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

Wed Mar 24 12:12:50 PST 2004

Thanks

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 1:42 PM
Subject: Shoe Goo was Re: [AT] Tube type tire trick


> 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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