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There have to be hundreds of videos on TH-cam showing how to mount a new tractor tire, but yours is hands down the best there is. So simple, so easy. The best part is, no games or nonsense in your video, just simple instructions. Thanks so much, you are a TH-cam gem!
I love learning. At 72, I have struggled with small tires like this for years. The last lawn tractor tire cause me so much grief that I bought a whole new tire and rim assembly. Now I am confident I can salvage the old one. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Haha. I'm 70 and have done the same thing. I could have taken it to a shop, but I'm too stubborn. This video makes it look easy, but I'll bet I'm making up new swear words before I get it done.
Forty plus years of fighting lawn mower tires and I never thought of mounting them on a post. When I saw your bar in the vice, I said that will work just like an old Coates 40-40. Thanks for the idea.
I don’t believe I have ever left a comment on a TH-cam video before. DAMN! This worked! I was so frustrated that I was ready to drop $50 on a Harbor Freight small tire changer! This made my afternoon, and I got the lawn cut! Thanks much for this short, sweet and ingenious video!
I had one of their small tire changers to use on go-kart wheels. It wouldn't even break the bead without bending. Harbor Freight's motto should be: Designed to break, and built to stay that way!
@@davebryant8050 HF sells a set of socket extensions that are extra long. Those are handy, so I bought a set, Thinking what could break. Zero moving parts right? The square end of one just twisted right off. You'd have thought it was made of brass, it was so soft. I don't think the steel had been correctly hardened. Harbor Freight: Designed to break, and built to stay that way!!!
Occasionally you run across a TH-cam video that is actually helpful...sometimes extremely helpful. I put this video into the extremely helpful category. Thank you very much for taking the time to help so many.
wow!! genius!!! thank you...I'm still dreading putting on new tires ..never did it .....but at least I've got a fighting chance now after seeing your vid!
Every 4-5 years I come back to see how to do this again when my casters wear out. This is by far the best video I've ever seen in 20 years on small tire installation!!!! Thanks a lot. I'll be doing this in the a.m.!
I’ve had excellent results breaking the bead with a Record woodworking vise. It opens up about 18 inches and you can line the tire up in the vise to avoid the rim and slowly and carefully tighten the tire in the vise and break the bead. Just reverse the tire in the vise and break the other side of the tire bead. A sledge might work but one errant swing and you are fixing your rim as well. I used a long 3/8 inch extension as an axle on my 11x4x5 Scag front tire and clamped it into the Record vise - works great. My Record vise has sacrificial hardwood jaw inserts that really grab the 3/8 extension with zero damage to the extension.
Just spent hours trying to get the tyre back on - within 10 minutes of finding the tools you advised, the tyre is on......URRAH !!! So easy - thank you
One thing I think you forgot. When you go to air it up, sometimes the bead won't settle into the rim and the air just escapes. To remedy this problem, put a belt around the tire at the center of the tread forcing the bead into the rim, then air it up.
I worked in a tire shop for several years and we'd get the occasional lawn tractor tire that would come in. We always struggled with mounting the new tires! This technique is awesome, and I will be adopting it for my at home DIY projects.
Okay now that was slick. I just went out in the shop and tried it thinking it can't be that easy. Wasn't it as easy as you did it but I got it on with no problem thanks
Great video.. Thank you.... to break the bead, I place the wheel (without air and with valve core removed) on my smooth asphalt laneway. (or lawn...but not gravel) then very carefully drive over the edge of the tire until the bead separates from the rim. Great tips thank you
Best video ever on these small rim tires. I ruined a brand new tire today and bent the rim trying to put the new tire on. Now to order a new tire and wheel already assembled.
Excellent!!! I fussed with my Deere tractor tire for an hour before I brought it to the local mower mart for them to change it. Next time I can do it myself.
Well, that was a brilliantly simple, clear and easy to follow demonstration. I’ve saved it for later reference. Needed this a couple of years ago before I bent a wheelbarrow rim and damaged a brand new inner tube.
Thank you for sharing the tricks! I was having a terrible time trying to mount my new 15x6-6 tire on the rim. Your rod in the vise method with the vise grips kept everything anchored perfectly. I decided to use some cheap HF tire irons I had already bought and had the tire back on in less than 2 minutes. Much appreciated!!
