[AT] Tired tires

Paul Waugh pwaugh at embarqmail.com
Mon Jul 28 17:21:31 PDT 2008


OK I need to clarify.  The tire was 11.2 x 34, the hole was 1.25 in in 
diameter.  It took Andrew 35 min to mount wheel and weight, now I helped by 
handing bolts :)), some thing changes with age for sure

Paul in IN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Waugh" <pwaugh at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Tired tires


>I don't understand ... I punched a BIG hole the rear 420 tire (maybe 9x28).
> It only took me 4hrs to remove and get it to the rear of the truck. My son
> had no trouble putting it on the truck,  At the tire shop he had no 
> trouble
> taking it off the truck, and had it broke down in less than 5 min.  I had 
> to
> wait a day for a tube, but $48 later they had loaded it and I came home.
> Now I am waiting for my son to unload, then there will be the 4 hr 
> struggle
> putting it back on the tractor, and oh, my son will probably lift the 100
> lb. wheel weight back up.  I don't see the big deal hahahahaha
>
> Paul in IN
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 4:35 PM
> Subject: [AT] Tired tires
>
>
>> OK, who has been messing with the gravity knob again??? Just when did a
>> 15.5 X 38" 6 ply get that danged hard to stand up from laying flat on
>> the ground? It was just the tire and rim (no center) and tube, well OK,
>> it did have a couple of gallons of rain water between the tire and tube
>> since it had been sitting flat. I bent down and hooked my fingers under
>> it and started grunting. By the time I had it chest high I had made more
>> sounds than the Mormon Tabernacle Choir... Gheese...
>> You just cant get any life out of a tire anymore. This was a pair of
>> old Firestone "Gum dipped" rears that I stood out in a downpour of rain
>> to buy at auction. They didn't look terribly old but had a lot of road
>> wear on them. They had maybe 10% tread in the center and 60% tread at
>> the edges. That sale was in the late 1970's. We wanted them for a set of
>> duals. I bought the pair for $10. We ran them as duals for maybe 8 years
>> then I quit using duals and I put them on my Farmall Super M where they
>> have been ever since. I hate it when you just can't get your money's
>> worth out of something.   :-)   The one I am changing today was
>> splitting out not so long ago so I had parked the tire and rim (did not
>> run when parked) and put on another tire and rim I had handy. I was
>> accidentally smart enough to let all of the air out of it so I saved the
>> good tube. The mate to the one I am changing today was doing fine until
>> I found that steel post stump. The old tire came off fine in spite of
>> all of the noises and I have cleaned and tested the tube and descaled
>> the rim. I need to give the rim a fresh coat of paint before I put it
>> back together and I will probably go mow a small future horse lot while
>> it dries. I need a spot to park a couple of dozen round bales for a
>> while. I'll move the bales with the Super M as soon as I get the tire
>> remounted on the tractor.
>> I came in and typed this message while I let the tire and rim cool
>> down, they were getting pretty hot...   ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>
>> "farmer"
>>
>>
>> I wouldn't mind being absent minded so bad if forgetfulness
>> could just be a little more selective. Just last week I
>> was saying so to "whats-her-name..."
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> Francis Robinson
>> Central Indiana, USA
>> robinson at svs.net
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