[AT] Used Tires

[Michael Miller]

Joe,
    I've found the best place to store them is on tractors:-)   All kidding 
aside, I bought one from a guy in PA who showed me a neat trick that is 
probably old hat to everyone else....   Put the tubes in them when you take 
them off the rim.  Then the tube doesn't go bad.

If you're located near Ohio and have a decent set of 14.9x38s I'd be 
interested........  I've got a 10x38 that I have NO idea what I am going to 
do with it.....



My problem is usually KEEPING tires on tractors.  I finally got my Oliver 70 
on decent wheels(after swapping on and off about 3 sets) and then dad blew a 
13.6x38 on the M.  I found a good used one and put that on, but I'd like to 
move it up to 14.9s.

Maybe if I'd just quit being cheap and shell out the 3,000$ or more it'd 
take to put new shoes on everything then I wouldn't have tire 
problems..........................


Mike

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>Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:07:04 EDT
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>Am I the only one obsessed with good used tractor tires?  I have to ask
>because it seems that where ever I go, I run into decent tires for a 
>fracton of the
>cost of new.  Today for example I was working on a new subdivision and I 
>ran
>into the property owner (old farmer) anyway I asked my usual questions 
>about
>any old equipment he might want to get rid of, and after getting the tour 
>and
>inspecting a pair of Ford orchard tractors (more on that later) I noticed 
>he
>had two decent matched pairs of rear tires, one set 13.9 x26 and the other 
>12.4
>X 28.  He asked for an offer and picked up both sets for $50, rims and all.
>He even loaded them in my pick-up for me.  Now I know you don't run into 
>that
>everyday, but about the only thing I bought at auctions this summer was 
>good
>used tractor tires (most of the time I was the only one bidding).  Am I 
>missing
>something?  Or does everybody have to have new tires these days?
>
>My other reason for posting is I seem to have found myself with several
>decent sets of rear tires.  Does anybody have a good suggestion on how to 
>store
>them without interfering with the valuable tractor storage space?  I have 
>them
>lining the walls of (leaning up against) the pole barn now, but am running 
>out
>of wall space and am looking for a few suggestions.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Enjoy, Joe
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