Thank you for a really good video on changing these tires. I have been messing with these suckers for close to forty years. Your method is simple and easy. Thank you many times over!
Unbelievable, freaky simple!!! Just did mine with bare hands a vise grip and a small vise, the jaws of which were small enough to grab and lock-down the hub. Thankyou.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. I have a commercial grasshopper mid mount lawnmower, and I had a hole in one of the small tires in the front. There were no tire shops open today and I had the tools to do it and a bench with a vice and this really save me a ton of mowing time.thanks again. Awesome video.
Dude, you made that look so easy! Really clever use of the vise and normal, everyday tools that even a schmuck like me would have lying around. Thanks for this, REALLY helpful - JD, Montréal
Of course, I see this video the very day after I give in, go to Harbor Freight, and buy a mini tire changer. Another set of vise grips would have been so much cheaper. Thanks for posting. That was so cool! UPDATE: After trying the "Harbor Freights Way" for about an hour and did nothing but get really, really mad, I watched your video again. I wasn't able to squeeze the little 6-inch tire as you did to get it back on (maybe I could have done it 20 years ago) so, I got 4 Erwin Qwik-Clamps to do that part. 3 or 4 minutes later, the tire was back on. thanks again for posting this video. I'd still be over there, grunting like a crazy man, if you hadn't.
Best, quickest,safest way i have ever seen. Straight to the point. Short and sweet. You could own (how to video's if you did that every time. Good luck.
after mounting 245/35r19' zr rating last weekend....and this was the first time I ever did this at the age of 41 LOL thanks for the upload. worked pretty good! except I took out the grease fitting. It was way too tall. Just lightly tapped it, and back in business
I put tubes in rotten tires not wanting to pay the price they wanted for new tires. (mower about 30 years old). It took me hours fighting, with tires between my knees. Great video, thank you. @ 72 I can't think like I used to.
Hey brotha, just want to say thanks for shooting this video. I spent the better part of 3 hrs trying to mount a tire with no success. Then I saw your video. Literally 5 minutes to mount the tire. Thanks again!
In 2018 I moved onto a rural property and bought a John Deere lawn tractor. I was constantly sticking that tractor so I bought some ag tires. I got the turf tires off OK & I got the ag tire on 1 bead BUT for the life of me I could not get the other bead onto the rim. I finally took it to a tire store to mount. They charged me $25 which I think was a bit much. Well, after 6 years I have smoothed out my property and have been thinking of putting those turf tires back on. Here we go again... !
That's the first thing I thought when I watched him just wack it off with a hammer in a single hit. That said I'm impressed with the bar in the middle trick, I usually struggle with dual tire irons working them around to pull the bead over the flange.
That looks so simple and those tires appear very flexible. I have 4ply 16x7.5-8 for aJohn Deere 455. They are very stiff and cannot be manipulated so easily. Back to my wrestling match...
Thank you I have a tire I need to replace but I have been putting it off because I thought it was going to be a pain, but I watched your video, it was not that bad at all, I appreciate you sir!
I found that leaving the valve stem out then giving it a good 'punch' of air would also set the beads easier. Then you put the valve stem in and inflate.
Great idea and very useful to me. We have a lot of thorny bushes and trees here in OK and constantly have to remove and patch these tires. This will speed up and make the tire changes much easier. Grazie!
Great idea. I will try this on my old tire that doesn't have much flex in it. Edit: So, I tried it and this is a great way to hole the tire in place while working for sure. I will use it from now on.
Interesting. Thank you for the explanation. I take it you know what you’re talking about. From my point of view the naming of the rim correlates to if I would say shop on Amazon and wanted to upgrade rims on my truck, that would be the common description used for the metal part, similar with tires, just the rubber part and lastly buying wheels for a trailer or golf cart, wheels would get me new tires with rims.
Nice demo. Thanks! Side note pet peace: A tire plus a rim equals a wheel. The rim is the center metal part. The tire is the rubber part. The wheel is the combination of the two.
