Best Way I Know How To Get Tires Off Rims FAST & EASY - Scrapping a Pile of Aluminium Rims 

I realize I'm late and blades have come a long way in 5 years but the diablo 9" carbide thick metal blades on a decent corded Sawzall is where it's at. I scrap cars so I come across a ton of aluminum wheels. I cut down 214 of them Saturday which took just under 4 hours. Once you have the system down you can realistically remove 1 tire per minute. By far the fastest way there is. I average 50-60 wheels per blade before the retaining tangs break. (Tangs always break before the teeth wear/break)

nice watch.....dont break it. EVERYONE PAY ATTENTION THIS MAN IS THE BEST SCRAPPER GUY

That's the way to do it the easiest and my yard lets me toss the valve stem in for dirty brass. Love the diagram of the tire explaining the steel in the rubber. Killer job on this vid.

I was going to scrap my aluminum rims with tire on them because I didn't want to pay a shop to remove them and don't have a sawzall yet. Then a fellow scrapper taught me how to remove them with soapy water and some hammers. Pour soapy water all around the bead then place the claw of a claw hammer and with another hammer pound the claw down on the bead all around the rim and it'll slip off fairly easily. Do that to both sides then simply pry it off really easily.

I love how cavalier this guy is.

I like how you know the anatomy of a tire. They are pretty amazing to watch be made. I may or may not be in the industry lol

Baller video. Love that you tell them how to clean them properly.

really great way to do tires for scrap. thanks for the instruction. Crazy ear studs Dude.

I got my wife to subscribe she scrapes with our son it has kept the mortgage paid during hard times I wish the prices would go back up.You add a fun touch to your video's keep them coming. From Toledo Ohio.

Hey advice from a fellow scrapper. I cut from the inside edges where the bead seats on both sides then you don't have to cut the tire all the way through. It also doesn't break the bead loose. I can usually get one cleaned and loaded every 5 min and maybe go through a blade every 10 or so rims. Hope this helps someone have an easier day.

Thank you very much for the experimentation.

Here’s what worked for me: 1. Break the bead on both sides by placing the end of a 3’ section of 4”x4” wood on top of the bead and back the rear driver side tire up the 4x4 until the bead drops loose. After the initial break, use your foot to push the bead down all the way around. Flip the tire and repeat. 2. Use a reciprocating saw (or other?) to cut through the side wall all the way around on each side. 3. Remove the tire tread off the rim by hand. 4. Pull the bead rings off the rim by hand. No cutting of the bead required.

Harbor Fright manual tire changer, just bought one for $32. Just make sure you attach it to the ground well.

Nice job Thub, Kinda dig your stuff, and looks like you work hard for it at times. Wub is way cool too man lol Livin the dream right?

Great stuff my man 👍

awesome, exactly what I was thinkin of doin. Great job/vid. Squish good.

Let down the tire, remove the valve so all air exits. Get two wrecking bars (be sure to have two ends that are as flat as possible. Smash the tire as close as possible to the bead (caution - tire quality will dictate if the sledge hammer bounces back at you). Use the two wrecking bars as levers to pop ONE side of the tire over the rim. USE some kind of Liquid to lubricate the bead area, it will Help ALOT! No need for electric tools! Long ago use to fit truck tires and bob cat tires (I HATE BOB CAT tires)

About to do 4 tmrw! Hell yea buddy! 🤙🏼

Thanks , That’s how I’ve been doing it for a while and it seems to be about the easiest… Liked and subscribed

Dude! I've developed a new respect for the manbun. Perhaps I've just been jealous because I don't have enough hair! 🤣 I just did 8 rims in 40 minutes with a sawzall only. I used a more aggressive Milwaukee Diablo blade for the tire itself, and cut the bead right into the rim with the Diablo all metal fine blade. I'll tell you what sir, I appreciate your time and effort for this video👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Cool video and I love that outro track!

Tried different methods ,but your way ,was great and fast thanks

I saved this video... 😂 I can always find rims with tires for nothing. But getting the tires off well a different story. My Dad did some about a year ago 🤣 let's say I stayed clear of that one. Now, I can collect these. Sad part we have to pay $4 each to dispose of them here in Illinois. However, the over all return will still come out ahead. It's a win/ lose. But now I can make it work. Thanks so much for posting this one.

I was sent vids from my room mate, but You had the best vid to learn from. I'm sending yours back to him.

Wow! Way to go bro!

Great video

New IDEA below. Love the video. Helping a friend - who is a scrapper. Found rim with tire - he explained cost/effort. NEW IDEA: Cut the sidewall off the tire - parallel to the rim. Sort of like cutting the center out of the a donut. So make two (2) rings -- 1. the tire off the rim 2. the bead and the sidewall on the rim. Might save some saw blades this way. Might take more time. Often tire just come apart this way. You see them on the roadside. I cannot test this idea. I don't scrap tires and rims at all. Friend might try, get back to you either way. BTW, I do electronics, but not on this youtube account.

