[Bob Carriere]

We sure picked a doozee to tackle with a new tool and it worked.

Similar badly rusted tires have previously resisted to hours of pounding with a sledge hammer, long chisels and pry bars....... the full weight of the bucket on my 7000 pounds Massey, bottle jacks against rear traction-pull bar of the tractor and just lifted the tractor then the tire fold back up....

We think it is worth the money at $227 CDN.......

Would not recommend to a journey man earning his living doing rims all day long.

The alternative more expensive one at +$600 US is too expensive for the hobbyist... at least the cheap skates at the barn....

Does need to be properly greased BEFORE first tiem you use it and again if you have been abusing it regularly.

We did take it apart after the first tire job...... we excell at taking things apart... and all was well.... but we did had some Molydebnum high pressure black grease..... I dripped some Moly gear box additive while the foot was removed so that it wold flow down the vertical tub up to the top flange....
...it dripped after and Grant was upset with all the black grease/oil.... hey it was just marking it's territory.

Our conclusion is it's worth the money and it works.... next we will tackle 20 in. rims with badly rusted stiff tires and almost new 11:00x20 2 1/2 ton rims as we need to save the 20" tires for the CMPs.
....and will keep you posted.

Some of our observation after removing the rim and examining the tire beads.
they had been savagely attacked with a grinder and suspect that at least all the covering rubber plus 2 or 3 plys of the rayon ( yes Rayon not cotton as we suspect the tires to be circa late 50s).

The tire bead was rust welded to the rim...... the contact area of the rayon threads were rollingover themselves before letting go....... it might explain why the tire had a blow out in the side wall just a few inches above some of the bad gouges..... it blew up while standing still inside a Winter shelter.....and yes it do go Boom

I know some of you do trim the extra rubber flashing from the beads but PLEASE do not cut into the plys of the bead.

Some last pictures in closing.

Comments and suggestions always welcome.