rear tractor tires

[Dale2]

Was looking at buying some tools to repair rear tires with. What type of bead breakers do you guys use to break the beads on rear tractor tire with.

 

[old]

All depends on your skill level. I use a tire hammer on many of them but they can be hard to use for a novice. The one I like the best that I also use is a truck tire bead breaker that is powered by air but it is also the only one that I have even seen. One good one for a novice is the slide hammer type that way you do not have to be a super good aim

 

[Dune Country]

either drive my pickup up on them or use the 580 base backhoe and a block of wood.

 

[Dale2]

I've seen the slide hammer type and have used one once with good results. Does person have to make one or can it be purchased. I will be going to the farm machinery show in February at Louisville, maybe I can find something there.

 

[old]

I've seen the slide hammer type in many farm and home stores. One also need to a good pair of tire spoons. The tire spoons I have are at least 3 foot long. Many years ago I worked at a tire place so I learned how to do tires of most any type including the widow maker split rims. I still do most of my own tractor tires but as I get older it is getting harder to do.

My self I have used the other way like to truck or loader but that is a good way to bend rims and or destroy a tire

 

[jacksun65]

I like to use a bottle jack on the tough ones. slide it under something heavy and start as close to rim as possible.

 

[jeffcat]

Neighbor wanted to put in a new tube on his Deere A. He and his friend were scratching their heads when I walked over. He has an M and so I said take your old beat up pick up truck and park it flat against the other rear tire. Next I found a real good stout piece of wood pole maybe 6 inches across and three or four feet long. Took the valve core out of the first tire. Told him to stand there with to pole against the bead of the first tire. Started up his M and drove up to the pole against the tractors frame. A gentle nudge and Boink. the bead popped loose. A few more repositioning moves and the tire came right off.

 

[matthies]

I bought an Esco bead breaker a few years ago. At the time it cost $120, money well spent. This is a manual clamp on type, have used it on 15 inch to 38 inch tires and the 15's were rusted really bad and it peeled the tire right off. chris

 

[showcrop]

A bead breaker is one thing, but to pull it over there is a bar about four feet long with a five inch long cross piece a few inches from the business end. That is the right bar to get.

 

[jeffcat]

You got it. Have you ever seen someone try to get a tire off one of those aluminum rims. One good hit was all she took. He was glad the junk yard had a coupme of used ones. 5hey don't take kindly to sledge hammers.

 

[Goose]

Telephone. To our local Co-op.

 

[old]

Shoot I have seen where a novice was using a tire machine and broke them and that was not a good thing

 

[old]

I have a friend who is a Paramedic and he tells me stories of people doing thing like that where he get a call due to a broken leg or other such thing. It is always best to use the correct tool for the job or do not do it at all

 

[showcrop]

(quoted from post at 21:52:43 01/28/18) Shoot I have seen where a novice was using a tire machine and broke them and that was not a good thing

Imagine driving on a rim the a tire machine can break. That is just plain dangerous. Somebody needs to advise the Federal DOT that all aluminum rims need to come off the road TODAY

 

[rrlund]

Here's my tire tools. I have two wood wedges and one regular tire wedge. I drive them in with a sledge hammer. Two of my irons are a little bit long. I'd recommend 18 inches or less.

 

[DGinVT]

IF you are using split rims, make sure that they are inflated in a tire cage or wrap chain around the tire . both will prevent you from getting hit should that ring decide to fly off. If you get hit by the ring it can easily kill you. I always tapped the inflated tire while wrapped with the chain to make sure the ring is properly seated.

 

[Oregon Tractor Jack]

Ditto on the bead breaker. I have one and they work great. I have even done an R&R with the tire and rim on the tractor. At the time I was recovering from carpal tunnel surgery on my left hand so I couldn't use it. Took a little longer but it worked. Best tire tool I have ever bought...

OTJ

 

[dhermesc]

I take the tire to work with me and we use the bucket of a 290 excavator or a L90 loader to break the bead. They pop off without any drama or second guessing. Life is a lot easier and safer doing them that way.

 

[WGM]

Which tractors have rear split rims?

 

[GarryinNC]

It is not hard nor expensive to make a slide hammer bead breaker. I took and old wedge, like in RRLund's picture, cut the beat up end off of it, and welded it into a piece of 1 1/4" pipe/tubing about 42 inches long. I use a piece of 1" solid bar about 6 inches longer for the slide.

It works very well for rims laying on the ground. Not too good with them still on the tractor. I have a friend with a mobile tire business and he leaves them on the tractor and uses a air/hydraulic bead breaker. You can get the same kind that work manually, as mentioned below, that will do the job.

Garry

 

[old]

The MH 303 work bull I have has split rim and I had one other but do not remember what it was but it to had split rims