I have an old bumper Jack that I use . Put the Jack under the bumper the tire under the Jack start jacking it up it doesn't pop the bead at first then bump it with a sledgehammer and pop the bead can I use a thick old screwdriver to remove the tire from the rim

LOVE IT! ! Everytime I finish some crazy task, I Always say "I cant believe that freakin worked!" Haha

Hey Neighbor.Glad I found ya. Just started scrapping, my dad did it in the 60's and 70's and now I am drawn to it. Just subscribed and will look at the ones that interest me first. Especially prices and grading.I got 3 places here to sell to.Don't look good,they don't post prices on their website.Oh well,phone calls will work.I am thinking farms too down the road.Also some decent pallets to male small storage sheds to store the scap.Cheers.

I'm going to say the bolt cutters are best for cutting the bead, or at least the cleanest. I wasted some clothing using the grinder/cutter, as melting rubber dust shot all over. Not only that, but the toxic smoke was a choking scene, that probably erased years of my life expectancy. Also, it saves damaging the rims, in case you clean and sell them for re-use. So; *Reciprocating Saw, and large Bolt Cutters* (or friend with a tire machine)

I use a cut off saw and it works awesome

A hook blade will slice right through the sidewall all the way around. Then use the grinder on the bead

This guy is smart and funny my kinda guy 😃

Your way one upped mine That's for darn sure!

this video was very well done for a tutorial style. if you ever find some tires sized 205-65r15 i think, thats the size of tires i need. i dont care if they are used. theyre for my 1952 pontiac.

Best video ever

Thanks man 🤙🏼

That was badass man, seriously, The going to the dump and then the recyclers and including how much you made was excellent. So many people do not include everything you want from a video. this was excellent. i don't have a bolt cutter, looks like i don't need one for this though , didn't seem to be a preferred tool for the job. i am not going to be getting any dough for this BS job here though, these wheels are steel and I have to save them for a new tire. Looks like your method of giant screw drivers to hold teh bed up for sutting will have to be the way I roll unless ," like you were asking about" I find some easier way to do this job. after watching you do this and get paid though makes me want top start collecting POS wheels from folks. I will have my eye out. OH! did you weigh your scrap first? i did the last two times I took stuff in and the sorry ass sob's robbed me on both accounts, it was two different scrap yards also and one stole over 40.00 the other about 28.00 from me. I only have one other place to try. I called them on both those scams and they threw me out rather than admit to the "Mistake" You might think I weighed in wrong but I have an old school Digital fairbanks scale that is powered by 6 D cell batteries and it is accurate to the 10th of an OZ. they didn't throw me out because I was violent, they threw me out because I broke out my scales to show them and they F'ing knew they would be screwed in the argument. wow though, nice haul. it would be a rad answer to unemployment if I could do what you just did everyday.

Perfect way to do it angle grinder and saw saw works awsome just use the angle grinder at the very end and cut the ring with the grinder.

I love your hair. The curls are so gorgeous.

The saw works. I get 2 a tire but I need to take in a 40 foot trailer of them in at a time.

theres a cheap tire machine you can get for 40usd.. its a manual tire mounting/dismounting machine.. also if you get good with your local tire shop that you bring tires too............ theyll let you use their machine!

Log splitter , save the tire and crush the rim.

i have the exact same saw which i got for scrapping. actually i have two of the saws, one is broken. DON'T LEAVE YOUR SAW OUT IN THE RAIN!

I really do understand your closing words when you say you guys leave it better than you found it. In other words don't make a worser mess than it already was and clean up if you make an additional mess!

I live in N.Y. state i pay $2 per tire disposal so that eats into the profit !! But thanks ggor the video i own a sawzall and blades are cheap!

what about using the recip saw to cut right into the rim and the bead cable

Looked at this vid hoping it would help, I was doing the EXACT same thing 😆 same sawzaw and all

Why do it the hard way? I work in a scrap yard and have cut off hundreds if not thousands of tires off of alloy wheels. No need to let the air out either. Use a Stihl gas cutoff saw with a metal blade. I can do about 50 an hour or so. We have tried numerous methods and it's the best way. Trust me it works. I could have removed 10 in the time it's takes you to do one.

4 years late lol. Anyways Aluminum rims are going for $1.25/Lb in Ontario. 👍 Also, I've always just used a reciprocating saw. Good Video.

DOod i went dumpster diving at a cvs and came up on at least athousand bux n food everything from coffee granola bars juice mayo cookies for days man all i could think of while i was pulling the food out was u lol everythime i grabbed a bag of food i thought to myself this would make thub go nuts lol

nice here for tires you have to take them to the highway department and pay a few bucks per tire, not sure if they would enjoy destroyed tires. Although there was a destroyed part of tire that was out front in the street and garbage took it. also the video I told you about will come out Wednesday at noon my time

So there is this scrap yard here in canada i think it may be in Vancouver they will pay for the rubber so as to prosses it to recycle it insted of discarding it may be worth your time to try and get in to contact with them let the rubber pile up then sell a large load they also do not care about the condition they will take all

that's how i fo it just a good sawzall. i dont cut thr entire tire just the edges aka bead

She must love Bass Pro Shop!!

