Let's talk front wheels/tires

[BarnyardEngineering]

(quoted from post at 20:46:34 06/09/23)
The company I got mine from was Hey Machinery Co, better known as Hey Wheel

That's the place I was thinking of. Thanks!

You need to call to order, and they'll make sure you're getting the right thing.

 

[Drew.Styduhar]

Hey guys,

I ordered some tires from that recappers place out of TN. One of the tires used a cooper casing and the other an older Capitol tire. The local tire shop thought the Capitol tire retread was sorta crappy so I took pics and sent to recappers. Curious what you guys think. Is this typical? Just to be clear, the one Cooper tire looks OK. Only have beef with this Capitol tire.

This post was edited by Drew.Styduhar on 06/16/2023 at 11:48 am.

 

[Drew.Styduhar]

And another pic showing the dry rot. Man, maybe im being overly critical here but this is worse than the old tire currently on the tractor. And its not even inflated yet!

This post was edited by Drew.Styduhar on 06/16/2023 at 11:28 am.

 

[Drew.Styduhar]

Opinions??

 

[Destroked 450]

That looks crappie and they should not have recapped that casing
See the numbers in that insert, (2513) that tire was made the 25th week of 2013 in China
That casing is already 10 years old, you may get another 5 years out of it if you don t have a loader on the tractor

 

[Drew.Styduhar]

(quoted from post at 15:21:39 06/19/23)
That looks crappie and they should not have recapped that casing
See the numbers in that insert, (2513) that tire was made the 25th week of 2013 in China
That casing is already 10 years old, you may get another 5 years out of it if you don t have a loader on the tractor

After some back/forth and multiple pics, they agreed to send a replacement. I agree with you, the casing they used was poor. They should have inspected it before it went out the door. I understand times are tough but I'm seeing this more often where companies try to send me garbage and then attempt justify it and argue like hell to avoid eating the cost. Glad they did the right thing.

Drew

 

[Destroked 450]

Glad to here they are making it right, I will say I m not a bid fan of the radial automotive tire casings on a tractor, but that probably just me
The sidewalls in the 2wd bias front tractor tires thicker and less likely to get damaged versus the thinner sidewall on the radials
Hope you have good luck with them

What did you come up with on the wheels