Iron Horse said:
Actually Iron Horse I was speaking of my own observations about tieing chains to them. I have seen people (when I was younger and split rims more popular) put the rims back together again. Most of them at that time did not have the cages so they would take two lengths of chain and wrap them around the rim 90 degrees apart and then air up the tires. I dont know if that information is on the web or not. If it is isnt then maybe you will just have to trust me when I say I have personally seen it. I would also imagine there might have been someone from here that has seen it also.
As indicated in post #5 I've chained tires to inflate them. It was shop policy after a near miss that dented the 16' ceiling. This was a busy construction shop that changed a lot of tires & nobody was ever injured inflating a chained tire. I didn't consider it stupid then nor do I now. I suspect it would be difficult to follow your advice re: hiring a professional with a cage since most shops wouldn't need a cage if they will not work on split rims.
I also could not find any instances of injury while using chains. MikeD74T