Removing Tires fom Wheels

Originally Posted by Trot

had an old man tell me to take one of those old stand up car jacks. Put the foot next to the bead by the rim, the other part under my bumper and raise it up till the bead popped. hope that makes sense.

Sure does ! Ive dismounted amany of tires using the bumper of a pickup and a handyman jack, and a pair of ken tool atv tire spoons.
Btw kz, thanks for the shout out. I think I *might* be getting a cement saw in the not too distant future so I'll let you know how that works!

Originally Posted by bigburtchino

Just a question and a word of caution. Do you need permits in your states to haul tires? Here in California you need a permit to haul (ten is the limit) tires. It's a stiff penalty as it's considered hazardous waste. Not trying to ruin anyones activity, just trying to maybe keep you from a big fine.

Are you freaking kidding me ? Hazardous waste ?!! Really ?? What can you do in cali without a permit ? Here in the great state of Kansas you could haul around 2,000 tires if you wanted to. Now I have really heard it all.

Take a dump or go to the dump! Yea it's for real here, one of my trucks got sited by California Highway Patrol. We were doing a cleanup at a shopping center and someone dumped 20+ old tires. The crew was taking them to dump to get properly disposed of. We were ticketed for not having hazardous waste hauling permit. CHP sets up portable scales all the time at entry to dump to check commercial vehicles for safety, permits and over weight. Just thought I would bring it up save someone a fine, I'm sure Calif. isn't only state with rules like this, here the limit is 10 tires without a permit. As it was explained to me, if a truck was to have accident and catch on fire, we could be facing fines, plus hefty cleanup bill for hazardous waste. Iv'e decided we wont haul more than 10 tires anymore, not worth the additional insurance cost.