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Front tire of a Saber by John Deere, 42" 16hp lawn mower!
A little background... top off with air the tire about two weeks prior. We came up to the farm, the front tire was still good, not over inflated but needed to top off a rear tire. Wife cut the grass for a couple of hours and I was done with the stuff I needed to get done a few hours after that. As I walk by the lawn mower, I noticed the front tire, it was a bit overinflated since the sidewall cracks were really pronounce. Thought to myself, that's odd!!! Didn't think twice so had a good time with friends that night.
We all went to bed 11-ish and one guy that stayed in our camper wondered what the explosion was all about at 12:22 am. Woke him and his dog up, we all thought he was nuts until I went out the basement door and saw some green slime on my tractor (had no idea at the time Wft is this....) Anybody else seen this?? Only thing we could think of is that the Slime in the tire started to ferment!!! Slime was put into the tires, 10 years ago or so??? And yes, way more Slime than it called for (maybe 24 oz???) Blew a heck of a hole in the tire....
Slime went every....
Sprayed on the underside of deck and managed to get between the boards... (clamp to lift tire to change tire...)
Happy it would clean up with water!!! Now about a few weeks later the other tire is growing in size... (I moved it away from the house...)
A little background... top off with air the tire about two weeks prior. We came up to the farm, the front tire was still good, not over inflated but needed to top off a rear tire. Wife cut the grass for a couple of hours and I was done with the stuff I needed to get done a few hours after that. As I walk by the lawn mower, I noticed the front tire, it was a bit overinflated since the sidewall cracks were really pronounce. Thought to myself, that's odd!!! Didn't think twice so had a good time with friends that night.
We all went to bed 11-ish and one guy that stayed in our camper wondered what the explosion was all about at 12:22 am. Woke him and his dog up, we all thought he was nuts until I went out the basement door and saw some green slime on my tractor (had no idea at the time Wft is this....) Anybody else seen this?? Only thing we could think of is that the Slime in the tire started to ferment!!! Slime was put into the tires, 10 years ago or so??? And yes, way more Slime than it called for (maybe 24 oz???) Blew a heck of a hole in the tire....
Slime went every....
Sprayed on the underside of deck and managed to get between the boards... (clamp to lift tire to change tire...)
Happy it would clean up with water!!! Now about a few weeks later the other tire is growing in size... (I moved it away from the house...)
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