Destructive tire removal?

I got a screaming deal on Craigslist for some wheels for which I have no immediate use. $50 for a set of 4 is less than scrap value, I think.

They also have some crappy 7+ year old tires on them. Wheels without tires take up less precious storage space.

Is there a full caveman, limited tool (IE no tire shop tools) method for getting the tires off?

Spoons and breaking the beads with a hammer or body weight.

If the tires are scrap I have used a sawzall. This also has the advantage of being able to put the small pieces of tire in the household rubbish to be placed at the curb.

Tires are MUCH harder to cut off the then they look as the bead (part that seals to the wheel ) has a large amount of steel in that area of the tire. I would either go to a tire shop or remove the tires myself (lots of work).

Paul B

I fogot to add that I use bolt cutters to cut the bead.

There's a local tire show here that charges, gosh, I don't remember exactly, but maybe 2 or 3 bucks to remove a tire. I dunno. I'd just let them do it.

fast_eddie_72 wrote: There's a local tire show here that charges, gosh, I don't remember exactly, but maybe 2 or 3 bucks to remove a tire. I dunno. I'd just let them do it.

I'd even pay the additional few bucks to let them dispose of the tires.

Just have someone do it. Its not worth it. I have had to do it a couple times because the junkyard charges $20 each for junk tires that arent even useable if you want to buy wheels. It takes a long time to get them off.

Try a super Wal-mart garage. Someone there might want to buy them

That is one thing that pisses me off about the junkyard, they start nickel and diming you. I got to buy a spare rim after months of searching and then ended up paying the same amount for the rim as for the junk tire and junk tire disposal. They are pimpE36 M3s! Last time I went to the yard it looks like they wised up and break the tires and rims, then they clean the rims up and sell them as a set. Weird that I didn't see any loose rims around. They also have a used tire shop, I don't know, even the damned junkyard is going upscale!

Pick and pull would prefer to sell the aluminum rims as scrap, you will see on the rows that have been out longer they break up the sets by pulling one wheel to scrap after the car sits there a week or two. I guess that way people only buy one at a time, not 4.

Pick and pull would prefer to sell the aluminum rims as scrap, you will see on the rows that have been out longer they break up the sets by pulling one wheel to scrap after the car sits there a week or two. I guess that way people only buy one at a time, not 4.

It's 10 bucks around here to remove a tire so I've resorted to the jig saw method to cut the bead.

benzbaron wrote: That is one thing that pisses me off about the junkyard, they start nickel and diming you. I got to buy a spare rim after months of searching and then ended up paying the same amount for the rim as for the junk tire and junk tire disposal. They are pimpE36 M3s! Last time I went to the yard it looks like they wised up and break the tires and rims, then they clean the rims up and sell them as a set. Weird that I didn't see any loose rims around. They also have a used tire shop, I don't know, even the damned junkyard is going upscale!

Our yard had to account for tires. We could not crush them with the cars and could not have more than 5*(the number of vehicles) on hand at any one time or it was a $10,000 fine. The governments nickels and dimes cost more than the salvage yards.

gjz30075 wrote: It's 10 bucks around here to remove a tire so I've resorted to the jig saw method to cut the bead.

I've used a sawzall. It was a lot of work. You're not just cutting the cables in the bead, there are steel cables throughout the tire. And the rubber burns and melts and gums everything up.

I use a HF tire installer/remover or pay someone now. I do have a nice (not HF) bead breaker however.

Fill tire with oxy-acetylene mix from your torches. Toss in fire. Take a few sips of beer while waiting for results. There will be some some kind of event announcing the departure of tire from rim.

And arrival of cops shortly after.

Do not ask me how I know.

NOHOME wrote: Fill tire with oxy-acetylene mix from your torches. Toss in fire. Take a few sips of beer while waiting for results. There will be some some kind of event announcing the departure of tire from rim. And arrival of cops shortly after. Do not ask me how I know.

doesn't work so well if you have aluminum rims that you want to keep, or steel wheels with nice chrome and/or paint.

NOHOME wrote: Fill tire with oxy-acetylene mix from your torches. Toss in fire. Take a few sips of beer while waiting for results. There will be some some kind of event announcing the departure of tire from rim. And arrival of cops shortly after. Do not ask me how I know.

There goes a keyboard....

A bottle jack under the frame of a truck, or something with ground clearance will break a stubborn bead. from there, its all levers and lube. Also, a board as a ramp will break it if you don't send it spinning into the air.