mlmartin
Silver Member
Just as I was going to get the camera, too.
I was about to take a picture of my JD 870 with a 7 foot long granite billet hanging on two chains from the FEL. I was placing it in front of the front barn door. I heard a loud hissing and observed a very flat tire on the right front. The air was escaping around the valve stem. I guess the tube ripped as the tire looks fine. I had just had tubes put in because there were multiple patches in the front tires that were the sources of slow leaks.
I have been carrying heavy loads of gravel, fill and loam in the FEL for the last several days. The turf tires really don't carry the weight and turn without some really scary deformation. I think the weight of the billet and the high turning forces I was using to position it were a bad combination. I've moved this billet a few times, so it wasn't just the weight. Then again, it was the first time I moved it with just the box blade as ballast. The backhoe tends to unweight the front wheels a lot more.
I have an estimate for $150 to install flat proofing in each front tire. It didn't seem worthwhile at the time. If I can't get the tube repaired by Satureday, $300 will look like a bargain. My wifes's new pony will end up being boarded for another month. That's $500.
Matthew
I was about to take a picture of my JD 870 with a 7 foot long granite billet hanging on two chains from the FEL. I was placing it in front of the front barn door. I heard a loud hissing and observed a very flat tire on the right front. The air was escaping around the valve stem. I guess the tube ripped as the tire looks fine. I had just had tubes put in because there were multiple patches in the front tires that were the sources of slow leaks.
I have been carrying heavy loads of gravel, fill and loam in the FEL for the last several days. The turf tires really don't carry the weight and turn without some really scary deformation. I think the weight of the billet and the high turning forces I was using to position it were a bad combination. I've moved this billet a few times, so it wasn't just the weight. Then again, it was the first time I moved it with just the box blade as ballast. The backhoe tends to unweight the front wheels a lot more.
I have an estimate for $150 to install flat proofing in each front tire. It didn't seem worthwhile at the time. If I can't get the tube repaired by Satureday, $300 will look like a bargain. My wifes's new pony will end up being boarded for another month. That's $500.
Matthew