Tired of flats myself

egb6550 · Sep 12, 2005

Wish I had read those posts about the free tire exchange.. probably did and just don't remember.. boy do I feel stupid.. well I guess I can send my old wheels in and get an extra set in case they go flat

cqaigy · Sep 13, 2005

<font color="red">Wish I had read those posts about the free tire exchange.. </font>

Ditto /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

marrt · Sep 13, 2005

Well...the tires I bought did not work. The mower started pushing them off the rims within the first hour of mowing. Back to the drawing board. Guess I'll call PT. BTW, my mower is the 1845 finish mower and it's 5 years old. Not sure if they still use the "4.10" size tire now or a larger one. I know they use the larger one on the rough cut mower. I doubt they'll replace them free...but I'll check. If I have to go with the larger one, I'll have to buy the spindles as well.

Charlie_Iliff · Sep 13, 2005

Marrt:
On the rough-cut, I rolled both the factory tires off after a season. They were tube tires, filled with foam when I got it from PT. I took them to a local outdoor power store who sent them out and got tubeless tires mounted and filled with rubber foam. The difference is the filler is firmly stuck to the wheel, where before I rolled tire and tube both off.
I've got two mowing seasons on the filled tires with no problem.

BobRip · Sep 13, 2005

I just put inner tubes in the tires of the rought cut mower about 3 to 4 years ago and have not had a problem since. No leaks, no flats, no problems.

Bob Rip

Sedgewood · Sep 14, 2005

<font color="red"> Well...the tires I bought did not work. The mower started pushing them off the rims within the first hour of mowing. Back to the drawing board. Guess I'll call PT </font>

When I called PT they sent me what you bought - they didn't work any better for me than they did for you and Charlie /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Mowers as heavy as ours need pretty tough wheels & tires. Charlie has presented his effective solution to the problem. I went even heavier and also have had no problems since. Here's my solution.

PT sure has a knack for over-engineering their steel work and under-engineering many of the smaller bits, especially wheels & tires. At least they're giving us a solid base worthy of our creative upgrades.

We like Participative Tractoring /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Sedgewood

JohnnyA · Sep 14, 2005

I solved similar problems with flats by putting tubes inside the "tubeless" tires. For me it has been a relatively inexpensive solution that has worked on the mower as well as on my 1845 tractor.