Changing a Grader Tyre

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The motive power is a FA 10.  The quick drop valves make it work as a hammer.  The frame is easier to move around than the wheel, and, when turned up, helps get the wheel centre out once the beads are loose.

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Ian Beale Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 03 Oct 2011 Status: Offline Points: 158	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ian Beale Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Changing a Grader Tyre Posted: 09 Aug 2012 at 5:14am
	The motive power is a FA 10. The quick drop valves make it work as a hammer. The frame is easier to move around than the wheel, and, when turned up, helps get the wheel centre out once the beads are loose.

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Coke-in-MN Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Afton MN Status: Offline Points: 19778	Post Options Post Reply Quote Coke-in-MN Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Aug 2012 at 8:49am
	I took a old rim and cut a slot across it so the rim expanded slightly , then use that to let tire fall onto when de-mounting tire. Backhoe bucket worked well for most tires - until I ended up putting tooth through sidewall on one of my 13.80 x20 float tires on dump truck. Those old tires seems to want to stick to bead area .
	"The road to success is always under construction." "Beaten paths are for beaten men."

Ian Beale Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 03 Oct 2011 Status: Offline Points: 158	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ian Beale Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Aug 2012 at 4:14am
	Coke, When they look like this they're a problem. We had to get the matching one off to get the grader home. Had to chainsaw the wheel centre out and oxy the beads off. I'm pretty happy that this rig got this one loose. Saved all the tubes as well. Scotchenomics on used tyres here. If you don't save the tube you need to buy a new , one which needs a flap or it is likely to split on the seam somewhere. Add about $A200 or so for this, plus cost of a second hand tyre very quickly comes close to the about $A600 for a new Chinese tyre, tube and flap.

DMiller Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Warrenton, Mo Status: Offline Points: 1944	Post Options Post Reply Quote DMiller Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Aug 2012 at 5:12am
	Looks like you got all the goody out of that one! You could almost see the air inside while inflated and tell when it was going bad!!

Ian Beale Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 03 Oct 2011 Status: Offline Points: 158	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ian Beale Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Aug 2012 at 5:24am
	DMillar, We inherited it like that. The good was got a ling time before! Did its bit foe CO2 when we burnt it though.

Coke-in-MN Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Afton MN Status: Offline Points: 19778	Post Options Post Reply Quote Coke-in-MN Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Aug 2012 at 11:49am
	When I got my Adams 411 grader I got 4 extra tires with it , only problem was those tires were mounted on dayton open center type rims where the Adams had a solid center rim that bolts to hub. I also saved the tubes by having new valve stems vulcanised onto old tubes . One front tire I have a liner in it as sidewall has a few weak spots .
	"The road to success is always under construction." "Beaten paths are for beaten men."

HD6 Merv Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 03 Aug 2010 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 194	Post Options Post Reply Quote HD6 Merv Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Aug 2012 at 1:50am
	Gidday Ian; had a mate with simila problems with a scoop tyre. They used a rockbreaker to impact it off Just another idea ! cheers merv
	tits tyres and tracks they all cost you money

Ian Beale Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 03 Oct 2011 Status: Offline Points: 158	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ian Beale Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Aug 2012 at 2:57am
	Merv, My father had a quote which went "Do the best you can with the material in hand" Or as friend back from a stint in the NT in years past reckoned "Necessity is the mother of invention and the father of halfcastes"

patrickmull Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 11 Jan 2011 Location: Casey IL Status: Offline Points: 340	Post Options Post Reply Quote patrickmull Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Aug 2012 at 12:42pm
	that is neet