Noe that we have the Windsor wheels back home (thanks, Kevin) we had to sort out what to do with the tyres.
Plan A was to try and cut them off, or Plan B was to try and break the bond betwixt wheel and tyre.
Plan A wasn't too good, but if you had lots of time and patience, you could gradually get chunks off the wheel, but an hours labour only saw a very small quantity of rubber removed.
Revert to Plan B.
Build a small bonfire (don't do this in the locality where you live, it has to be out in the country!)
Before it gets too far on the way, chuck wheels onto the fire and then build up more combustibles around the wheels.
Within 20 minutes or so, the wheels are hot enough to release the tyres, which are by now burning anyway, and we were able to knock them off with a length of 4 X 2 timber, and then drag the tyres out of the fire and extinguish the flames with a bucket of dirt.
Place wheel rims back into the fire and cook for 1/2 an hour to burn off any paint and rubber residue.
We did all four at once, while it would have been better to do them individually, as the amount of burning rubber smoke was quite bad at one point. Fortunately we had a brisk breeze which dispersed it fairly quickly, and it was only for about 15-20 minutes, most of the tyre material was still in place.
Not the most environmentally kind method, but it was relatively quick and had the side benefit of removing most of the paint, to show what looks like White Lead primer underneath....
Pictures below.
Peter
