Gouged My Tire !

[rstcso]

That's merely a flesh wound. But it still hurts [img]/w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif[/img]. Character, yeah, that's it [img]/w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif[/img]! Sorry about your tire. Just give it a good boot and it'll work harder than ever.

[Kodiak]

How does that jingle go? Oh Yeah!

<font color=blue>" I'm stuck on bandaids because bandaids are stuck on me."</font color=blue>

[bky]

If you can find someone in your aera that does tire retreeding see if they can re vaulkinize(sp) your tire.

[Bird]

New camera works well; good pictures. And like you, I sure wouldn't like that on my new tractor, but I'd just go ahead running it as is.

[beenthere]

I would agree with Bird and the others. I thought at first you had a real gouge, but by the pics it seems to be mostly superficial (nevertheless, ugly too). Buy a new tire only if you can't stand to look at it anymore. Otherwise, I would run it and not worry about it holding up. Granted, I could be wrong. In that case, the worst thing that can happen is you have to buy a new one.
I've run a lot worse for a long time.

[bgott]

And I thought you had a problem! Look at the bright side, you can count this as your first dent. My first dents, not counting the ones my TN came with, are a cracked left side fan guard and scratches across the top of the hood from high brush.

[JerryG]

After looking at your pictures, your damage is only superficial. You always hate it when you get the first booboo on a new machine but in this case the damage is only in the covering. It doesn’t appear to be to the tire body. A Tractor tires like this may just be 4 ply but they are constructed heavier for more sever work than car tires. It should be fine for several years to come.

[Golfgar4]

I guess we're just going to have to recognize that Jerry's TC30 is now a battle hardened vetertan. As such, it deserves official recogniton for it's unselfish sacrifice under the most extreme conditions.

[Mrwurm]

An HONOR bestowed upon my trusty TC30 [img]/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif[/img]

We both thank you [img]/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[crown]

Gary,

Will dents in my brush hog earn me a medal.[img]/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif[/img]