How To: Installing 9:00-16 tires on CMP wheels

[Bob Phillips]

Well at risk of repeating what may have already been said...in my experience the biggest pain was getting the 60 year old tires off the rims. I used a backhoe; put the stabilizer leg down on one side of the tire and pushed down the tire with the bucket and then cut the bead with a torch. Once practiced it was easy to do. To put the new US style tires on I had the rims turned down about 1/16 inch all the way around the inside. This removed most of the pitting, left a smooth surface so a minimum of "SNOTH" was required and hopefully made it easier to remove them again some day. I will be trying this method again this summer but will have the rims sandblasted once I get the old tires off...BP