Can't just retube that

fatjay · Tuesday at 11:11 PM

WinterDeere said:
It doesn't take a ton of force, probably just a few hundred pounds, but it's more than you'll want to do without some leverage.

You're telling me! I stood a cinder block on end and was litterally jumping on it. In the end I propped the one side up on a jack stand and just stomped on it until it came free.

fatjay · Tuesday at 11:13 PM

Not so bad, just need to clean up the inside a bit to be smooth.

airbiscuit · Wednesday at 10:49 AM

Did you use really old metal?

fatjay · Wednesday at 1:50 PM

airbiscuit said:
Did you use really old metal?

Yes I did. About 10 years ago I found some steel sheets in the back field. just laying there, completely grown over. No idea how long they'd been there. I hit them with the wire wheel and cleaned them up and have used them for various projects. They're a bit thicker than 1/4".

fidowanttobe · Wednesday at 3:18 PM

20 years or so ago I bought a manual tire changer from Homier/Harbor Freight. I made a bracket so it slipped into a receiver hitch as I didn't want to give up the floorspace permanently. That tool has paid for itself probably more times than any other tool that I own.

murphy1244 · Wednesday at 3:40 PM

The old bumper jacks worked great for this.

CliffordK · Wednesday at 4:41 PM

fidowanttobe said:
20 years or so ago I bought a manual tire changer from Homier/Harbor Freight. I made a bracket so it slipped into a receiver hitch as I didn't want to give up the floorspace permanently. That tool has paid for itself probably more times than any other tool that I own.

I also made a receiver mount for my HF tire remover. I think eventually the wheel bolt hole pin broke, and I still need to repair it.

I did use it at least once on the road when I got a flat trailer tire, and discovered the spare tire rim had gone bad and wasn't holding air. Other times I could have used it, but didn't have it built yet.

I now have a shop tire changer which is much nicer to use.

CH4Ohio · Wednesday at 4:58 PM

You "wrassled" the old tire off of there "by hand"?? Did you cut it off? Wasn't that a heavy-ply implement tire?

Can't tell what size that rim is, but I've found them on Marketplace (sometimes with usable tires on them) for $20 - $50. You've already got $200 worth of sweat into this one. And using old metal to match the finish shows maximum attention to detail!

Tell you what -- if I win a jacket in the giveaway, I'm going to send it straight to you! People would watch this on a reality show . . . No kidding, you could sell tickets!

airbiscuit · Wednesday at 5:09 PM

BTW, now that you have nothing going on, whatever happened with your skidsteer re-power?

fatjay · Wednesday at 5:56 PM

CH4Ohio said:
You "wrassled" the old tire off of there "by hand"?? Did you cut it off? Wasn't that a heavy-ply implement tire?

Can't tell what size that rim is, but I've found them on Marketplace (sometimes with usable tires on them) for $20 - $50. You've already got $200 worth of sweat into this one. And using old metal to match the finish shows maximum attention to detail!

Tell you what -- if I win a jacket in the giveaway, I'm going to send it straight to you! People would watch this on a reality show . . . No kidding, you could sell tickets!

I'm editing it into a video, here's the one removing the tire.