New AG's Mounted!

[gsemeraro8 149]

Finally Mounted...I think i need mental and physical therapy after mounting the fronts, with the tire machine at my shop the rears were a breeze, but the fronts? they better last 25 years 

[Tankman 3,520]

Excellent donuts! You're spolin' that Horse!  

[ebinmaine 68,874]

5 hours ago, gsemeraro8 said:

think i need mental and physical therapy after mounting the fronts

I feel your pain.

I have to mount 6 tires tomorrow.

You'll likely hear the cursing from there.

2 rears. We have an HF manual tire changer for those. Easy.

 

4 fronts. Misery. Pure and simple.

 

[bc.gold 3,403]

I use the first method to get a tire to bead.

 

 

 

[gsemeraro8 149]

1 hour ago, bcgold said:

I use the first method to get a tire to bead.

 

 

 

The beading was the easiest part, getting that 6ply ag tire on that little 8” rim was where i almost gave up completely 😂

[gsemeraro8 149]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

I feel your pain.

I have to mount 6 tires tomorrow.

You'll likely hear the cursing from there.

2 rears. We have an HF manual tire changer for those. Easy.

 

4 fronts. Misery. Pure and simple.

 

I actually have anxiety thinking about your tires tomorrow! 2 240lb guys, 2 4ft tire irons one busted knuckle and one tire iron to the shin, and that was only two tires...good luck with yours! 

[gsemeraro8 149]

3 hours ago, Tankman said:

Excellent donuts! You're spolin' that Horse!  

Only the best for a stallion!

[bc.gold 3,403]

9 minutes ago, gsemeraro8 said:

The beading was the easiest part, getting that 6ply ag tire on that little 8” rim was where i almost gave up completely 😂

I have an old walk behind tiller that had rotted tires that I replaced with those small diameter stiff tires. 

 

I used two thin boards with a large C-clamp to keep one side of the tire clamped together this allowed me to work the opposite side over the rim using a pair of large screwdrivers as tire irons.

 

The boards and clamp come into play after the first bead has been installed onto the rim.

Take small bites and be sure to soap your tire bead, watered down dish soap.

Edited October 6, 2018 by bcgold

[gsemeraro8 149]

1 minute ago, bcgold said:

I have an old walk behind tiller that had rotted tires that I replaced with those small diameter stiff tires. 

 

I used two thin boards with a large C-clamp to keep one side of the tire clamped together this allowed me to work the opposite side over the rim using a pair of large screwdrivers as tire irons.

Take small bites and be sure to soap your tire bead, watered down dish soap.

The c clamp with the boards is a good idea, i can see it saving alot of frustration 

[bc.gold 3,403]

23 minutes ago, gsemeraro8 said:

The c clamp with the boards is a good idea, i can see it saving alot of frustration 

 

Plenty of frustration and cursing before coming up with this idea the boards with the C-clamp saved the day..

 

Large screwdrivers work best anything thicker takes to much of a bite.

 

 

 

Edited October 6, 2018 by bcgold

[gsemeraro8 149]

15 minutes ago, bcgold said:

 

Plenty of frustration and cursing before coming up with this idea the boards with the C-clamp saved the day..

 

Large screwdrivers work best anything thicker takes to much of a bite.

 

 

 

You should have seen the irons we were using, we use them to mount HD truck tires

Edited October 6, 2018 by gsemeraro8

[bc.gold 3,403]

2 minutes ago, gsemeraro8 said:

You should have see the irons we were using, we use them to mount HD truck tires

 

Not in my tool crib, I'm done with HD tires.

 

One tire on my old Michigan loader had a leaking bead and someone used some kind of contact cement to seal the leak me and the tireman a Kal Tire beat on that thing half a day to get the bead separated from the rim. Getting the replacement on was easy.

 

It's the small tires that will give ya grief.

[ebinmaine 68,874]

6 hours ago, gsemeraro8 said:

I actually have anxiety thinking about your tires tomorrow! 2 240lb guys, 2 4ft tire irons one busted knuckle and one tire iron to the shin, and that was only two tires...good luck with yours! 

It'll be challenging but none o mine are 6 plies

 

[gsemeraro8 149]

Finally done!

[kick 72]

Looks tough. 

[CasualObserver 3,409]

On 10/6/2018 at 7:16 AM, gsemeraro8 said:

Finally done!

 

 

Now that's a calendar worthy shot right there!  #Calendar2019

[gsemeraro8 149]

34 minutes ago, CasualObserver said:

 

 

Now that's a calendar worthy shot right there!  #Calendar2019

wait until i install the stack, should be here today

[Sarge 3,464]

One trick I've learned is to use welding clamps to compress the bead down into the center of the rim - that's the whole problem of mounting these smaller tires, especially 8" and smaller. Clamp on one side to hold the beads in the center, one small clamp on each opposite 1/3 of the wheel to hold the part that's started below the rim lip. Small tire iron or motorcycle iron does the rest. It's also a lot easier to bolt that rim down on something solid so you don't have to chase it - I plan to build a receiver hitch tube extension with a 3/4" axle to hold the common front wheels solidly to the 3-ton pickup.

 

Sarge

[Lee1977 6,868]

My neighbor and I use a 3/4" bar in the vice to hold the wheel in place. Clamping the tire together once one side is on and starting the other is a great idea.  Two people makes it a lot easer to mount those 8" tires.