Re: (ET) chnaging tires?

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

I recently went to a tire place for a front tire and tube (Cooper was the
only people who had the size in the right tread) and it cost me $50
including tax and mtg.  Coulda got a 'wrong tread'  4x8 for bout $12 but
a wheelbarrow tire wouldn't trust it.  Is difficult to get these tires
off rusted rims even with good tire spoons and u can't trust that
cleaning and sealing goop will seal the tubless on a rusty one so i put a
tube in em.  4x8 tube is bout $5 by mail but he charged $10.
Dave
Weymouth MA

On Fri, 26 May 2006 13:14:20 -0400 Jim Coate <jbc coate org> writes:
> Does replacing ET tires (or any garden tractor tire for that mater) 
> need 
> a service center with the proper tire mounting machines like car 
> tires, 
> or is it more like a bicycle tire that a pair of hand held flat bars 
> can 
> be used to remove the old tire from the rim and get the new one on?
> 
> Put another way, would people generally go to Tractor Supply and 
> just 
> buy the tire, or go there with the wheel and have them mount the 
> tire as 
> well?
> 
> TIA.
> 
> 
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