Anybody got a super cheap ******* way of grooving tires. Actully more of cutting some lugs off. Theres are tsls witj around 80$ tread jus lookn to give them some more bite
I have used a real tire groover, skill saw, sawzall with the blade sharpened ( works great ) and an angle grinder with carbide tipped blades stacked. I prefer the angle grinder over the tire groover especially when it is cold out and for removing whole blocks I prefer the sawzall.
I gotta ask, those of you that use the chainsaw/ carbide bit angle grinder.....does it want to suck into the tire, or is it fairly easy to maintain depth?
I have had no issues with it wanting to suck into the tire. I also have an adjustable table for the angle grinder but pulled it back off because it wasn't necessary.
I cut my sx with a wood chisel, if you get the chisel hot enough to smoke, it's TOO HOT and makes it a lot harder to push through the tread, stinks, and makes a mess.
A real tire groover doesn't burn the tire, so why would you think a chisel should?
The $60 grooving irons off of ebay work pretty well, but you have to get the good thick blades or they break easily. My brother grooved his boggers and it was kindof slow but the results were nice. I did some work on sticky krawlers and they cut like butter. The angle saw is by far the fasted full lug removal it looks like from the video. I have done pulling tire cutting with carbide tire cutting tools and it is plain scary to me to think about using a saw blade. It can and will kick back with tire cutting carbide tools and I expect the blades are the same.
I'd go with a high speed neumatic reciprocating saw with a short flexible blade. A medium tooth, not as fine tooth as a metal blade... Not as course as wood. Something in between.
Something similar to what's used in the Bogger cutting video.
I'm sure Harbor Freight has something that would work great.
I have always used the cheap add groover from Speedway, I think I've cut up 15-20 tires and only used 2-3 blades.
I wonder if some people are not letting it get hot enough or have the blades in backwards...
When I used one of those it was pretty cold out and it took forever to get warm enough to cut without having to push real hard. I bent a ton of blades before I finally went with the carbide tipped cutter for cutting 1/4" grooves.
After having access to and grooving a lot of tires with a Van Alstine tire groover I thought the “cheap” 60 buck hot iron type tire groovers where junk, without using one.
With moving and loosing the use of the Alstine groover I found myself in need of grooving another AG tire for my rig. I bought a hot iron groover from Speedway as I couldn’t justify spending 400 buck to groove one tire. After using it I was very pleased with the performance compared to the Alstine unit. Of course the Alstine groover has benefits over a hot iron type like cool down time for blade changes. I was so happy with the Speedway unit I bought the master blade and head kit. Going to use it groove many more tires.
I was out in the garage this morning and for the hell of it I sharpened a flat chisel for my air chisel. It lops of whole lugs really fast and easy. Most of us have an air chisel I would imagine....
I've tried several things to groove a tire and by far the best thing I've found is also one of the cheapest. HF sells a chain saw blade for a 4-1/2" angle grinder for $27. It is essentially 2 circular plates with a chain saw blade sandwiched between them so it offers the destructive ability of a chainsaw but the control of an angle grinder. It has become one of my favorite tools. For grooving a tire it eats up whatever is in front of it but because of having two hands on the grinder so close to the blade you have lots of control. It is very easy to get in tight areas and use finess while doing something very destructive effortlessly. I've also used this to grind down the magnesium runflats on some H1 double beadlocks. This cuts through tire rubber like a hot knife through butter but you never have to worry about it getting away from you.
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