them solid tires are a pain they make a press to break them down i had to send some to anchorage and bj's still bent 1 wheel we replaced them with ttubed tires yes i now have to do an occasional tire repair but i can do it with hammers and bars now
Yep, the tread was just plain gone, the sidewalks were breaking down and I replaced them with tubes and tires! Much easier unless your in a high flat enviroment! But the solid "any" type tires are a pain! Very few people have the proper equipment or know how to change them. When I was cutting these open to cut the thread, I had all sorts of suggestions on how to do them, but it was clear they were being helpful, but they were truely cluess to what I was doing.
Using soapy water (lots of soap) is the best Lubricant. One "Expert" kept telling me to use WD-40, so I let him try and it just gummed up the blade on the sawsall! But i cut them that way so you can get access to the steel belting, which you cut diaginally with a grinder, once that was done a razor knife will cut the last few inches down to the rim easily!l