Best Tire Bead Buster Ever – And You Probably Own One
 

Yep, this the best garden tractor tire bead buster ever and you or one of your neighbors already have one. Check out the picture, it’s a trailer tongue jack! I just ran the jack down to the tire, gave the tire a kick to get the jack plate under the rim lip and cranked away. To any sceptics thinking this was going to be an easy tire to break down, WRONG! I installed a new tire last fall and could not get the bead to seal so I attempted to seal it with 3M Black Weatherestrip Adhesive, did not seal so I just left it over the winter (needless to say not a good idea). Well, it hardened over the winter and what a job it was turning in to breaking down by hand so I came up with the tongue jack idea. I had to work my way all around the rim to get it to release. Quite the mess to clean up too with a wire brush (see picture of wheel/tire). Installed tube and remounted tire (used flat washer held on with stem extension so I would not loose valve stem in wheel when mounting tire (see picture). Hope these ideas help you out next tire change!

Good work!!! And, extra points for using an existing item (and not having to buy more stuff). I will definitely try this out.

Years ago to break a tyre bead we just drove over it
To re-seat bead we used a strap and ratchet , strap around middle of tread and ratchet away, it will squeeze the bead out to the rim.
Easy
Oz

I’ll try it!
 

Very cool! I’ll definitely try this next time.

Nice. I break the beads on all my tires; truck, tractor, riding mowers, etc, using a bottle jack between the tire and under the frame of the truck, works great but I may have to give the trailer jack a shot now that I have a trailer.