screw driver inside tubeless tire

[MIKE R]

This may be dumb question. But why would you balance a tractor tire? Unless someone added some weird tractor tire weights to only one sector of a rim. I just don't see the need. They don't spin fast enough.

Maybe he ment to say ballast. That would make scence.

 

[del10820]

Back in 60's and 70's some farmers used powered lead for balast in tires (before EPA). If you were roading tractor an hit a pot hole or dumped the clutch at high RPM the lead would shift and you had a clown tractor un till you found another pot hole to shake it up and get it resetlled.
Found gloves and tire gauge and walet at different times when i worked on trucks and ran a station with my Dad.

 

[Soundguy]

i've seen lead shotgun shot put in a tire.. and after a few years use much of it was powder..

no rust on the rim though!

 

[del10820]

Never knew it started as shot only saw it when it was flat and a pain in the butt ot fix.

 

[retired2002]

I went to good year tire service and had them retreive my screw driver. thanks to all with your advise have a safe tractor day

 

[Don87]

This may be dumb question. But why would you balance a tractor tire? Unless someone added some weird tractor tire weights to only one sector of a rim. I just don't see the need. They don't spin fast enough.

There has been no mention of this being a tractor tire, so my response covered automobile and truck tires also.

 

[Soundguy]

i figured it could be either.. but when I think of tubeless.. I almost forget to think about tractor tires..

 

[JDgreen227]

I went to good year tire service and had them retreive my screw driver. thanks to all with your advise have a safe tractor day

Welcome to TBN, glad we could be of assistance...and just FYI, I was removing a lawn tractor tire from the rim a few days ago, had to rush off after I got one bead off the rim, and when I went back to finish the job, I could only find one tire lever...anybody got a guess where the other one was? :laughing: Yeah, your thread showed up at the PERFECT time.

 

[Don87]

Welcome to TBN, glad we could be of assistance...and just FYI, I was removing a lawn tractor tire from the rim a few days ago, had to rush off after I got one bead off the rim, and when I went back to finish the job, I could only find one tire lever...anybody got a guess where the other one was? :laughing: Yeah, your thread showed up at the PERFECT time.

Cool.................the new guy helped ya.

Great job, retired2002

 

[shortthrow50]

If nothing else, the screwdriver unbalances the wheel/tire. I would remove it and rebalance the tire.

yeah because he will be doing 50 down the highway with the tractor. Whats next, "I was only kidding about balancing the tire"?