Tires Thorn trees and Tires?

[EastTexFrank]

I talked to the extension agent and he told me that they (honey locust) are spread by seeds but if you cut or mow them, they can send up shoots from the roots. So mowing them can actually cause them to spread and form clumps or thickets. I think I'll continue to spray them at the farm and if I get the tires foam filled, I'll try mowing them once they're dead. Now the ones at the house ... spray, cut and dig is probably the only way. Man I hate doing that. Those thorns hurt and will go straight through a pair of leather gloves.

 

[carluman]

I'm in the same boat. Have 1000s of these dang locust trees on our farm and that is no stretch. I've used Slime in my four wheeler and lawn mower and haven't had any trouble with them since. I'm not sure about the tractor though. Is the foam fill for these tires something that gets hard after it is in the tire or is it some what of a liquid? I've asked a couple of dealers about it but none of them seem to know what I'm talking about. The extra weight would be nice too. Any help would be great.

As for killing those trees I'm cutting them and letting my Boer goats do their job. It's to early to say for sure but I think it's a winning combo as they like the locust, multiflora rose, and thorny berries. So far they have not let the other trash trees come back.

Thanks
Carl

 

[HoundsPal]

I have tons of those darn hawthorns that have wrecked 3 new tires. The bush hog blows them to pieces and scatters chunks with needles out of the cutting lane. I have tried a few things but am going to do a hillbilly fix once I get another new front tire. You can buy thin flexible steel in narrow strips. Going to wrap it around tire between ribs and duct tap it on and see what happens. They never go in the ribs, just the soft underbelly of the tire. It is cheap and have nothing to lose except another $150 on a tire. Failing that am going to get a set of 8 ply used truck tires on another set of rims and keep them for bush hogging.

 

[AWSubie]

I was having problems with Mesquite thorns until I used Texas Refinery Corporation (TRC) Tire Sealant. Now I don't have any more flats.
Here is what I like about TRC sealant:

Reasonably priced; $138 for 6 gallons. 6 gallons serviced my NX5010 and a lawn and garden mower.

TRC does not turn into some sticky goo that is difficult to remove when tires need to be replaced. It simply washes away with water. It does contain ethylene glycol so it won't freeze.

I did not want to foam or load my rear tires because I like to do my own tractor maintenance and repair. As it is the rear tires on my NX5010 are a handful for me.

You will need a pump to put the sealant into the tires through the valve stem. The pump cost me $75 on Amazon.

So for around $220 I no longer worry about flats. I am happy.

https://www.texasrefinery.com/products/specialty-products/tireseal/

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

Subie, do you buy the TireSeal directly from the company, or do they sell through dealers?

 

[CalG]

There are tire liners available on the market.

 

[AWSubie]

Pappy, I called the company direct and talked to sales. I originally tried to go through dealers but could not find a business to sell to me because they were set up for re-selling to heavy equipment businesses (I only needed one pail, not 20!). I finally called TRC to ask them if they knew of a distributor/dealer that would sell to me, a small agriculture operation, and they said that they would!

 

[Rmart30]

Foam fill is the way to go for the fronts. Filling the rears would kill power and probably cost $400 a tire or more.

I saw a advertisement a while back for a ag tire with 1" thick sidealls but cant find the ad right now. Some of the new radial tires may be worth looking at for the rears.

 

[yanmars]

I had thick rubber liners put in my tires years ago and that solved the problem.

 

[D2Cat]

We have Osage Orange (hedge) and locust trees. I've helped a friend with 80 acres of them clear his land. We would ring the tree with a chain saw and let it stand for next years work. When we came back to that tree we would use a pump up sprayer with diesel, and spray as high up in the tree as possible. Then light the tree on fire.

Sometimes would cut the tree down, then spray it, then light it on fire. The thorns burn FAST.