[AT] Case Wheel weights

[Larry D Goss]

LOL!  No I wasn't, Rick, but come to think about it, I think I would prefer 
Shoe Goo instead of Slime.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Cook" <cookrick at istar.ca>
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Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Case Wheel weights


> So are you suggesting he fill the rear tires with Shoe-Goo?  Might be 
> great
> for going over thorns but I would hate to be the guy that had to replace
> them someday! ;-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Larry D Goss
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:32 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Case Wheel weights
>
>
> I've been thinking about you for the last couple of days, Mark.  The short
> version of the story is, I needed a new door mat that's made out of 
> recycled
> auto tires.  Lehman's Hardware has them.  I was going to have you stop by
> and bring one to me at Portersville.  But then I thought, "I'll go down to
> Kidron after the Portersville show and pick one up myself."  But then my
> wife talked to me about it and said, "Why don't you just fix the old one?"
> So I got out a tube of Shoe Goo from the shop (which Farmer told me all 
> the
> good features of years ago) and fixed it this afternoon.  The door mat is
> now around 20 years old.  With any luck, it is now set to last another 20
> years.  I used the Shoe Goo repair as suggested by Farmer to patch a pair 
> of
> gauge wheels on my Kubota mower deck.  The patch on those lasted better 
> than
> 9 years under pretty adverse conditions.  For those that haven't used this
> product before, it is a glue that is specially formulated to repair the
> soles of sneakers.  Farmer knew of it because of one of his former lives 
> as
> a cobbler, and he sent me off to the shoe department of Wal-Mart to get 
> it.
>
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Greer" <greerfam at raex.com>
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> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 8:43 PM
> Subject: [AT] Case Wheel weights
>
>
>>I recently bought another Case 430 to replace the one I lost when my barn
>> burned in late March. This one has a nice Henry Loader on it and new 
>> tires
>> all around. They didn't put calcium back in the tires when they put the
>> new
>> ones on and the tractor is damn near worthless with anything in the
>> bucket.
>> I'd like to find some wheel weights for it and if any of you know of some
>> that are available I'd appreciate a heads up on them. I don't want to 
>> hang
>> a
>> weight box off the three point as I will use some three point implements
>> fairly regularly and weight boxes are a pain to take on and off - been
>> there, done that. I'm also looking into loading the tires but I don't 
>> like
>> calcium. I've been down the rotten rims route and would rather not go
>> there
>> again. Has anyone here used that sugarbeet byproduct called RimGuard? I'd
>> like to hear from someone who's actually used it rather than someone who
>> just wants to sell me some.
>> Mark Greer
>> Orrville, Ohio - Home of Smucker's Jelly
>>
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