why not tires...??

Originally Posted by gungatim

for rims, I knew a scrapper that took a log splitter and fashioned a double splitting edge. put the tire on and it crushed the rim enough to pull the tire off by hand. that way he got the steel price for rims and just trashed the tires...not sure it worked on aluminum rims though...

Give me a tire hammer, 2 tire bars, and about 20 seconds and I'll have that tire off the rim without having to smash anything.

$150 worth of hand tools are a must for anyone taking a tire off a rim.

Originally Posted by andrew1990

Give me a tire hammer, 2 tire bars, and about 20 seconds and I'll have that tire off the rim without having to smash anything.

$150 worth of hand tools are a must for anyone taking a tire off a rim.

Local yard uses a 3-way rim crusher that works like a log-splitter for steel wheels. Aluminum wheels are done on a regular tire machine. The tire guy (that's all he does there) does a couple hundred per day. I believe the yard pays piece-work, and not a lot, for that.