A ratcheting cargo strap around the tire is another technique, possibly easier on the eyebrows...

Angus

> On Nov 16, 2014, at 9:33 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
>  I learned the trick from the Mexicans in Baja...in remote
> "Llanteras"...tire "shops"....often a side-room off a family dwelling  with
> a palm thatch roof and no electricity.  Tire changing done with irons and
> hammers.
> 
>   Getting the bead to seat and the tire to begin taking air without a
> fancy tire machine  and all the stuff used by modern places....
>    I was dealing with a larger truck tire from my diesel pick up
> truck...hard enough to air up with tools, but I had seen the guys in Baja
> seating the tire beads on big semi trucks and bus tires this way also...so
> I did it..first time it worked fine...
> 
>  You pour about a shot glass of gasoline inside the tire after it is
> mounted  for taking air.    Often the little primitive Llanteras don't have
> high-flow unlimited compressed air...sometimes they even use hand
> pumps....so pushing and pulling the tire and rim as you attempt to fill
> it...that is not often possible...In my case, filling my pickup tire with a
> bicycle pump took me about 2 Coronas...
>  Anyway....you pour the gas inside the tire and roll the tire/rim around
> to get the gas/air mxture in the tire just right....then you toss a kitchen
> match at it and jump back...The gas in the tire explodes and forces the
> bead to seat on the rim.....just like magic, it works!
>   I've spent time in Baja tire shops and watched them do this as their
> normal daily way of saving some time....You don't need no steenkin'
> windlass or inflatable belt around the tread....Just a quick shot of Pemex
> in the tire and "Poof!"....you can put the air in, pronto!  Amaze your
> friends and customers...look real macho..