If the wheel is going to be scrapped, then just cut through the tyre all the way including the wheel edge...done! Like your videos...

concrete saw with cutoff wheel. cut halfway through flip and cut the rest of the way through. no need to drill holes to let air out

Just skip the sawing, split the tyre from the side 1/3- 1/4 of the tyre lenght with a old kitchen knife. Angle grind from the side untill you feel a pop when the bead brakes, slit it from the split to the grind spot and wheel will fall through. 20-30 rims in hour... Sharpening the knife with angle grinder for every other tyre and it will cut like butter

The purchase of an old coats 40/40 tire machine ($200) on Craigslist is much better than a package of sawzal blades every time you want to do your tires and rims and when your friend's find out you have a tire machine you'll make more money than with just scrapping. I've been doing it for 20 years.

loved seeing the familiar canadian cash haha

good idea though x

You could use bear breaker for your tires

Best so far I've seen. But I do it better with bolt cutters and I break the bead with a 2x8 and a truck then Sawzall for the rest of the tire.

looks pretty quick to me! here in the uk we have to pay to dump our tyres, even if its at our local rubish tip, i think about £2 each to dump them!!

Its funny how people sit here thinking that scrapping rims are making money... i know countless tire shops that will pay more for them than a scrap yard ALWAYS, and selling them online local also makes more. Ive sold rims no less than $100 a set, $300 for a set of escalade rims, single bmw rims for $75, spares for $50-100. You just destroyed those rims, aswell as $3 worth of a saw blade to make 40-60cents a pound, probably not even $50. DONT FORGET PEOPLE BUY WHEELS WITH RUBBER SECOND HAND ASWELL DUH GUYS do yourself a favor and dont be this guy. Sell local and dont waste money, time and effort for something that someone else can get use out of for more.

Let the air out and grab ahold with the cat got it thanks! 😂😉

5:39 oh that explains the memory loss now I get it ...

today i did leave it better than i found it :)

i like to use nail cutters takes 1 day per tyre but heck its fun

Are steel rims worth scrapping?

Very informative! There is no easy way to cut off rubber.

ooohhhh CANADA!!!!!!!!

Why would you put lead weights in the battery pile.. I get $0.50 american for lead and only $0.28 for batteries.. just a general question no hate.

Skil saw with an old blade. Only cut the bead and partof the rim you don't have to cut the entire tire in half to get it off the rim

I feel your pain mate. hack saw, disk saw, burning rubber angle grind next

couldn't u make more selling those rims on kijiji

Tire Hammer to break the bead and two tire Bar's to pry the Tire off.

2:22 Like AvE would say. “And we’re in like sin”

I used a hurber frate tire changer

Before cutting wheels try to sell on Craigslist or Marketplace

Could you use the angle grinder for both parts?

I've never scrapped an aluminum wheel, if they're not too crappy or broken, someone will buy them. A manual tire changer costs less than the saws, never needs new blades, doesn't make a mess, and is way faster. Make friends with a tire shop and they might remove them cheaply enough that it's not worth the effort, and if the tires are decent they'll do it for free to re-sell them.

Break the bead first using the 4x4 and vehicle method

You weren't holding up freedom dollars. Is that KANAYDYUN?

Is the a vibe?

I just use a sawzall with a 10 tooth demolition blade or a 14 tooth steel cutting blade and cut thru the sidewall & beads. I usually have to cut into the rim to get all the way thru the beads. But it's the fastest. In my area I have to pay $2.00 a tire to get rid of them. But the scrap price of aluminum rims is high enough to make it worth it.

You’re doing it smart while all the other videos are trying to muscle up and do it lol.

You need a small pickup

thats prob the best way and did they charge you to get rid of the tires??? my town you need to pay to get rid of them so i dont even bother when tires are on the rims

A chop saw with a metal cutting abrasive blade is the only way to go .

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A circular saw with a junk blade will cut right through it and the all stems are rubber coated brass razor knife taken right off

why wouldn't you kneel on the tire instead of trying to strap it down ?

This is gonna fucking suck doing this. The tire I need off is bias plied. And I still need the rim.....

Just use the angle grinder, no need for reciprocating saw.

I'm pretty sure there is no easier way then that. I mean you could burn the tires. that wouldn't require much work, but that's frowned upon here in the USA. but I would the rubber would melt on the rim making it dirty aluminum.

I know this is going to sound crazy, but if you go to any shop with a tire mashine. They might charge you 20 bucks for a few tires removed or maybe even for free if you do it yourself. Way safer, faster, way cheaper.

If you grind the teeth on side of the blade smooth with the blade it will do even better.

the only easier way ive found it to burn them off and take the rims out for scrapping. much illegal, much wow