Tire shop or tractor dealer

wedge40 · Mar 17, 2009

Which do I call to have a tire repaired.
Will they salvage any of the ballast when doing the repair.
I managed to break the valve stem on my tractor the other day while I was "working" on it. I replaced the water valve and tried to air up the tire. The rubber leaks either at the stem or around the stem. I have about $150 worth of rim guard in the tire and really don't like the idea of tossing it on the ground. If they wont collect the solution what is the best way to get the stuff back out? I can let gravity do its job and move it a bucket at time. I might even be able to use the pump I used to put it into the tire, but figure at some point the suction will be too great and it will stop pumping.
Any suggestions.
Oh and for the record, valve stem on tractors do move like they do on bike tires.

One last question, would anybody have a ball park figure to have a tire repair on the tractor. It's not in a field, its sitting next to the house jacked up on a jack stand.

Wedge

banjodunn · Mar 17, 2009

G'day I would definately use a tyre shop most dealers would come out, pull rim/tyre off and take to tyre shop anyway as for the goo in tyre you could let gravity do the work and then suck it out as you said but i dont know of any way to get it all back good luck

oh and no idea on the cost of repair over there would be interested to know though

deereguy · Mar 17, 2009

I think if ya call around some farm tire/industrial tire shops that do "on-site" work they can come out, pump the tire (you might need a clean garbage can or two for recepticals for the fluid), then they can fix the tire and re-pump your fluid back in. Call around and tell them your situation. Cost me around $200 a few years back when I "sharpened" a t-post with the bush hog then backed over it. They pumped out the washer fluid, patched the tire, re-pumped it w/o taking the tire off, then refilled.

Good Luck!!

AndyMA · Mar 17, 2009

The guys I use either "onsite" or shop have containers to pump the fluid into.

Andy

RWolf · Mar 17, 2009

Can't tell you about the recovery but in my case an on site job cost me $120.00 for the guy to come out spread a little goop and plug the tire. If you can get a replacement valve and insert it from the outside with a little help of liquid soap then you could air the tire up and save yourself a bunch of money. Otherwise it would be cheaper to take the tire to a tire shop that can handle farm tires.

wedge40 · Mar 17, 2009

Tire shops is what I found out. And only shops that have trucks that can be sent out to do it on premis. Call one just up the road from where I work, about 50 mile away from my place. They weren't too keen on sending a truck that far so they suggested someone closer. I called them at about 8:30 this morning and they called back around 1:00 and said it was done. They should have removed and put the rim guard back.
Cost wasn't too bad considering they also had to put a new tub in the 16.9x30 tire. $188.00.

Wedge