals with big trucks to have dismounted from the old wheel onto this new one. Then it was just a matter of properly reclamping the new wheel on, torque it properly, run the tractor around a bit before retorquing. Done deal. And the gas station only charged me about $40.00 to do the changeout.
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I know this tool is expensive, but if you are going to do a lot of tire changing, this works really great breaking the bead on any tire. Tractor, truck, trailer, whatever. And a couple of long tire irons, some slippery snotty stuff and moderate exercise, you'll get 'er done.
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