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Old 21-10-15, 15:35
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Terry Warner
 
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I have found that old hardened tyres are relatively easy to cut through with a bow saw, it's like sawing wood.
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The only way to remove it was to cut it off. First off I cut a wedge shaped piece out of it with two cuts starting about 3" apart and coming together near the bead.
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Lastly I hooked chains on either side of the cut out and pulled the tyre open which I could do because of the wedge section removed earlier.
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David
This is what I was about to suggest. Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ.
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