[AT] Used Tires

[crawler]

I have a couple of farms on my road and both have put there old tractor
tires out by the side of the road with a FREE sign on then and 75% have
disappeared Just a thought  ED



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 6:10 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Used Tires


> Joe brings up a good question: what to do with used tractor tires. I
> have a couple of sets of tires that I removed from my Super M and other
> tractors. They are not completely shot but only have about 25% tread.
> They have been sitting the "milk room" in my neighbor's dairy barn, but
> I suspect that she wouldn't mind my getting them out of there. I would
> dispose of them, but they charge $20 around here to take tractor tires,
> so I would love to find someone to take them off my hands.
>
> An excellent suggestion someone made was to put the tubes back inside
> them and inflate them. This is especially important if they are stored
> outside - it will keep water from accumulating inside and prevent
> mosquitoes from breeding. Old tires lying around are among the favorite
> breeding sites for some of the species of mosquitoes that carry West
> Nile virus (WNV).
>
> Mike
>
> JAHaze at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Mike & Charlie,
> >
> > One of the reason I pick up tires if I have so many tractor sitting
around
> > with bad rubber, I figure I can always use them.  The 26" tires will go
on my
> > Case 430 loader.  The ones on it are about worn out and I had resolved
myself to
> > buying new ones next year (if I could) since it's the tractor I use the
most.
> >  I guess I'll keep to my plan and buy them as I find them, I also need
to buy
> > more standard tractors and stay away from those row-crop things, I seem
to
> > have plenty of 24-28" replacement tires, just need a few more tractors
to put
> > them on.
> >
> > Enjoy, Joe
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