Incorrect - the wheel is the entire metal assembly, not including the tire. The rim is just the outside edge of the wheel. People often mistakenly call their wheel a "rim". The rim is just a part of the wheel assembly. The tire is never to be referred to as a wheel or rim.
Good video. I would inflate the tire to seat the beads before inserting the valve stem core. It will air up much quicker and help seat the bead then put in the valve stem core and inflate the tire to recommended pressure.
Back in the late 70's I worked in a body shop/ used car lot, and they had a manual tire remover that I used on occasion that worked on the same principal. I don't remember exactly how it kept the tire stationary. It was quite a chore getting 14 and 15 inch tires off the rims.
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that is slicker than cow poop !
There have to be hundreds of videos on TH-cam showing how to mount a new tractor tire, but yours is hands down the best there is. So simple, so easy. The best part is, no games or nonsense in your video, just simple instructions. Thanks so much, you are a TH-cam gem!
Wow, thanks!
I second that @@Mechanical_Mind
I third that. THIS is the video I was looking for.
Agreed. Not a bunch of wasted time on chatter, just helpful information. Keep up the good work.
@@MyFakeBrand I agree, I've watched several videos and they all struggle with it. this was a straight forward no no nonsense video.
I love learning. At 72, I have struggled with small tires like this for years. The last lawn tractor tire cause me so much grief that I bought a whole new tire and rim assembly. Now I am confident I can salvage the old one. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Haha. I'm 70 and have done the same thing. I could have taken it to a shop, but I'm too stubborn. This video makes it look easy, but I'll bet I'm making up new swear words before I get it done.
Forty plus years of fighting lawn mower tires and I never thought of mounting them on a post. When I saw your bar in the vice, I said that will work just like an old Coates 40-40. Thanks for the idea.
I don’t believe I have ever left a comment on a TH-cam video before. DAMN! This worked! I was so frustrated that I was ready to drop $50 on a Harbor Freight small tire changer! This made my afternoon, and I got the lawn cut! Thanks much for this short, sweet and ingenious video!
Thanks Phil!
I had one of their small tire changers to use on go-kart wheels. It wouldn't even break the bead without bending.
Harbor Freight's motto should be: Designed to break, and built to stay that way!
@@davebryant8050 HF sells a set of socket extensions that are extra long. Those are handy, so I bought a set, Thinking what could break. Zero moving parts right? The square end of one just twisted right off. You'd have thought it was made of brass, it was so soft. I don't think the steel had been correctly hardened.
Harbor Freight: Designed to break, and built to stay that way!!!
I bought that HF small tire changer and it did squat. Be thankful you saved your money.
Coming from someone who has no problem with semi or car/truck tires.....but has literally wrestled with lawnmower tires.....nice tips/video!
Thanks Robert!
The smaller the tyre, the harder they seem to be
wow, that was great. I have struggled and struggled with that, and then gave up and paid to have it done. Thanks much!
Occasionally you run across a TH-cam video that is actually helpful...sometimes extremely helpful. I put this video into the extremely helpful category. Thank you very much for taking the time to help so many.
wow!! genius!!! thank you...I'm still dreading putting on new tires ..never did it .....but at least I've got a fighting chance now after seeing your vid!
Every 4-5 years I come back to see how to do this again when my casters wear out. This is by far the best video I've ever seen in 20 years on small tire installation!!!! Thanks a lot. I'll be doing this in the a.m.!
Thanks Toby!
I’ve had excellent results breaking the bead with a Record woodworking vise. It opens up about 18 inches and you can line the tire up in the vise to avoid the rim and slowly and carefully tighten the tire in the vise and break the bead.
Just reverse the tire in the vise and break the other side of the tire bead. A sledge might work but one errant swing and you are fixing your rim as well.
I used a long 3/8 inch extension as an axle on my 11x4x5 Scag front tire and clamped it into the Record vise - works great.
My Record vise has sacrificial hardwood jaw inserts that really grab the 3/8 extension with zero damage to the extension.
*HUGE thanks!!!*
At 74, I had my new tires on inside 1/2 hour!
