Which way to do it??

[old]

My Farmall BA has a rear flat tire. I plan to put slime in it but the way the valve stem sits right now to put slime in it I have to rotate the tire. So do I air it up and them let the air out and put the slime in and then air it back up. Or do I air it up drive it to the shop where I have chain hoist etc to make it easier to work on and the n let the air out and put the slime in and then air it up and let it sit an spin the tire around the spread the slime around inside the tire?? By the way the way I have to air it up in the field is a small battery powder air compressor so very slow to do but the shop on the other hand has a big air compressor with a large tank so airing it back up is pretty fast

 

[matthies]

If you can jack it up, the small battery compressor will do better and easier.

 

[Charlie M]

Where ever you do it I would have the tire regain its correct shape - not flat on one side. I also think I would air it up and pour some soapy water over it and see if I could find where the leak is. Maybe its a leak slime can't fix. I would put in just enough air in the field to get it to the shop.

 

[old]

If you can jack it up, the small battery compressor will do better and easier.

Well that would mean hauling jacks etc. to it out in the field where as airing it up and taking it to the shop all I have to do is take the small compressor to it and only make one trip

 

[old]

Where ever you do it I would have the tire regain its correct shape - not flat on one side. I also think I would air it up and pour some soapy water over it and see if I could find where the leak is. Maybe its a leak slime can't fix. I would put in just enough air in the field to get it to the shop.

This is a tube type tire so checking where it leaks say very little

 

[JMOR]

Analyze and draw up a decision tree and that might help you make a decision.

 

[Brown David]

 

[chcase]

My Farmall BA has a rear flat tire. I plan to put slime in it but the way the valve stem sits right now to put slime in it I have to rotate the tire. So do I air it up and them let the air out and put the slime in and then air it back up. Or do I air it up drive it to the shop where I have chain hoist etc to make it easier to work on and the n let the air out and put the slime in and then air it up and let it sit an spin the tire around the spread the slime around inside the tire?? By the way the way I have to air it up in the field is a small battery powder air compressor so very slow to do but the shop on the other hand has a big air compressor with a large tank so airing it back up is pretty fast

I would not put slime in. Air tire up in field and drive to shop and take tire off and get fixed

 

[old]

I would not put slime in. Air tire up in field and drive to shop and take tire off and get fixed

If I did it that way it would mean a new tire. The tire shows a lot of cranks due to age but if it wasn't for the weather checking it would look almost new. I put slime in my Olive S88 rear tire 2 or 3 years ago and it is still staying aired up

 

[used red MN]

Call your local tire guy and have him come out a put a new rim, new tire and tube on it.

 

[rustred]

This should be in tractor tales. There is a spot there.

 

[Jim.ME]

Unless the casing has broken and pinched the tube inside the tire, the weather cracks don't affect the tube. It may have been punctured, the valve core has failed, or the tube has rotted and failed. If the casing damage is pinching the tube, Slime isn't going to fix it. And you aren't going to fix it correctly it appears.

Here is a simple way to decide. If someone asked you the same questions you asked about what to do, what would you tell them to do? What you would tell them to do is your answer to your questions (you are already finding reasons to reject answers given to you by others here so there is no value in our responses). You could have been done by now if you had just gone ahead and done what you would tell someone else what they should do to fix it.

 

[johnofnewhaven]

Unless the casing has broken and pinched the tube inside the tire, the weather cracks don't affect the tube. It may have been punctured, the valve core has failed, or the tube has rotted and failed. If the casing damage is pinching the tube, Slime isn't going to fix it. And you aren't going to fix it correctly it appears.

Here is a simple way to decide. If someone asked you the same questions you asked about what to do, what would you tell them to do? What you would tell them to do is your answer to your questions (you are already finding reasons to reject answers given to you by others here so there is no value in our responses). You could have been done by now if you had just gone ahead and done what you would tell someone else what they should do to fix it.

Way to logical Jim.ME

 

[Jim.ME]

Way to logical Jim.ME

Zero post gain that way.

 

[charlie n]

How long has it been flat?

 

[wh]

Just rotate it to where flat is on top.

 

[used red MN]

the way I have to air it up in the field is a small battery powder air compressor so very slow to do

You mean a junk collector and cobbler like you doesn’t have an old Freon or propane tank converted to an air bubble That would probably get it a third of the way or more aired up to be mobile.

 

[JMOR]

You mean a junk collector and cobbler like you doesn’t have an old Freon or propane tank converted to an air bubble That would probably get it a third of the way or more aired up to be mobile.

Maybe when he finally bumps that hit counter to 100,000, he will stop some of the BS posts. We can always hope.

 

[Butch(OH)]

Just rotate it to where flat is on top.

I did that once but when I moved the tractor it kept going back to the bottom??

 

[old]

How long has it been flat?

Not all that long as in about a week now. Mowed hay Monday or Tuesday and was flat day before yesterday