Tires, liners, and foam

[56FordGuy]

Glad to hear so many folks have had good experience with the foam. I believe that I'll try it in my front tires here before too long.

For the rears, I picked up my mounted Firestone Super All Tracs today. The shop mounted them tubeless, with some form of sealant inside that they said worked very well. I didn't put the liners in., because I need the tractor and they wouldn't have arrived in time. If I wind up putting tubes in the tires, I may take the time then to install liners.

 

[Runner]

Tires, liners and foam..OH MY!

(sorry, just had to say that...)

 

[ModMech]

For our B2410, because we use it primarily on the lawn for weekly mowing on 2.5Ac, I would not be inclined to fill any of the tires for fear of compacting the soil more than it does now. This is one BIG reason I have been mulling over the ZTR since purchasing the property.

To get a TRACTOR to do well, what a tractor needs to do, you need weighted tires even with FEL and rear weight box/tiller. This is espeically true if you have turf tires, like we do which are NOT "tractor" tires, they are lawn and garden tires.

With all that, we get by vey well with Slime, zero flats in about a year of operation and I am satisfied with that.... for now.

 

[EddieWalker]

My zero turn mower has solid fron tires. No flats with them.... EVER. LOL

Rear tirs are tubeless and I've had one flat so far. I think most problems are in the front tires. I don't know if it's because they hit everything first, or if it's the turning of the tires in off road situations that weaken the bead or expose the vavle stem. Probably a combination of all of it that leads to so many front tire flats.

I'm just happy to not have to deal with flats on my front tires anymore. It's not just the money to get them fixed, which isn't all that much, but the time lost to take care of it when there is only a limited amount of time to get anything done.

Eddie

 

[DoubleTET]

Check out. McLaren Industries - Manufacturer of rubber tracks and tires

 

[LoneCowboy]

foam filled rock, I'm never going back.

there are options on the foam. there's regular foam, and there's lightweight foam. It takes less lightweight foam to fill it (and the tire weighs less), but it's more expensive per lb. the overall cost is similar.

You can get the tires recapped (as long as you don't run it into the casing), 3 to 4 times from what my tire guy says, before the casing is no longer any good.

Thus, you only have to foam fill it once, and just get it recapped as the tire wears.

 

[snohobigdad]

so I don't really see the answer to the question about liners. I have a 1953 Ford 600. The sidewall has failed, the rim has failed and of course the tube is shot. I have a new rim. Am I stuck with a new tire at about $500 local, or 350 plus delivery off the web, or is a liner or foam of the old tire an option? Please help

 

[Kent B]

I called a couple of places to inquire about the cost and weight of a foam filled tire. The cost was $2.00 per pound and my little 11.2 x 24 inch rear tires would cost between $550 and $600 each to fill.
The weight was enormous. Including the weight of my wheels and rubber they would be nearly 400 pounds each. I can't lift that or even roll it for that matter.
I think I would need two tractors. One to lift the wheels while I moved them around.

 

[RaydaKub]

I think I would need two tractors. One to lift the wheels while I moved them around.

Now you're catchin' on! :thumbsup:

 

[Kent B]

Now you're catchin' on! :thumbsup:

Not too long after getting my "new to me" tractor I got this feeling... I could get another one... So the sensible me says, " That is silly " but the feeling didn't go away.

So I go to pick up a ROPS set "dirt cheap" from a man who has ... not one ... not two .. but three refurbished machines. That was just the ones I could see.
I didn't feel so alone with my feeling after that.