[AT] How to seat the bead on lawn tractor tires?

[Mike Sloane]

The trade name for this product is "Cheetah", and they cost about $300+. 
I suppose you could make one, but here is what they look like: 
<http://www.industrialtoolstore.com/t/Wheel%20&%20Brake%20Accessories-Tire/-18864.htm>

Mike

charlie hill wrote:
> Hi George,
> 
> I've seen the ether method done a few time but haven't needed to do it
> myself...yet.   I did see another method that works just as well at a local
> truck tire store.  They had a standard portable air tank like you would take
> from your compressor to the field to pump up a tire.
> Standard EXCEPT that it had a 1" or so pipe welded into it with a ball valve
> on the pipe.  The outlet from the ball valve was a piece of the same size
> pipe that was flattened on the end so that it could be placed inside the
> bead.  I'd guess it was about 2 1/2" wide by 3/8 thick.  The guy stuck the
> end of the pipe in the gap between the bead and the rim and with the air
> hose chucked up to the valve stem and running air he then opened the ball
> valve.
> 
> It had the same effect as the ether method.  Quick and painless.
> 

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