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im4racin 
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Posted: 24 Apr 2023 at 10:43pm |
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1 how many of you change your own tires. Fronts and rears?
2 what do you do with the old tires for disposal?
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plummerscarin
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Posted: 24 Apr 2023 at 10:57pm |
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Still do most of my own for now. But I do have an older tire machine. Even works on skidloader tires. We have been using rears for raised bed gardening. On occasion my accountant scores tire amnesty certificates for free disposal
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200Tom1
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Posted: 24 Apr 2023 at 11:52pm |
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I still do a few tires. Most of the time I dispose of the old ones properly. Occasionally I put one or two under the bench Incase I need 1 for a trailer.
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im4racin
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Posted: 25 Apr 2023 at 6:22am |
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I'm asking about tractors. Car shops will take auto tires and put on there pile.
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PaulB
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Posted: 25 Apr 2023 at 6:27am |
I still do all my own tires, tractor fronts and rears, car, pickup & tractor trailer. Have been for over 50 years, just not as fast as I used to be. Too many tire shop morons in such a hurry to ruin things with impact guns. Even when I buy new tires I only take in the rims to get new ones mounted and balanced. Old car and pickup tires get moved to wagon duty. Generally the county landfill will allow residents to drop off a dozen tires under a certain size once a year. There one good local tire shop that allows me to get rid of larger ones at a reasonable cost.
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If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere.
Real pullers don't have speed limits.
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sho-man1
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Posted: 25 Apr 2023 at 8:50am |
Tractor tire disposal? Just call your local gym, cross-fit or fitness center, they are always looking for tractor tires to flip over for exercise. They may even come pick them up...Closer you are to large urban areas, the easier it is to "sell" them the tires.
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Clay
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Posted: 25 Apr 2023 at 12:12pm |
If we cut them up with a Sawzall, the land fill will take them. Just have to cut out the sidewalls.
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DanielW
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Posted: 25 Apr 2023 at 1:55pm |
I do my own farm tires - including rear tractor tires. On our rough & rocky ground I always prefer tubes over tubeless as it's so easy to roll a tire off the bead if you run up against a a rock or something - especially when logging. It seems around here no tire shops know how to put a tube in a tire anymore - they won't check the rim for rough spots/catch points, nor the inside of the tire for any belts belts poking through that would puncture the tube.
It's irritating, because I don't like doing tire work, but it's the only way I can get a tube in a rim and have it last. I wouldn't expecting them to blast & grind the rim or anything, but a quick once-over the inside of the tire with a cloth to check for catch points and 30 seconds with a wire brush on the rim shouldn't be too much to ask.
I built my own slide hammer bead breaker for the rears - makes a world of difference compared to my old bead axes or jack methods of breaking the beads.
As far as getting rid of: More and more landfills are taking them for free, because manufacturers use them. I know the ones from the local landfill make their way to the shingle factory nearby. I guess they must grind them up & use them in the shingles?
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jvin248
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Posted: 26 Apr 2023 at 3:23pm |
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I'd be interested in seeing photos of your slide hammer bead breaker. That could be handy.
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Jim.ME
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Posted: 26 Apr 2023 at 5:31pm |
There are many Slide hammer bead breakers available on eBay and Amazon. $40 to $50 delivered to your door ready to use. I was going to build one but at that price I had better things to do. JMHO
Here is one:
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plummerscarin
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Posted: 26 Apr 2023 at 6:00pm |
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I have one like that. Use it frequently. Also got a bead breaker from Northern Tool that clamps on and employs a threaded anvil to push bead loose.
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DanielW
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Posted: 26 Apr 2023 at 7:14pm |
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Yeah, it probably would have made more sense to buy one. I had a Kentool one before my homemade one that I let my brother take when he moved out West. The only reason I decided to build one was because the Kentool one seemed too light, even though it was their heavy-duty model. They have a spring in the end to reduce shock to your hands. It works great, but doesn't give the punch you need to break really rusty beads.
The sliding portion on mine is much, much heavier. It gives all your joints one heck of a shock to use and is so heavy it's a complete nightmare to use, but it sure breaks rusted-on beads pretty easily.
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Ray54
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Posted: 27 Apr 2023 at 12:03pm |
Take any bar and curve the tip to a similar angle as the one pictured in the E bay add and pound on it with a T post fence post driver.
If your younger and going to be doing tires for years to come, build or buy one of the bead breaker you screw down with a wrench. As I have only been around one tractor that the wheel was left on the tractor. But since everyone tells me it is easier that way, which I can see if putting a tube in for sure. It is awkward to me to use a slide hammer or regular tire hammer to beat the bead loose at those positions. But with the body failing me any tractor tire I work on now is because of dire need and nobody else to do it. But it is not all that hard or technical, just need to know the basics and use common sense. Just know which way things will fly if they go bad working on slit rims. Thankfully never had a problem with one, so cannot be that hard.
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