Replacing rear tires

[dlofc1]

My rear tires are going to be in need of replacement but I do not have a cage to inflate them. Any suggestions? I am thinking about taking the rims into a local shop and letting them put the new rubber on them.

[Gary Dotson]

No cage needed. These are not split rims and run a very low pressure, compared to the truck wheels that the inflation cages are used for.

[Don McCombs]

I would take them to the shop, unless you have the tools, energy and the desire to do them yourself.

[Eugene]

Gary and Don's comments are valid.

Rear tires are not hard to change, IF YOU KNOW HOW. A bit labor intesive. Cost effective if you do the change yourself.

The big reason to do it yourself is that you have the opportunity to, and should clean up any defects inside of the rim.

[Dale Finch]

I have taken mine to a local shop, and asked to have them back after removing the old tires, so I could clean the inside up. Then I take them back for the new tire installation. Works great, and SO worth the cost...$10-20. Just had the fronts done, and they charged $12 each... definitely worth it to me!

[Urbish]

I take mine to a local small town farm & auto tire shop. They clean up the inside of the rim with a twisted wire wheel on a big angle grinder and have even patched rims free of charge. It pays to form a good relationship with your local small-town shop, if one exists.

[Don McCombs]

I have access to a Mennonite farmer who sells and mounts tires for other farmers in the area. Instead of using a BFH to beat the tire off the rim, like most places do, he uses a hydraulic tool to separate the tire from the rim. Best part is, he only charges me $5 to remove and $5 to install a tire. I couldn’t even buy a tire tool for that.

[v w]

My cub needs a new rear tire. I have neither the strength nor equipment to remove the wheel weight and wheel. A service call to come here is $175.00. For that money I'll blow up the tire and drive the 6.5 miles to the shop. The rim would not be available to work on unless I did it there because they don't remove the wheel. They simply jack the tractor up and peel the tire off. A hydraulic pump runs the jack and tire tool. Quite a sight really. Since I don't use the tractor in the winter maybe I'll just slime it, hope for the best and wait for spring. Vern

[Gary Dotson]

We don't have any small town tire shops around here, anymore. The ones who do farm tires have gotten terrible expensive and they charge for every little thing. I've generally changed my own but my bum shoulder causes me to re-think that. I just hope I don't need any changed, anytime soon.

[Dale Finch]

My cub needs a new rear tire. I have neither the strength nor equipment to remove the wheel weight and wheel.

You should be able to only remove the tire and rim by removing the 4 bolts holding the rim to the center. Quite a bit more manageable.

[dlofc1]

Sorry got very, very busy. Lost the bushing on the radius arms on my '75 f350 and things have been lively with it. Thanks for the replies. If inflating them is not a problem, then I can handle the rest. I have a manual tire machine if the bead wants to give me any fits and plenty of crow bars of all sizes. I was more worried about the inflating process.

[Eugene]

It's easiest to remove tractor rear tires with the tire off the ground and the tire/rim still mounted on the tractor.

Same for replacing the tire.