I bought a pair of 15.5 x 38 tires on dual rims a couple of weeks ago. These are to replace 13.6.
I used a floor jack and some steel frames and a log chain to break the beads as they were on the ground. Worked pretty good. Got the idea from youtube. Stood them up and chained to a tree to work the tires off with irons and a come along to hold in place. To break the beads on the tires on the tractor, I parked next to a tree stump and used a jack to push in. The inner beads were not so simple. Had to stack enough blocking to go to opposite wheel and use jack. Took more tries crawling under the tractor to succeed. Things kept popping out of place. Rims were 11 inch. I know technically they are too narrow. They looked like they fit pretty good. Only put 10# air in them. Tractor will not be used for heavy pulling. Just loader work. Quite a job. Glad it is done. Thanks to answers from previous questions posted. I used talcum powder inside tire and on tube to help tube slide into place. I used murphy's oil soap to lube the beads. Roy
I used a floor jack and some steel frames and a log chain to break the beads as they were on the ground. Worked pretty good. Got the idea from youtube. Stood them up and chained to a tree to work the tires off with irons and a come along to hold in place. To break the beads on the tires on the tractor, I parked next to a tree stump and used a jack to push in. The inner beads were not so simple. Had to stack enough blocking to go to opposite wheel and use jack. Took more tries crawling under the tractor to succeed. Things kept popping out of place. Rims were 11 inch. I know technically they are too narrow. They looked like they fit pretty good. Only put 10# air in them. Tractor will not be used for heavy pulling. Just loader work. Quite a job. Glad it is done. Thanks to answers from previous questions posted. I used talcum powder inside tire and on tube to help tube slide into place. I used murphy's oil soap to lube the beads. Roy
