Removing tractor tire from rim by yourself?

I have some bad front tires (cuts on sidewalls) to where the tube is sticking out a little. These are 15 inch tires 5 rib so are they hard to take off the rim with tire irons and such?

Not if you have wedges and irons. I do probably 95% of my own. I do all of my own rears that aren't loaded.

It shouldn't be that hard. Probably the hardest part is breaking the bead. I do all our tires. Little tires for the tedder are the hardest. From those to the rears for a tractor including semi tires. Even did a set of 23.1-30's and 30.5-32's. Just have to know how to do it!

just broke bead on 6x16 yesterday, front end loader with power down works great, so is fast hitch with power down, poor lazy mans way follows:

removed valve core from old tube, raised front tire of car with floor jack and slid old tire under car tire then lowered car until bead popped

did same on other side of old tire, had to wallop bead a bit on 2nd side, lining up under car tire is the trick, heavy truck works even better

you can then fight the old tire off with spoons or pry bead up in one spot and cut bead with angle grinder disk

other will have other ideas, keep your fingers out of the mix

Implement and tractor rims don't have a safety bead inside that car and truck rims have so the tire bead moves a lot easier. And the 5 rib implement and wagon tires are pretty thin.

Gerald J.

Use alot of dish soap on the bead and it will make the job alot easier. I also use baby powder on the tubes when reinstalling them in the tire. I get my soap and powder at the local Dollar store.

The bigger the tire the easier, you can use the tire's own weight to your advantage. But if you have never done it have some one show you or take it to the local tire shop.

Many people have gotten hurt airing up tires when they are not seated properly.

Tires are a bomb waiting to explode if you don't know what to look for.

Those radial tires that have been run flat develope zipper cracks in the steel belts that can't be seen and then blow out/explode when aired up. It can leave a side wall with a 4-14 inch opening after it blows out. I've sold tires and have done tires for over 30 years. Your's may not have steel belts if not they can still be dangerous.

I seen a man take a tire off of a farm implement carry in front of him and only carried it 5 feet ( the tread was seperated is why he took it off) and before he could set it down it blew and the tread came back and hit him in the abdomen. It gave him the biggest strawberry on his stomach area that I have ever seen. Luckily it didn't tear him in two pieces. He was off work for 3 weeks.

One has to be careful also with smaller tires where the two halves of the rim are bolted together from each side. I had an 8 inch rim with a tire mounted on it. There were 8, 3/8" bolts holding the two rim halves together. I checked the pressure in the tire and it read 23lbs. I put the air chuck on it to air it up and it instantly blew the rim apart. Luckily one bolt is all that held. The rim swung up and got me just below the kneecap. It threw me 6ft though and when I came too my leg hurt and I was afraid to grab for it because I didn't know if my leg was still attached. I was very lucky and only got 9 stitches out of the incident. My hands were chewed up a bit too!

if you dont want the tire just use a grinder and cut the tire off

I usually use a front end loader bucket but if you don"t have one you can slide the tire and wheel under the drawbar on your tracter and use a handyman jack. Set the foot of the jack on the tire next to the rim and jack up on the drawbar.

I do all my tires. Wagon, trailer, car and tractors, loaded or not.
I use a tire wedge and a BIG hammer. I also use a lubricant that is used to join ADS or Ductile Steel water pipe together. Man, that stuff is slippery. It makes it easier next time you have to break a bead.
I don't take the tractor wheels off to dismount a tire.
You can do it , Good Luck

If you have a crow bar and a post driver you have a ready-made bead breaker.

I'm kinda cheap and I don't want to buy a nice slide hammer or duck bill bead breaker so I take my 50" crow bar with the point on one and and flat on the other end, put the flat end in the bead and slip a steel post driver over it and hammer away. Only works decent when the tire is laying on the floor. Doesn't work worth a darned on rears that are still on the tractor because I have to hold it horizontally for that. Jim

OK, I'll try this myself and save some money!
Thought about buying new tires from the local Tractor Supply and putting them on myself.
I thank you for all the responses!

Gemplers used to have tire changing instructions. Looks like they just have supplies now.
gemplers

If you have a high lift jack and a log chain it is easy.

Jim

No, they're not bad to do if you have the tools. One tire spoon and a crowbar or two spoons are essential along with a bead maul in my opinion.
If you've only got a couple tires to do it's probably easier to take them to a tire shop and get them done. Those are easily fired on a machine and done in a few minutes.
I sometimes take those size tires to a local garage. If the owner is busy he points to the machine and says 'have at it'... He'd rather not bother with my impliment tires so it works out good for both of us.

Rod

(quoted from post at 02:18:03 01/02/09) If you have a high lift jack and a log chain it is easy.

Jim

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OK, I just have to learn this process with the jack and the log chain...

LM