Rim rusting around valve stem

[Massey_165]

How long will this rim last? Should it be fixed soon?

 

[JMOR]

When it gets weak enough the tube will begin to bulge out thru thru the rust. If you don't want a flat during harvest season, might get on with fixing.

 

[Massey_165]

When it gets weak enough the tube will begin to bulge out thru thru the rust. If you don't want a flat during harvest season, might get on with fixing.

It’s a tractor I’m looking at buying, I would be doing some loader work and bush hogging 3.5 acres twice a year. Just wondering if I’d need to fix it anytime soon.

 

[old]

How long will this rim last? Should it be fixed soon?
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I've seen ones like that go out of the clear blue and others that have lasted years. Real hard to tell with out breaking the tire down and having a real good look see inside and out

 

[Brown David]

I replaced one on my MF 135 that wasn't as bad as that looks simply because I didn't want to be caught by it when I'm using the tractor.

Chances are it would have lasted quite a while yet but now I know it will last as long as I have the tractor.

I wouldn't think twice about replacing yours, just do it. If you buy it that is.

 

[Jim.ME]

Fix sooner rather than later. It will continue to rot away until fixed. Or find a replacement and run it until it pops.

 

[flying belgian]

How long will this rim last? Should it be fixed soon?
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It should be fixed soon.

 

[Fixingfarmer]

Should have been fixed 5 years ago but might very well go another 5.

If it was mine new rim at the next chance

It will not fail when and where you want it to at least for me that’s the case

 

[Ray,IN]

Apparently I'm odd man out. My 1972 MF135 rear rims were a lot more rusted than that picture for perhaps 10 years. Finally the rim bead rusted away so much the rim bead separated for about 18" with the tube showing through. I ran those rims for the rest of warm weather and had new rims, tires, and tubes (reused old liners) installed in October. Good ole Calcium Chloride has a downside, once the tube leaks a bit it never leaves the rim unless the rim is stripped and the CC neutralized.
I had the new tubes filled with the same old CC, perhaps the new rims will last another 50 years.

 

[rustred]

That rims life is done. Hope it’s reflected in the price.

 

[caterpillar guy]

I would change it out or weld a patch in that section depending on whether the rest is as bad which it probably is. Then after this if you buy the tractor as soon as you see a problem fix it and it will save you money in the end. We have several 50plus year old rims with Chloride in them and still fine. I try to get the stems changed out regularly about every 5-10 years or before they start leaking. The cores will rust out enough they start to leak. If left they will cause just the issue you see there.

 

[showcrop]

It looks repairable to me. Before you do anything else on it.

 

[Bruce from Can.]

I won’t say it can’t be fixed, because it could. But I would look at buying another rim, and getting an idea of the cost of the rim as well as the cost of changing the tire to the new rim and the price of a new tube before buying the tractor. Because as it stands, it will not last very much longer, particularly if you started to do things like carry a mounted plough the extra weight would stress the rim or even pulling a heavy load could cause that rotted old rim to break.

 

[urbancase]

My uncle Would run them till it went bad then want me to fix it and I did 2 for him but always happened when he needed it and same time I was busy. So far any tractor I have that show that in the winter I put both set of new rims on and get tractor weights. But that me, good luck

 

[560Dennis]

Get from one from Arron Wenger in new holland ,pa . Best prices east of the Mississippi , five acres of rim inventory.
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