[Shop-talk] Cutting tires

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

On Sun, 15 May 2011, eric at megageek.com wrote:
> Does anyone have any hints for cutting tires?  I want to cut the tread of
> an old tire to make some pads for my backhoe's outriggers.
>
> I don't need to cut the beard (which I know is a bear) but just the treat
> face of the tire.

I used a sawzall with a metal blade when I had to cut some ancient tires 
off some rims.  Seemed to work pretty well.

I also tried a box cutter, which was a huge PITA.

Mark