tube repair Woes

[Soundguy]

And how would that fix the hole in the tire casing that got there presumable when the tube got it's hole?

best bet is a spare tube..

Soundguy

Make sure the area around the patch is cleaned with somthing like alchohol that won't leave any residue. Before remounting, just air tube up and watch the patch to see if it's going to hold. Maybe you could convert to tubeless with a tubless valve in an emergency.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

The more hours you keep a tractor on the job, the more likely you'll have flats. This summer, I'm kicking off a mowing business that seems to be taking off quick. Myself, my son, and one of my son-in-laws are mowing almost every day. So far (knock on wood) no flats. But I KNOW they're coming. It's only a matter of time. With the relative high cost of a new rear tube, there's no earthly way I'm tossing $50 (or more) every time we puncture a tube. It just doesn't make any sense to throw money away like that unless you're made out of money, have a couterfitting operation in your basement, or just trying to impress the guy at the tire store. So... We carry tire irons, jacks, tire soap, a spare tube, and a portable air compressor on the truck we use to haul our equipment with. The punctured tube goes home to be patched when there's down time. Blow it up, let it set for a day or 2 just to insure it doesn't leak, then deflate it, and bag it up as the NEXT spare. Trashing a perfectly good $50 (or more) tube just because of a small pinhole is a total waste of money. So is wasting valuable time. Even if you have to pay someone to get the tube patched, it's there next time you have a flat on a sunday afternoon. And then your $50 is in your pocket and NOT left at the tire store.

 

[Soundguy]

Big differecne in a commercial multi-tractor daily operation , and a homeowner occasional weekend puncture.

Still.. a good tube with a pin prck can be saved.. a dry tube with a bunch of trouble spots is time to hit the gasket material pile.

Soundguy

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Big differecne in a commercial multi-tractor daily operation , and a homeowner occasional weekend puncture.

Still.. a good tube with a pin prck can be saved.. a dry tube with a bunch of trouble spots is time to hit the gasket material pile.

Soundguy

Yeah, A commercial multi-tractor operation could absorb the cost of a tire repair service much easier, as well as having a better working relationship with a tire service due mostly to repeat business possibilities. Homeowner occasional weekend user would benifit as much, arguably more by having a quick fix of their own at the ready. In the end, it's probably more about speed and convienience than any other issue. Try to get a tire repair service for a one-time call on a sunday afternoon..... Much easier to walk in the garage and pick up the ready-to-go tube off the shelf.

I can't see any obvious benifit in using a dried out, full of holes innertube as a gasket on anything however, assuming it was that bad and/or that old to begin with. Seems like that would be more of a candidate for the dumpster, if it was in fact in that sad of a condition.

 

[6sunset6]

When I was building my house and moving 4000 yards of fill and working full time I was always in a hurry and at night I would punish the front tires on my loader pretty bad. Got some really bad flats ,bent the rim on a piece of concrete once. I got fed up and bought a spare rim and tire and just changed it until I could fix it. Worked for the front , probably to expensive for the back. Never had a flat on the back though.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

When I was building my house and moving 4000 yards of fill and working full time I was always in a hurry and at night I would punish the front tires on my loader pretty bad. Got some really bad flats ,bent the rim on a piece of concrete once. I got fed up and bought a spare rim and tire and just changed it until I could fix it. Worked for the front , probably to expensive for the back. Never had a flat on the back though.

Agreed. Especially in light of the fact that many tractors use the same bolt pattern, that's how we deal with flats on the front. Swap wheels and repair on rainy days or when time permits.

 

[Soundguy]

Keeping a spare tire /tube/rim againstt he wall is not as ridiculess as it sounds. Considering many tractor rears use a seperate rim and center.. (IE 6 loop / 8 loop.. etc.. ).. It's not unimaginable to keep a serviceable casing from when yuo change out the rears, and just keep it booted to a rim. Perhaps on one of those resurected tubes with ony 1-2 repair holes in it... The you are only out the cost of the rim itself.. probably not much in the big scheme of thing. I keep 2 spare tires mounted on rims and centers for my ford hundred seris and N setting inthe barn... Only takes a few lugnut removals and a jack to fix a flat for the time conscious work.

If ya get a new set of rear rubber ever.. do consier keeping one or both of the casings if they still have good beads and any rubber left onthem.. that and the old tubes.. then all ya need is a rim to match your center.. and ya got a rear spare..

Soundguy

When I was building my house and moving 4000 yards of fill and working full time I was always in a hurry and at night I would punish the front tires on my loader pretty bad. Got some really bad flats ,bent the rim on a piece of concrete once. I got fed up and bought a spare rim and tire and just changed it until I could fix it. Worked for the front , probably to expensive for the back. Never had a flat on the back though.