Mountin tire

Ive heard of it done and think its crazy but is anyone on here crazy enough to use ether to get a bead to seat?

I have seen the monster truck guys do it on TV........They spray something in there and light it....the expansion seats the tire.

Dont do it on a car tire or the like. If its something to be run at high speeds its not good. It weakens the tire and it could blow out.

Man Ive seen vids on you tube of people doing this,man looks kinda scary to me

I just put a tube in them.

Sure it costs a little extra but in the long run saves some frustration of leaks around the bead or valve stem.

Do they sell tubes for the aberage LT tire like what you would find on a murray?

Yes they do, Dad just tubes all the tires in the lawn tractor this year.

Excellent. It sure beats buyin a new tire. I need to get one or 2 for the murray. One of the rears leaks and one of the steer tires has a sloow leak. Bout how much do those run?

johnboggs21 wrote:

Excellent. It sure beats buyin a new tire. I need to get one or 2 for the murray. One of the rears leaks and one of the steer tires has a sloow leak. Bout how much do those run?

i think 10 each?

Cool. That definitly beats buying a new tire

Motomow wrote:

It's not a good idea guys.Here is the best method for me for small gardern tractors.I take a ratchet strap that you use to tie down tractors/motorcycles etc. I wrap it around the tire and ratchet it down fairly tight.I put just enough air in the tire to seal around the bead.Usually it will hold,I then remove the valve stem to let the air out and the tire will usually stay on the rim,pop off the strap and air the tire up.Sometimes this doesn't work meaning when you let the air out the tire comes back off the bead,if this happens you can put enough air in the tire to hold then release the strap.This is kind of the dangerous part to guys you have to be careful.DO NOT get a lot of pressure in the tire and then release the strap,the thing could pop off and really hurt you !!.I really don't like giving much advice on this subject i'd feel terrible if somone got hurt.This works for me everytime but it can be also dangerous,you really got to be careful,Always lay the tire down so the strap will not fly up.I've never really found the totally safe method to air up tires off the bead.The strap method to me is a lot safer in my opinion but still can be risky be careful if you do this,the totally safest method would be to take it to a tire shop they can figure out the best way to get the tire on and will probably only cost you a few buckjsKW

I am with you Ken, I have used the ratchet strap many times and it works well, usually my friends are quite bright enough to get the idea of why i need help sqeezing the tire in, self expanitory to me but I would not make a good teacher.