Time for a front tire?

[Gary (Or)]

Might be time to replace the front tires on my 8n. Been this way for a couple of years and it holds air even with mowing blackberries.

Gary (Or)

 

[notjustair]

The tires on my mixer grinder look even worse. I always figure I am going to lose one when I head down the road but never have. It's like Chinese water torture waiting for a tire like that to give up for good.

 

[Tom N MS]

Get u a $5 tube of Permatex Black sealant and adhesive--smear it on hard and heavy and keep on trucking.I did a temporary electrical boot repair years ago..then later scheduled the power company to come kill my power so I could disconnect wires and fix it right with a new boot..got on the house the evening before to remove the old patch material so the old boot could be pulled off..the sealant/adhesive was so tough I could not cut it off. I called and canceled the power company call..sold the house several yrs later and had had no leak problem-far as I know the temporary patch may be on it and may well be lots better than the new boot would have been..also used some of the same stuff on my 2N tire cracks-later bought new tires and as far as i know the guy who got my old tires is still running the "sealed" tires. It is good stuff-I keep clear and black on hand all the time...make sure it says sealant and adhesive..it is much tougher than pure silicone..

 

[old]

Holds air?? Then it isn't broken so why waste the $$ till it no longer hold the tube in and air in. I have a set of tires on my W Speed Patrol A/C grader that I was told that I needed to replace the tires on 15 or 20 years ago and the old tires are still on it and still holding air. I have a pair of new tires sitting in the shed waiting for there day but as long as the old ones hold up they will stay on

 

[POPGUN]

shoe goo and household goo is tough stuff too. But let it go.

 

[Kirk-NJ]

Time for a tire? You can even see the tube yet. I have this one on one of my tractors. Ok, I don't really use this tractor it's a parts tractor on the side of the barn but I do air it up a little if have to push it around. It beats pushing a tractor with a totally flat tire.
Changing your tire might depend on the work your tractor can do safely . I wouldn't want to be pulling a loaded hay wagon down the road and have it blow out.

Kirk

 

[lha]

I got 2 new front tires mounted at a local tire dealership a few years ago[5?] for $88.00 for both. It's not worth the worry for me. lha

 

[ericlb]

id get new tires, that thing may last quite awhile, but murphys law applies here, it will eventually fail, and when it does, it will either be in a snow storm or as far from the barn as it can possibly get neither is fun to change a tire out in

 

[pconnie]

bout 20yrs ago bought ind4000 backhoe..looked like cap would come off any time..when moving dirt clods would get caught in flapping cap..anyone who saw it couldn't believe they would hold air..bought a new pair mounted,still in barn..guess they will outlive me

 

[Joe Scribner]

Murphy's law always applies for me in a situation like this. As you are obviously well aware, a tire worn that thin is an accident waiting to happen. If it blows out when you are pulling a trailer down a hill then heaven help you hold onto the steering wheel. For the little bit of money a new or a good used tire would cost I'd be replacing them. It'll steer better too so the benefits will outweigh the risk. I just don't like driving around on junk so if it was mine I'd be replacing them. Then again it's your tractor so take your lumps as you please.

 

[souNdguy]

same here.

I have tires that i've been running on machines I bought over a decade ago that look worse and still hold air. ;0

 

[Anonymous-0]

I had a valve stem leak fluid on my rear rim a few years ago. By the time I realized what was going on the hole for the stem was eaten out. I caped the stem and put JB weld around the opening. It's been over 5 years now with no futher problems. Everyone said I would have to take the tube out and repair the rim or the tube would soon leak. Not so!

 

[R Geiger]

I gote two 16 incher that I would give you for hauling them off! one rim has issues and that one does leak down. Just over the hill!

 

[Gary (Or)]

Thanks but my plan is to clean up and paint the rims like I did the rears last spring. then I'll buy new tires and tubes. Need to find a new place to have them sandblasted, the place locally closed.



Gary (Or)

 

[R Geiger]

Rears looking good! Need to do mine!