Shoe Goo was Re: [AT] Tube type tire trick

[Steve W.]

Usually on the side of the "shoe care center" most have it on the far
right of the shoe department.

I took farmers advice and repaired my wifes boots with it.
WORKED GREAT. Saved a 50 dollar pair of boots.

Steve Williams
Near Cooperstown NY


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Tube type tire trick


> Where in Wally World do you look for Shoe Goo?
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 12:40 PM
> Subject: RE: [AT] Tube type tire trick
>
>
> > Long live Shoe Goo!
> >
> > I took your advice about using Shoe-Goo to patch the gauge wheels on
my
> > Kubota mower deck.  I built a dam out of packaging tape, filled the
> > cavity with Shoe-Goo, and let it set for about a week.  That was
several
> > years ago.  The patches held and are still in place.  A tube of
Shoe-Goo
> > from Wal-Mart sure beats paying nearly $100 each for those
overpriced
> > gauge wheels.  I always thought JD green paint was expensive, but
I've
> > found that Kubota orange is not much cheaper.  :-)
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Robinson
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 8:48 AM
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group;
> > Smallfarmshop at yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [AT] Tube type tire trick
> >
> > I have a couple of hundred tires on the ground so I am always
> > changing
> > or patching one. Those numbers and being well blessed with poverty
means
> >
> > I don't dash out and buy a new tire or tube every little whip
stitch.
> > Also of course many of those tires only move once or twice a year
and
> > some don't carry much weight. Sometimes repairs get a little
creative.
> > Anybody seen my tube of Shoe-Goo?   :-)
> > I used one trick this week that I have used successfully several
> > times
> > before. I am hauling soybeans and when I got the first load on a
wagon
> > one rear tire was a bit soft. I grabbed the air hose and safety
inflater
> >
> > and pumped it up. Then as I started looking it over I found a 6 inch
> > place on the back sidewall where I could see the air. Well, not
really
> > the air, just the broken ends of the first 4 plies of cord on an 8
ply
> > tire. It has looked pretty bad for several years but new tire time
had
> > come. There was $2,000 in soybeans in that wagon and I wanted them
to
> > arrive in comfort.
> > We started calling around for price and called the Goodyear
> > store
> > first. I bought the last one for that wagon there about 3 years ago
and
> > it only cost me $37 on sale. Diana asked the guy for a price on an
11L x
> >
> > 15 rib implement tire for a wagon. In the next few seconds it became
> > quickly apparent that she was talking to a new guy that didn't know
farm
> >
> > tires. After she got him to quit talking about 3 rib fronts he
finally
> > said all they had was 12 ply's (I still doubt that). Well how
much?...
> > $92... Choke, gasp... Thanks we will call somebody else. We ended up
> > buying a no name tire from another local tire store for $35. Orchlen
> > farm store had no names for $52.
> > While she went to get the tire I pulled the one off of the wagon
> > and
> > plopped it on the Coats 40-40 to change it. That is about the
largest
> > tire I can change on it. The tube looked like new. Then I discovered
> > that the tube was leaking around the brass part of the valve stem.
OK,
> > maybe not a problem, most new tires are tubeless anyway. If the new
one
> > is rated tubeless I'll just bore the stem hole and stick in a
tubeless
> > stem. I always keep those on hand. I was out of replacement tube
stems
> > and besides when the stem is in the kind of corner of the drop
center
> > that this one was sometimes those replacement tube stems get pulled
out
> > of shape as the tire inflates and breaks the seal. She got there
with
> > the tire and dang it, it was tube type. I was in a hurry so I
mounted it
> >
> > and inflated it then went to the small hose clamp drawer and got one
of
> > those stainless screw type gas line clamps and put it on the valve
stem
> > squeezing the outside of the rubber stem against the brass stem
insert.
> > No leak. I have used this trick several times on other tires. On one
of
> > them the brass had come completely loose. On that one I coated the
brass
> >
> > with Shoe-Goo and shoved it back in and put a clamp on it. It has
held
> > for years.
> >
> > I have been boring (actually I use a reamer) and changing quite
> > a few
> > wheels to fit a large base tubeless stem lately. Most of the tires I
use
> >
> > are old car tires and are tubeless anyway. If I later want to use a
tube
> >
> > in one I can just stick in a plastic bushing on the stem. I keep
those
> > on hand all of the time, their cost is tiny.
> >
> >
> > -- 
> >
> >
> >
> > "farmer"
> >
> > Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.
> >
> >
> > Francis Robinson
> > Central Indiana USA
> > robinson at svs.net
> >
> >
> >
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