Front tire flats

[rgsmitty]

Drive it around after demolishing a building or doing roofing work. Nails go through my 10ply truck tires

Bet ya $100 in diesel you can't find a 6ply front tire for a BX23

RDnT

So what do you do to prevent the problem?

 

[JEW]

Let me know if the dealer fixes those front tires? I have the same problem on my BX24.

The dealer agreed to look at them when my new fender arrives in a couple of weeks. In the meantime I squeezed a bit of liquid Permaseal (the blue stuff) around the valve stem at the interface of the rim. With the air released, the valve stem freely rotates, so it spreads pretty easy. It seems to hold for the week, but I notice it drops about 2-3 psi per week. I am not counting on it holding through the winter. That's the worst thing, changing a tire in the dead of winter without a heated shop (working on that too).

 

[rdsaustintx]

So what do you do to prevent the problem?

Walked around for months with a BIG magnet...

 

[fishpick]

Regarding the foam - wouldn't that (like sugar or CaCl) be something to be cautious in if you have high loads on your tires - like BH work or the such? I ask because when I was in the "getting" stage, I assumed I would add something to the tires for weight. After I was in the "got" stage, the manual tells you to not have anything but air in the rears when using the BH.
Does the same hold true for the front and heavy FEL loads?
I admititly know little about tire loading - other than the old Ford 4000 and 8N's that were in my past life - they had CaCL in the rears...

 

[JEW]

Let me know if the dealer fixes those front tires? I have the same problem on my BX24.

My dealer would not put tubes in under warranty, only replacement of original parts. He did replace the valve stems and checked all the surfaces of the rim and tire bead. We'll see how she holds over the next few weeks.

 

[JBX]

HI JEW,
My experience is that a good "tire sealant" stops all the air leak problems, especially in the front tires. The tire valves may be leaking and if you replaced them the next leak will be from a poor "bead seal" or a nail or thorn or whatever. My tires stopped leaking after I installed a sealant.
Good luck.

 

[JBX]

Hi radman1,
What my Kubota parts guy told me was that the difference with most sealants is how big a "hole" they say they can plug up. Some are "milspec" and can seal holes up to 1" or more! (As in bullet holes).
FYI.
Happy Tractoring!

 

[JBX]

Hi fishpick,
Having the "foam" treatment done for my small hand truck size tires increased their weight 10 times! These are 4:10 X 3:50 X 4 tires that now weigh about 15 lbs each! If this is the same process for bigger tractor tires, how much would those suckers weigh? If one fell over on you, that would hurt!
Happy tractoring!

 

[Muleskinner]

I slimed the front tires on all of my tractors. Since then I have had zero leaks.

 

[fishpick]

Hi fishpick,
Having the "foam" treatment done for my small hand truck size tires increased their weight 10 times! These are 4:10 X 3:50 X 4 tires that now weigh about 15 lbs each! If this is the same process for bigger tractor tires, how much would those suckers weigh? If one fell over on you, that would hurt!
Happy tractoring!

I know it adds weight... what I was getting at is the manuals for tractors with a BH mounted all seem to be pretty forward in telling you not to load your rear tires - they need the air space to compress under the very high loads placed on them... What I was getting at is - I would think the same goes for foam in the tires... not enough give and risk with a BH mounted. (this is all rear tire talk - even though the thread is about a leaky front tire - sorry)