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Faunsdale, AL | It’s helpful to work on one that’s ruined already. Easy to poke a hole through sidewall. Cutting edges are usually safe, but bucket corners or forklift tips can go right through sidewall once they slip away from the bead.
Also easy to bend fenders, break cab glass or push tractor off jack!
It’s not that you can’t use a loader, backhoe or other machine, it’s just that you easily can ruin a good tire and cost more than a service call or buying the right tools.
I do find a loader with forklift attachment to be very handy flipping a big tire over or moving it around if you have to remove it from the tractor or equipment. As long as it can stay on the machine it’s not as hard to roll the tire up to it.
I grew up using a 10 pound sledge hammer and a breaking wedge to break beads on an assortment of tires from 14” implement tires up to 20.8-38 tractor tires. Got old and lazy and have looked for easier ways! My ace in the hole is still that same old breaking wedge and hammer when I can’t get anything else to work. Need to find a source to buy a new one since the old one is so short from being battered on the end.
Edited by ccjersey 11/29/2024 19:32
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Any tricks to breaking down a rear tracror tire ..
