Tires BX-24: Something ripped the valve stem off while clearing brush

[radioman]

yup.. it happened to me too. my front tire stem got caught on a tree root when diggin out dirt. I was able to limp home with FEL as my sled. My rears started leaking rimguard thru the stem and the metal screw on part for cap, but I was lucky that day. Had my BH on at the time and used that as a jack and was near a shed with tools.

 

[powerstroke444e]

Hate to be the saftey police on this one but if you are going to weld a guard around the valve stem remove the tire 1st other wise we may be reading about you in the saftey section.
Tire Explosion - YouTube
Personally just foam the tires and you will never have to worry about it again.

 

[TripleR]

I messed up the right front valve stem on our M8540 the first week we had it. I read a pretty long thread on welding stems etc., but never did it. As mentioned by Gordon Gould and Powerstroke444e, there are dangers if done improperly.

I haven't put any on ours, but may if I rip another one out while it is down and off the tractor. There are several threads on here worth reading about it.

 

[Harvest Moon]

Me too, first thing, only thing to "break" on my machine. So far.

 

[jakell2010]

By the way my 2011 B2920 came with stem protectors on all four rims,,,,I spec' d the metal stems

 

[JoeL4330]

You might be interested in these: Surevalve (TM) New Safety Valve Stem, Tire Valve

There are others like them ...Jeepers, they're cool

 

[Skyco]

Put the Surevalves on mine a couple of years ago...great product, much easier than welding on a collar and very rugged.

 

[ultrarunner]

Learn something new everyday here at TBN...

Thanks for the link!