Tubes New Tire Questions

[Learning to Farm]

So, I was going to order the tires to replace the ones on the tractor I just bought due to tread wear. I figured I had a bit of time/life left on the old ones.

Well boy was I wrong.

From the photo attached this is what I found on the ground yesterday morning.

I also have found the parts list that shows that this tire has tubes in the front.

So here are my questions:

1. Where do YOU order tubes?
2. It looks like the valve "nipple" comes through the rim in the diagram but a longer stem is attached. What is that? Do I need it? It didn't come with it.
3. I keep seeing posts about weighted tires. Do fronts get fluid?

There is no such thing as a slow education in farming, IMO.

 

[Learning to Farm]

This is what I have found for a parts list. Thoughts on ordering from them?


http://www.messicks.com/report/topd...T%20WHEEL%20%289.5-16%29%20%20%20%5BOPTION%5D

 

[motownbrowne]

Personally I have just taken front tires into a local tire shop that will deal with ag equipment tires. One front tire was leaking fluid on my New Holland this spring, so I jacked it up and brought it in. $30 later I was all fixed up with a new tube.

You can put fluid in front tires, but it's a bit if a controversial topic, believe it or not. Weights on the front would be more effective, in my opinion, since the small front tires don't hold much fluid, but there's many people who are happy with having fluid in all four.

 

[jeff9366]

I never attempt to stretch tire life on my car, for safety reasons.

In my long-ago twenties, I put 100,000 miles on a BMW motorcycle. I never patched a tube. Always replaced first-puncture tubes with new.

If tractor tires are bad replace them. Too much potential for a tractor rollover if you experience a sudden, catastrophic tire failure.

People new to tractors often do not appreciate how hazardous these inherently unstable machines are.

Reports of deaths by tractor rollovers are fairly regular thread topics on T-B-N.



Some people fill front tires with fluid but it is not generally recommended. When you drop a front wheel into a hole it puts a lot of strain on the front axle, because of the steering pivot. It is also more stress on the power steering. The rear axle is much stronger than front, and solid, no pivot.

Better external front end weights, if you do not have a loader.

Your questions are "normal" for new tractor owner/operators.