Check local used tire shops as some also do scrap metal and if the tire is good then you may get a few dollars more then the scrap yard will give it to you without having to work and take the tire off.



I have done 4 or 5 aluminum rims via the prybar and big screw driver method and it normally takes me 30 mins to an hour to take off a tire.... not fun.

Well a few days ago I saw a 24 in tire with perfect tread in a neighborhood. I left it and had been thinking about getting it and trying to sell it after the fact. Well today in my riding around I found an aluminum rim with a good tire on it. I got the idea to see if the 24 in tire was still on the curb and sure enough it was so I figured that I would give it to the tire shop and see if he would pull the tire off the aluminum rim for free. Well it turned out there was a bad spot on the inside of the tire making it no good(or so he said) but he then saw the other rim and was like I will buy it off you. He looked at the rim and tire(tire was good) and he gave me $15 for it when I more then likely would not have gotten more then 12 for it after 45 mins of fighting to remove the tire.

Hope this helps.