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Just spent hours trying to get the tyre back on - within 10 minutes of finding the tools you advised, the tyre is on......URRAH !!! So easy - thank you
Look no further, this is the best tire install demonstration on YT.
Clamping the vise grips on rim to install the 2nd side is genius! Thank you so much for posting this.
One thing I think you forgot. When you go to air it up, sometimes the bead won't settle into the rim and the air just escapes. To remedy this problem, put a belt around the tire at the center of the tread forcing the bead into the rim, then air it up.
Or ratchet strap
Yeah a lot of these videos leave off the air-up step, probably the most difficult step. Wonder why that is?
Your subscribers made the best point of the post. Thanks so much.
great tip
Get the tire heated up, I lay them out in the sun shine for a while before I change them, the heat swells them and makes them more plyable
Great job, it took 2 of us about an hour to finish the job you completed in about 5 minutes! Live and learn folks!
I worked in a tire shop for several years and we'd get the occasional lawn tractor tire that would come in. We always struggled with mounting the new tires! This technique is awesome, and I will be adopting it for my at home DIY projects.
Straightforward video with no extraneous unnecessary filler video + easy-to-understand instructions? BE STILL MY HEART!
Okay now that was slick. I just went out in the shop and tried it thinking it can't be that easy. Wasn't it as easy as you did it but I got it on with no problem thanks
try breaking the bead loose with a hammer on one that's been on a mower about 20 years,also try it in cold weather
That was my situation, i dropped my snow plow blade on it a few time and that finally did the trick.
Try that hammer trick with old hard and dried tire. It won't happen.
If your vise is big enough use it to break the bead
Thank you saw much for your info. I needed that tip at this time. God bless you for saving me lots of money.
I can't believe what I just saw. That went so fast. I had to check that over a couple of times. Thank you.
Great video.. Thank you.... to break the bead, I place the wheel (without air and with valve core removed) on my smooth asphalt laneway. (or lawn...but not gravel) then very carefully drive over the edge of the tire until the bead separates from the rim. Great tips thank you
Best video ever on these small rim tires. I ruined a brand new tire today and bent the rim trying to put the new tire on. Now to order a new tire and wheel already assembled.
Excellent!!! I fussed with my Deere tractor tire for an hour before I brought it to the local mower mart for them to change it. Next time I can do it myself.
Wow, what an easy way to change a mower tire. Thanks for sharing it.
Well, that was a brilliantly simple, clear and easy to follow demonstration. I’ve saved it for later reference. Needed this a couple of years ago before I bent a wheelbarrow rim and damaged a brand new inner tube.
Thank you for sharing the tricks! I was having a terrible time trying to mount my new 15x6-6 tire on the rim. Your rod in the vise method with the vise grips kept everything anchored perfectly. I decided to use some cheap HF tire irons I had already bought and had the tire back on in less than 2 minutes. Much appreciated!!
Thanks so much. I ordered the new tire online and had my tiller running shortly after receiving the tire. Thanks so much for the tip on the vice grip.
Man. Your vice-grip trick just saved me. THANK YOU.
I just need to leave a comment and say a huge Thank You! I fought with this for way too long but this method is awesome!
Dude! You Rock! I had been trying an old method pretty much all afternoon, and then with yours, I was done in less than 5 min. Thank You!
Haha! Thanks Daniel! I'm glad it helped
Thank you for a really good video on changing these tires. I have been messing with these suckers for close to forty years. Your method is simple and easy.
Thank you many times over!
I am just getting ready to do this myself.
You have probably saved me an enormous amount of frustration.
Thank you!
You make it look way too easy. Bloody brilliant.
I know, I actually get some hate for it too 🤣. Thanks for watching
I spent a week one day changing the two drive tires on my mower. I really wish I’d seen this before then. Awesome video and information!
Best tire video, Every video I have seen in the past, they all struggled changing tires, you make it like easy
Never even thought of this! Will come in handy as my riding mower is in need of some new tires! Thank you!
Unbelievable, freaky simple!!! Just did mine with bare hands a vise grip and a small vise, the jaws of which were small enough to grab and lock-down the hub. Thankyou.
Excellent technique. So much easier than wrestling. Thanks for this!
