Re: (ET) chnaging tires?

[Steve & Carol Welch <welches dejazzd com>]

I can tell you from experience that cutting them off with ordinary  
hand tools is a bit of work.  A hacksaw, tin snips, and wire cutters  
get through most of it with moderate effort, but getting through the  
wire beads is fun.  (Not).

Unless one has some power tools that make it quick, I think this is a  
good time to pay the $5 or whatever to have someone yank the old  
skins off for you.

Been there and done that.

Steve

On May 30, 2006, at 10:01 PM, Christopher Zach wrote:

> How about just cutting the tires off or something? It's not like  
> you're
> going to re-use them.
>
> Chris
>
>
> David C Robie wrote:
> > I tries the 'dull screwdriver' approach on the front tire already
> > mentioned.  Perhaps King Kong could do it.  I even soaked the  
> > thing in
> > the best rust breaker I know of (Gibbs) beforehand.  Even though I
> > finally broke the beads (with a small sledge) these old tires have no
> > 'stretch in em at all, and a little bit of that is needed to get  
> > em off.
> > Will vote for paying the few extra bucks next time instead of wasting
> > time and a coffee cup full of sweat.
> > Dave
> > Weymouth MA
> >
> > On Sat, 27 May 2006 15:39:51 -0400 Jim Coate <jbc coate org> writes:
> > > In my immediate case, the tires are loose from the rims... something
> > > about putting on chains but not then inflating properly and trying
> > > to
> > > plow... the torque in LL was more than enough to turn the rim with
> > > the
> > > chains holding the tire in place on the ground.
> > >
> > > And I did discover Tractor Supply sells "tire spoons" but I'll look
> > > for
> > > someone with the machine.
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Coate" <jbc coate org>
> > > > Does replacing ET tires...
> > >
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