how to cut a tire off a rim

[67chevy1series]

i found these 72 steele rims from a junk yard but the tires are junk so my dad was thinking we could cut the tire off and leave it so what could that off

[mikey531]

DON'T PUT ANY HEAT TO IT !!!!!!!!!!!

Watch this:

YouTube - Tire Explosion

[Sport/Truck]

Not sure what caused that to blow up? Fire burning inside the tire?

[hayhauler71]

let the air out and cut it with a sawsall. or just have them dismounted at a tire shop

[heeroyue2002]

ive used a sawzall to remove tires and ive also ran them over to break the bead.

[ERASER5]

Sawzall-- battery powerd

[raycow]

If you are going to try cutting the tires off, you have to break the beads loose first. If you don't, you run the risk of damaging the bead seat area of the wheel when you cut the beads.

If the wheels are worth anything, I think I would just pay a tire shop to do it.

Ray

[Yukon 400]

You can remove the tires with two tire spoons and some lube, with some practice at home it should take less than 5 minutes, once you get the technique down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCl9neuImi8

[Sport/Truck]

Originally Posted by Yukon 400

You can remove the tires with two tire spoons and some lube, with some practice at home it should take less than 5 minutes, once you get the technique down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCl9neuImi8

The tire shops should hire that guy, the local tire shops take twice as long, and they are using machines!

[JET4x4]

Big truck tires are easy to take off with spoons and a tire hammer. Pickup truck tires are always a pain in the butt to do by hand, at least from my experience.

[67chevy1series]

so trucks you can take off by hand

[sporty1200xlc]

I have taken tires off by lying them on the ground and running another truck over them to break the bead. May have to do it a couple of times but easier than cutting them. If your on gravel careful not to damage them. Im a truck driver and have seen alot of tires changed on a Semi all done by hand. Man do they make it look easy.

[biker3r]

Ive ran them over, used bumper jack etc. but found its worth a few bucks at a tire shop. jus my .02

[cdowns]

i've cut a few off with sawzall but i'm old n lazy now so i'd just go to the corner shop and pay for the easy clean way out

[67chevy1series]

well thats the thing y dad said he doesnt want to pay them to recycle the tire

[cdowns]

i take the tires home and either recycle myself or use at later date no recycle fee involved at shop just removal fee

[raycow]

Yeh, I do the same. Whenever I buy tires I always take the old ones home with me. No way am I going to pay someone else to give my tires a politically correct "disposal".

Ray

[Puropedo]

I used a machete once...

[67chevy1series]

[69 longhorn]

I have recycled a few of those old tires in my burn barrel....dont tell! You just need a good HOT wood fire going, & it pretty much burns the smoke. just toss the tire a chunk at a time (after the machete work) Its a little faster to cut em with a chop saw....but you want to do this outside, as it does make some smoke Yes my neighbors love me, but they DO know that I am nuts! crazyAl

[57larry]

take the rims to a tire shop. take the old tires and dump them at night in your neighborhood jerk's yard

[ChevLoRay]

Don't know about where you live, but in Arkansas there's a $2 fee/tire that is collected when new tires are sold. There are tire shops that have collection bins (huge x large) that you can throw your old tires in...for free. The shops sell those old carcasses, so it's no big deal for me to use their bin. It's legal, too.

As for tires blowing up.....if you removed the core, there shouldn't be anything in the tire that is capable of blowing unless someone used a propane-based tire inflator that has some residual combustibles that cling to the rubber compound.

But I have had one tire that was ruined by a "tire shop" that used some liquid combustible inside the tire which they lit with a match to make the tire seat on the rim. When the tire wouldn't hold air for more than a day, I had another shop to check it and then found a huge bubble when it was inflated.

[69 longhorn]

Hell, here in Illinios.....toss them tires in the river! The tire shop wants the fee......then they sell them, & we find them in new paving on the hyways! Kiss my azz, I like to do the right thing with(recycle).....but DONT get this old HILLBILLY started You caint(hillbilly slang) tell me that there is no better way to go? Like said , the tire shops charge for disposal.....then they SELL
the disposed tires, & much of that ends, with the public? I have to ask, "whats wrong with this pic"?Recycle the CRAPP, & cut us all a break this old 1/2 hillbilly, 1/2 american Indian, has been trying to help out for a longtime on the recycle.....when is the government gonna step up to the Damn plate? I said my peice, for what its worth, this old Souix dont buy the chit. For the people, by the people(yah right)crazy Al

[67chevy1series]

Originally Posted by 57larry

take the rims to a tire shop. take the old tires and dump them at night in your neighborhood jerk's yard

[67chevy1series]

Originally Posted by 69 longhorn

Hell, here in Illinios.....toss them tires in the river! The tire shop wants the fee......then they sell them, & we find them in new paving on the hyways! Kiss my azz, I like to do the right thing with(recycle).....but DONT get this old HILLBILLY started You caint(hillbilly slang) tell me that there is no better way to go? Like said , the tire shops charge for disposal.....then they SELL
the disposed tires, & much of that ends, with the public? I have to ask, "whats wrong with this pic"?Recycle the CRAPP, & cut us all a break this old 1/2 hillbilly, 1/2 american Indian, has been trying to help out for a longtime on the recycle.....when is the government gonna step up to the Damn plate? I said my peice, for what its worth, this old Souix dont buy the chit. For the people, by the people(yah right)crazy Al

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