Mounting rear tires always scares me...

so today I lubed up the bead with Dawn and  rolled the 18.4 x 28 to the other side of the skid loader, attached the clip on tire inflator thingy and retreated to the barn to wait for the "pop".  Never  did hear it, but decided I'd better stop and deflate (I can unhook the hose at the compressor and it will let the air backflow). Checked a few minutes later and the old tire had seated. I would take it to the tire shop, but if they see even a little crack they won't mount them.......

ya'll ever use starting fluid to mount yer tires? whew! the dude that rents one of our other houses does it all the time mounting semi tires! 

my neighbor has a prtable air tank that has a big ball valve added and a piece of 2" pipe on it smashed down(like an early C muffler) that we use to set the bead on his semi tires.  1 big shot of air and no either.  Not sure if it would be enough to seat the tractor tires or not

  Larry, that air tank is called a bead cheetah, we have one where I work. The boss decided to get one after waching us seat a few with ether, it made him nervous.

Had the tire shop service truck mount two 30.5 x 32 tires yesterday. The beads and tires were well lubricated and there was NO pop. The tires slowly slide onto the bead of the rims with about 18 psi. Was a little nervous because the rims were widened in our shop using the originial 21" rims and adding a second double drop from a combine rim. I call the rims my new double double. It was not our first rim widening project.

I can't see how you could use either the "Bead Cheetah" or the starting fluid on tube type tires.

I must be doing something wrong. I have mounted a lot of rear tractor tires in years past and never had one pop when seating. I have had some of my joints pop trying to get one off. I have had a few that the bead was not quite all the way out but once it was on the ground and in the field a short it was out where there was no crack/space. I have had a couple that when they didn't start to slide in place at 30 pounds of pressure I have broken them down and re lubed them.  Once in a while one side on the same side will start to seat way ahead of the other side which puts th ebead i a cocked position. Some new rears have had some flash that needed trimed off that might have made it hard to slide over.  Most small tires pop when the bead seats.

I needed 2 rears and 2 fronts mounted for my 25-40 on round spokes, thought about doing it myself, local coop told me they would mount all four for $50.00 I guess you know who mounted the tires, picked them up this afternoon, look real nice.

Brian G. NY wrote: I can't see how you could use either the "Bead Cheetah" or the starting fluid on tube type tires.

Have tried the either on tubeless truck tires but made a cheeta out of old 20 lb propane tank and now use that . 1 1/2 " pipe and ball valve on tank clip air hose onto valve stem and start filling then give blast with the cheeta and they go on. 

I didn't read through all this, but I will say that my oldest son worked for tire shops that did on the farm repairs the last three summers.  This past summer I helped him change the rear tires on my dad's 861 Ford.  I would NOT like to be there watching the pressure build until they pop every time.  My son has told me horror stories that he made me promise not to tell his mom.  

I fit tractor tyres day in day out, every 1 i fit pops out onto the bead always lube up real good and usually u r ok only had to put a 100 psi in a couple to make them seat .normally take me 1.5 hours to fit a set of  710/70/r42 and 600/65/r34 onto a tractor. 

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