removing old dry tire

[rbig1]

Well I went into the tube. To see how other people were taking there rock hard tires off. I thought the video of taking a red hot knife and cutting a area out of the tire. Then dremiling the wire bead in half. I used a 6inch c clamp to put the bead in center of rim so it was not touching the rim. WELL the dremill was a joke. So I took a cutoff wheel on a die grinder and cut it in half. They showed just getting tip of knife red. I ended turning the first 2 inchs red. There was no effort in cutting, way easy.

[djh3]

My luck I would cut into the wheel and ruin it.

[bongobobny]

Using a blow torch comes to mind...

[Yammer Dan]

Bolt cutters work.

[slowrollwv]

Never had to deal with one that bad but I have a tire changer so it is not a problem.