[/B]"I just called the local tractor place to get some Idea of cost vs. headache, the service said sure bring the tires down we'll change it to Rimguard, the cost will be in the neighborhood of $250.00 for both tires plus new tubes, said the weight was 11 lbs./gal. and will take around 24 gal/tire, so it sounds to me like I can get both tire done for around $350.00 and if the rims are still good after almost three years, that CaCl headache will be gone. Ask him if I still needed tubes, he said it's a good idea because he said Rimguard is like a lubricant and some of his customers have complained about tire's slipping on the wheels, well we cant have slipping wheels, so tubes it is, so the target date is May 5th"<<<<<We'll that was 3/14/17, I didn't think May would get here so quick, my son wanted to use tractor today, went to get on it, Hssssssssssssssssssssssss, sends me a text at my work 9:25 am, I'm just getting ready to go to break, relax for a few, sip some coffee, that put the brake on my break. Replied back saying back the tractor in the garage, get the chains off, get tires off, I call the (Friendly Folks) where I bought the Kubota, it's 15 mi. away, the tire guy is sick and may be out next week to, call back Thursday for update, ok I said. So what to do now as I start pushing the panic button, recalling all the harry scary stories of the rim killer calcium here on TBN.
I call the John Deere place cross the street see what their schedule is, they said bring them down, we can have them fixed tomorrow or the next day, I asked do you have Rimguard? no we have Ballast Star, what's that I ask, he said it's like Rimguard and or just as good, first I heard of the stuff. I said I'll try it since you can get these fixed in a couple days. My son loaded tire on his truck, picked me up on the way home from work and we skipped them over there, they ask, can you unload them or are they heavy, I said at 11.2-24 there on the heavy side, he took them off with forklift, so there they are and now we wait, anticipating the cost of this never heard of before Ballast Star from a high-end John Deere place.
