warhammer
Gold Member
I have flats on both my front tires.
So I inflated the tires, jacked the front end up and spun the wheels around looking for the problem. I found a dozen or so thorns in each tire. I marked the location of each thorn and put soapy water on each one and there was no bubbling. I removed each thorn and redid the application of soapy water - still no bubbling. I did hear and located one small leak on one tire and plugged it up. I never could find a leak on the second wheel.
I was surprised at how soft the rubber was when digging out the thorns. My tractor has Titan 6 ply R-1's. Are most/all tractor tires like that?
At this point I think I am going to get the tires foamed so I do not need to deal with the flats anymore.
Is there any problem just doing the fronts?
Warhammer
So I inflated the tires, jacked the front end up and spun the wheels around looking for the problem. I found a dozen or so thorns in each tire. I marked the location of each thorn and put soapy water on each one and there was no bubbling. I removed each thorn and redid the application of soapy water - still no bubbling. I did hear and located one small leak on one tire and plugged it up. I never could find a leak on the second wheel.
I was surprised at how soft the rubber was when digging out the thorns. My tractor has Titan 6 ply R-1's. Are most/all tractor tires like that?
At this point I think I am going to get the tires foamed so I do not need to deal with the flats anymore.
Is there any problem just doing the fronts?
Warhammer