Quote:
	
	
		
			
				
					Originally Posted by  motto
					 
				 
				I have found that old hardened tyres are relatively easy to cut through with a bow saw, it's like sawing wood. 
... 
The only way to remove it was to cut it off. First off I cut a wedge shaped piece out of it with two cuts starting about 3" apart and coming together near the bead. 
... 
Lastly I hooked chains on either side of the cut out and pulled the tyre open which I could do because of the wedge section removed earlier. 
... 
 
David 
			
		 | 
	
	
 This is what I was about to suggest.  Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ.