Stuck wheel bad tire

17.5's are a PITA to change on the floor, doubt you can do that one on the trailer.

 

Yeah, sidewalls are just a bit stiff. Hard to get enough leverage to slip em on, without a lot of room to work.

 

I'd clean off the corrosion on the wheel, drum, and hub. Been there, done that with steel wheels. Wasn't too much time before I had to take off and still seized up some. I restudded & switched to aluminum wheels on that trailer.

 

Torch

 

Cutting torch. They can't be stuck if it's liquid.

 

Anti seize is your friend. Coat the face of hub with it and a little on the studs. Will keep it from seizing up next time

 

I switched because I wanted to fix my own flats while out on the road, mostly because I hated the amount of time and sometimes money I'd spend having one fixed. The straw that broke the camel's back for me was $900~ for call out service to replace a steer tire. Fighting a wheel seized to a drum was real aggravating, almost imperative to avoid. This was 18 years ago. I've since carried a bottle jack, TNT 100 tire remover, 48" tire iron, 1" drive impact wrench that runs from the truck's air, and air hoses.