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. I have a commercial grasshopper mid mount lawnmower, and I had a hole in one of the small tires in the front. There were no tire shops open today and I had the tools to do it and a bench with a vice and this really save me a ton of mowing time.thanks again. Awesome video.
Best tire tractor change video!
Tried for hours on a small rigid lawnmower tire. Used this method and was on in five minutes.
These are the type of comments I love reading!
The best way, I used a piece of rebar and 1 vice grip to keep it from turning, way easier to do standing up at a vice, thanks again.
Dude, you made that look so easy! Really clever use of the vise and normal, everyday tools that even a schmuck like me would have lying around. Thanks for this, REALLY helpful - JD, Montréal
Of all the tire change video on the internet this is by far the best one!
Of course, I see this video the very day after I give in, go to Harbor Freight, and buy a mini tire changer. Another set of vise grips would have been so much cheaper.
Thanks for posting. That was so cool!
UPDATE: After trying the "Harbor Freights Way" for about an hour and did nothing but get really, really mad, I watched your video again. I wasn't able to squeeze the little 6-inch tire as you did to get it back on (maybe I could have done it 20 years ago) so, I got 4 Erwin Qwik-Clamps to do that part. 3 or 4 minutes later, the tire was back on. thanks again for posting this video. I'd still be over there, grunting like a crazy man, if you hadn't.
Most all round excellence content.time.no excess chatter..on point thank you
Excellent! Simple procedure, basic tools, no strain. Appreciate it!
This is by far the best small tire mounting process on YT. Thanks for sharing.
Never seen a slick tire change like this before, 👍👍❤️
Best, quickest,safest way i have ever seen.
Straight to the point.
Short and sweet.
You could own (how to video's if you did that every time.
Good luck.
Thanks Robert! I appreciate the compliment, and that is great advice. 🍻
after mounting 245/35r19' zr rating last weekend....and this was the first time I ever did this at the age of 41 LOL thanks for the upload. worked pretty good! except I took out the grease fitting. It was way too tall. Just lightly tapped it, and back in business
I put tubes in rotten tires not wanting to pay the price they wanted for new tires. (mower about 30 years old). It took me hours fighting, with tires between my knees. Great video, thank you. @ 72 I can't think like I used to.
Hey brotha, just want to say thanks for shooting this video. I spent the better part of 3 hrs trying to mount a tire with no success. Then I saw your video. Literally 5 minutes to mount the tire. Thanks again!
And to think I’ve been putting this off for so long . Thanks !!
In 2018 I moved onto a rural property and bought a John Deere lawn tractor. I was constantly sticking that tractor
so I bought some ag tires. I got the turf tires off OK & I got the ag tire on 1 bead BUT for the life of me I could not
get the other bead onto the rim. I finally took it to a tire store to mount. They charged me $25 which I think was a
bit much. Well, after 6 years I have smoothed out my property and have been thinking of putting those turf tires back
on. Here we go again...
!
Getting it off the rim is the easy part Getting broken free from the rim is the hard part when they haven't been removed for a long time
That's the first thing I thought when I watched him just wack it off with a hammer in a single hit.
That said I'm impressed with the bar in the middle trick, I usually struggle with dual tire irons working them around to pull the bead over the flange.
Especially ones that are 30 years old, rusted and full of slime. Haha.
@@MISTERSLLIMput the tire on the ground, put a jack on just the rubber and jack like you are lifting a car.
Thanks for the tips. I’m partially disabled. This will help a lot.
Has to be the best lawn tip video I've seen in a long time!
I’ve watched multiple videos trying to do this. This is the smartest easy technique!
That looks so simple and those tires appear very flexible. I have 4ply 16x7.5-8 for aJohn Deere 455. They are very stiff and cannot be manipulated so easily. Back to my wrestling match...
I get the tires as hot as possible and With bigger tires I use a tire machine.
Two big c-clamps with wood blocks, squeeze the old to break the bead.
I can’t tell how much I appreciate seeing that. Thank you.
Wow, I have wrestled getting my tire on! Thanks!
Did it work for you?
Same as above wrestled to get my tire on. Used your trick to squeeze down on the tire, wow it works, Thank You.
