Helllp!

Drive on it?

Yep, the secret is load it up and take it to the tire shop in town. It cost me $25 ea to get the rear tires removed on my D17. When I consider the aggravation that tires cause when you don't have the proper irons, it was money EXTREMELY well spent.

pour coke around the bead and go have lunch then give it a try  

I have done as you with a WD45 or the front gang of a heavy disc, then used a big pry or rock breaker to break them loose.  Beat on one section, move 6-8 inches and repeat and it broke loose.  Kroil makes a big difference.  Now I use the bucket on the bobcat

I use Dans 7080 method. I put a 12 ton hydraulic jack base on the tire, near the rim as possible, with the upper part of the jack up against something HEAVY above it. Pump the jack and eventually the bead breaks loose. May have to move it around to a few more spots, then eventaully the whole side comes loose. Hope this helps. Bob@allisdowneast

Use a Bead Cheetah. It's foolproof.

If you are going to be messing with the old tractors and think you have to do the tires, spend the money on the bead cheetah like GBACG says. I have one and it has paid for itself many times.

Well guys, Thanks for all the input. I did think of the HD5G, but it is torn apart at the moment. I really liked Brians idea, but in the near future (12 mo's) or so, I'll have about 7-8 of these to do (removing the tires to fix the wheels) and, in most cases the tire is salvageable. SOOOO, I next checked the prices on the "Cheeta".  A little more than I have to spend right now, but, I do have a fire wrench and MIG, and a 10 ton porta power so I think maybe I'll use the pics of the Cheeta, and some other beadbusters I saw on line as inspiration see what I can come up with in the REDNECK ENGINEERING DEPT

I use to use a 2 x 12 ramped up and then drive my pickup on it all the way to the edge of the rim, and the weight would break the bead.   If they are really stubborn, I use a 6' bar and beat next to the 2 x 12 and will break loose.   Sometimes, I have left the truck on there for a while and it works.   Now I use my ramp for my trailer as they are loose and I can't break them like I did with a 2 x 12 every now and then.  I even helped my dad with some new tires for his Simplicity tractor, and after swearing at them for a while, I forgot that I had the ramp in the back of my truck.  Went up and did one side, flipped it over and did the other side in 5 minutes.  I have never had one that I couldn't pop loose with that method, and now that I have a F250 which is bigger(and heavier) then my other truck  it works even better.   The key is to get the ramp as close to the bead without touching it, so it puts as much force on the tire as possible.   I use to take them in, but I am cheap so I figured if I can teach myself to do it, I can save some money for more tractors!!

LouSWPA wrote: Well guys, Thanks for all the input. I did think of the HD5G, but it is torn apart at the moment. I really liked Brians idea, but in the near future (12 mo's) or so, I'll have about 7-8 of these to do (removing the tires to fix the wheels) and, in most cases the tire is salvageable. SOOOO, I next checked the prices on the "Cheeta".  A little more than I have to spend right now, but, I do have a fire wrench and MIG, and a 10 ton porta power so I think maybe I'll use the pics of the Cheeta, and some other beadbusters I saw on line as inspiration see what I can come up with in the REDNECK ENGINEERING DEPT

Hey Lou the Cheeta is used to set the bead onto the rim when installing the tire, not breaking the bead off of the rim when removing the tire. There is a product call Bead Breaker that works great! There is also a tire sledge that has a wedge shape on one side much like a tool someone described above. A good but slightly dangerous sub for the cheeta is staring fluid and a match;)

My bad. I was referencing the Bead Cheata, Speeco P/N 05500. The bead Cheetah (with an "h") is used as ScooterBuck has described.

Awe...just wait until you get the crawler back up and runnin.....ain't no tire that will stand up to that baby. More efficient use of your time, too!

Let the air out of it :) lol.  To be honest, I spent over an hour trying to break the beads on some 18.4-34s with a bobcat, sledge and wedge, truck, etc in the 90+ degree heat this summer only to remember I had only taken the valve stem out of one of the tires....  I found that I really needed the edge of a bucket to get the bead broken, as driving on it would not get pressure close enough to the bead. 

Hurst