Don't do it often, but broke down a couple old wheels yesterday to bead blast and repaint. I usually use the front end loader bucket to break the beads. I've got a receiver hitch bolted to the bucket for moving trailers, long boom, etc. so thinking of welding a quarter circle piece of metal to a 2-3 ft. piece of 2" sq tubing to break tire beads. Before I embark wanted to test the bolt archives for similar projects. Anything out there?


Allen
Yeah, well, that's just like, you know , your opinion, man - The Dude

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