Flat tire, now what?

[Soundguy]

He told me of some tractor tires he changed once where the tires had been badly dry-roted and someone had lined the inside of the tires with used tread caps, He ask the customer about "whats up with that?" and he's said they been in there for 15 years,
Now that my freinds is what you call getting all from tires you can get,

very common.

I've changed tires that had a roll of duct tape in t he center of the rusty rim to prevent aprasion of the tube.

I've seen an old tube split and used as a boot.

rubber is spendy.

I run a tire till it blows off the rim...I have fronts on a couple tractors that started life as tri ribs and are now slick. one has a hole the size of a quarter.. i put a large 6" farm patch inside the tire and retubed and went.

I chenged a st of fronts on etime that were so thin in the tread area that i ripped them in half takingthem off the bead. IE.. a bead ring and half a tire in each hand.

 

[pretendfarmer]

Just an FYI- I am extremely limited on tools right now because the lion's share are in a different state. :thumbdown: I don't even have power to the property to run a compressor though I am trying to get the utility company to turn it on. I measured the tires to try to get an understanding of the ratio, and it left me further perplexed. The inflated 5-14 fronts measure right around 24" in diameter, and the inflated 8.3-24 rears measure right around 37", maybe a hair less for a current ratio of 1.541. The reason being I am trying to see if those turf tires will fit. The turf tire measurements are 24" on 12" rims and x 35" on 16" rims with a ratio of 1.458. Hoye calls for 14" rims on the front with an unknown tire diameter, with the rear being the same 16" rim and tire. Not really sure if those will work. I am talking about the set of turf tires and rims mentioned in an above post.

 

[pretendfarmer]

After reading these stories it is apparent that Les Schwab is trying to force me to buy new tires rather than fixing a tube in a tire which has cracks but would likely provide me many more years of service. The lugs are fine.

 

[Soundguy]

After reading these stories it is apparent that Les Schwab is trying to force me to buy new tires rather than fixing a tube in a tire which has cracks but would likely provide me many more years of service. The lugs are fine.

yup!!!!

 

[pretendfarmer]

Anyone know where to find information on the acceptable tire ratios for 4wd Yanmar tractors? I am having a hard time finding anything.

My tractor is a grey market and it originally had those deep lug rice paddy tires which have been cut down. I don't understand how the ratio can be so important given that lugs of several inches in depth will throw off the ratio when well worn.

 

[normde2001]

Forget new tires , get your flat fixed. Schwab, being a national company has company rules about cracked tires that they must adhere to. Yours are good for another 20-30 years.

 

[Soundguy]

that's what happens when you have a corporate liability mentality dealing with on road tires and then they apply them to off road ag applications.

it's a CYA issue

 

[pretendfarmer]

I'm going to pull the wheel Monday am and try to find somebody to repair it. I don't even have a cheater bar to break the lugs loose.

 

[Soundguy]

wow... yep.. hard to fix em with no tools

 

[pretendfarmer]

I've got some tools with me, just not the ones I really need. I'll be forced to use the jack from my truck, and some socket wrenches on the lugs, with some good, old-fashioned elbow grease. I can get it done. Appreciate all the input, and I'll post some pics of the tire and the weather checking so you guys (and gals?) can see what I am dealing with.