13 year old tires, time to replace?

[lilranch2001]

I am not sure why anyone would want to run the tires until they pop, WHEN they pop it may be a very inconvenient location to work on said tires

 

[D2Cat]

I am not sure why anyone would want to run the tires until they pop, WHEN they pop it may be a very inconvenient location to work on said tires

A 1960's model manure spreader probably won't be very far from the barn when they give up, and they may go for several more years. To each his own!

 

[lilranch2001]

I guess you like working in cow chit more than I do

 

[Gary Fowler]

I would just use them as long as they continue to hold air. IF they pop, just drag it on back to your shop for repair. Tire will be ruined so dont worry about more damage. As long as you are not running on pavement, you can drag it back with a flat tire with no problem. You dont have to work in the mud and whatever to repair it.

 

[shovelmike]

The tires on my TO 35 are extensively weather cracked, I had a mobile tire service stop by a few years ago to replace a leaky calcium chloride filled tube on the rear. The tech told me that, despite the cracks, they would outlast any new tires with which I would replace them....everything made more poorly these days.
I will run them 'til they pop, I just hope I'm not way out back across the creek at the time.

 

[D2Cat]

I guess you like working in cow chit more than I do

If you can't figure out how to get a manure spreader that's hooked to a tractor to an area to replace a no good tire, you probably ought to get out the any livestock operation that requires thinking outside the box. I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.

 

[RickB]

If you can't figure out how to get a manure spreader that's hooked to a tractor to an area to replace a no good tire, you probably ought to get out the any livestock operation that requires thinking outside the box. I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.

Absolutely.

 

[lilranch2001]

I suppose, but since I never worked around cows and pigs for a living, I guess it is a mute point.

But then In the two manufacturing facilities I ran for a Wall Street company leaving checked tires to pop in a dangerous or hazardous location would have have cost someone their job due to negligence

 

[D2Cat]

You guessed it, there is a large difference from running a manufacturing facilities "for a Wall Street Company" and the family farm! You've probably never seen a manure spreader, much less the tire size and wheels used 60 years ago.

 

[lilranch2001]

I actually have a steel wheeled yard art manure spreader.

You do know what they say about assuming.... right?