Re: Removing a stubborn junk tire from a wheel
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Originally Posted by Ray in La Mesa
Hi Gary, I've had the same experience. Five petrified 600-16 on Ford spoke rims. 4Day Tire wanted $60 to break them down but Horrible Freight had a sale that day on their manual tire changer. Bought it for $47 mounted it to my shop floor. After breaking the beads with my antique bead breaker I couldn't get the tires off the rims so went at them with my antique Skillsaw. After lots of rubber smoke & sparks they relinquished their grip on the rims. Plus, I have used the machine many times since.
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Good for you Ray! That's the rigid economy our depression era dads tried so hard to bestow on us. Haven't seen you too much on the 'barn since you visited us last spring. Highlight of their visit was Ray's wife doing two laps around our 1/8 mile dirt track on my Model AA doodlebug. She has been driving her model A for many years. Really fun folks!
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Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)
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09-26-2022, 10:35 AM
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