[AT] Cutting Tractor Tires

[Herbert Metz]

The sawsall shaking you is from the cut rubber grabbing the sides of the 
blade.   Suggest dedicating a decent blade to this project, and then 
increasing the set in the blade (resulting in a wider cut and lessening of 
the cut rubber grabbing the blade).   Problem is you would have to find a 
hand tool for increasing the set, or improvise.
The above is opinion (I have not tried it).
Herb

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Knierim" <ken.knierim at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Cutting Tractor Tires
>I used a Skil saw to cut tires up before. I think what I needed was to
> add some water to the mix but the Skil (circular) saw worked a lot
> better than the Sawzall (reciprocating) type. Let us know what you come up 
> with.
> Ken in AZ

>>  Rubber cuts much .... MUCH... easier when it is wet.
>> I haven't tried it but if I were going to cut a tire with a sawzall I 
>> think
>> I'd try spraying a little water on the tire as I went.
>> Charlie

>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dave Cesan" <clattertrac at msn.com>
>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 3:31 PM
>> Subject: [AT] Cutting Tractor Tires
>> Has anyone on this great list had experience cutting tractor tires? I 
>> have
>> an IH 10-20 and I've removed the steel lugs from the rear as they tear up
>> the trailer during transport and some shows wont let you ride around with
>> steel lugs. I want to trim the side walls off of some old rubber tractor
>> tires and carriage bolt them to the steel rims. I remember cutting an old
>> tractor tire with a sawzall to get it off the rim and that sawzall shook 
>> me
>> to hell and back. Is there an easier way to slice a tire? Thanks for your
>> help!