Breaking the Bead on a Lawn Tractor Tire

This is another "not for intended use" application.

Breaking a tire bead on a 1981 Murray lawn tractor. My normal bead breaker would not work on the inside beads because these wheels are rusted to the axle.  Easier to just change the tire then try to get the rusted on wheels off.

To get the most force on the tire I had the arm nearly fully retracted.  The bucket was too close to the ground so I used the stabilizer on this side to raise the entire backhoe.

The first one came on the first try.  The 2nd 3.