In article , "Stephen Harding"
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Which brings up the question of precisely what is the method for
changing tires on really large aircraft? Pretty much the same as heavy
construction equipment (which I don't know about either)?

Do aircraft use split rims like some 18-wheeler trucks do to facilitate
tire changes, or is there some big hydraulic machine that squeezes the
tire, breaking the rim seal or forcing the tire bead over the rim, just
as with automotive tires?

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Split rims.
x00psi Nitrogen fill typically.
Essentially big honkin' Z++ rated truck tires.
They even recap them.

IBM

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