Front wheels

[TJ64]

I'm trying to get by for a few more months on these old nasty tires on the front. I had a flat, aired it up and hauled a couple logs. Parked it for an hour and went out to get it again and the tire was flat again. I broke down the tire, the rim is nasty! I wire brushed it, chipped it with my slag hammer, wire wheeled it...still has sharap edges. I think I am going to take a dremmel to it next, or heat it up with a torch and hammer off the loose stuff. I plan on hitting it with rusty metal primer and them putting a strip of rubber in the very center ( from a good part of the old tube) before I install a new tube in these cracked old tires. How have you folks delt with seriously rusty old rims? Or am I just cheap?

 

[Duner Wi]

Your plan should work fine. If you want to save $50. bucks I have used temporary spares on the front . Lot of times you can get them for free up to 5 $.
I think mine are T155/90X16.