Thank you I have a tire I need to replace but I have been putting it off because I thought it was going to be a pain, but I watched your video, it was not that bad at all, I appreciate you sir!
Dude just casually does in about 30 seconds I spent around 3 hours fooling around with. Amazing.
Thanks for sharing. I have always struggled with this job. This will help with my upcoming repair on a slow leak.
Well done. Reminds me of working in a tire shop using a Coates 40 40.
Thanx. I never would have considered constructing a tire machine.
yeah, rod in a vise was brilliant, visegrips too. Why couldnt i think iof that on my own is what irritates me
I found that leaving the valve stem out then giving it a good 'punch' of air would also set the beads easier. Then you put the valve stem in and inflate.
Great idea and very useful to me. We have a lot of thorny bushes and trees here in OK and constantly have to remove and patch these tires. This will speed up and make the tire changes much easier. Grazie!
Glad it was helpful!
I don't have a table vice metal rod or table. But now I know how to change the tire fast and easy.
Great idea. I will try this on my old tire that doesn't have much flex in it. Edit: So, I tried it and this is a great way to hole the tire in place while working for sure. I will use it from now on.
We did it this way back in the 80s and 90s ❤
Great video. I'm getting ready to replace all 4 tires on my riding mower. Thanks
Thanks, I'll be giving it a shot this weekend., the WD-40 tip seems to be a key factor
Best video on this often frustrating job. Thanks for not taking 30 minutes or an hour... :)
Oh my gosh, that’s the BEST small tire change video I’ve seen. Thank you so much for sharing!
It's been awhile since you posted. I think that thing is called the valve stem core. Great video. I'm saving your video for next summer. 👍🏼
Interesting. Thank you for the explanation. I take it you know what you’re talking about.
From my point of view the naming of the rim correlates to if I would say shop on Amazon and wanted to upgrade rims on my truck, that would be the common description used for the metal part, similar with tires, just the rubber part and lastly buying wheels for a trailer or golf cart, wheels would get me new tires with rims.
This was simple and easy solution! Thsnk you!
That's the slickest and fastest tire change I ever seen 😅
Nice demo. Thanks!
Side note pet peace:
A tire plus a rim equals a wheel. The rim is the center metal part. The tire is the rubber part. The wheel is the combination of the two.
Incorrect - the wheel is the entire metal assembly, not including the tire.
The rim is just the outside edge of the wheel.
People often mistakenly call their wheel a "rim". The rim is just a part of the wheel assembly.
The tire is never to be referred to as a wheel or rim.
Good video. I would inflate the tire to seat the beads before inserting the valve stem core. It will air up much quicker and help seat the bead then put in the valve stem core and inflate the tire to recommended pressure.
Impressively easy on TH-cam 😅 I will try that when I receive my new tires.
Back in the late 70's I worked in a body shop/ used car lot, and they had a manual tire remover that I used on occasion that worked on the same principal. I don't remember exactly how it kept the tire stationary. It was quite a chore getting 14 and 15 inch tires off the rims.
Fantastic technique! Thank you for taking the time to make this video! Hugely helpful!
Great display! Thanks! I always remount with a good old fashion tire tube. Even put tubes on car tires if for some reason they have o come off.
valve core is the screw in needle part that goes in the valve stem, great video, impressed
Excellent video
Great video. Thanks for doing it. Keep up the good work.
I've been doing this for a while. You put up a nice, easy to follow video! Now show us how to seal the bead on both sides for inflation!!!
Tighten a wratchet strap or twist a chain around the center of the tire then add air
Wow. Well done mate. Excellent.
😊just to clarify . The thing that keeps air in tire is valve core . The valve core goes in the valve stem ..
Cool I did bike tires ,very good I will do that from now on thanks
My man, you just made my day. I've done it before, but struggled
My hero today doesn't wear a cape. He wears yellow gloves. Thank you.
best how to on small tire r and r ever! thank you Sir
It helped me tremendously thank you 🙏🏽 and May God continue to bless you.
This was excellent. I’ve been beating my brains out getting the tire back on.
No doubt..me too !