[AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?

[Indiana Robinson]

william.neff.powell at comcast.net wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Had a great weekend with my WD. Made some extra $ mowing a field with the bush mower. Its nice when the tractor I spend so much time and money on can help me make some extra $$$. 
> 
> Decided to tarp the tractor this morning and noticed that my left rear tire was flat. 
> 
> I had just fixed this tire about a year ago. 
> 
> Considering an attempt to remove the tube while the rim is still on the tractor? Has anyone done this? I know that professional tire services do repair tractor tires while the rim is on because my father had it done on his tractor.....
> 
> I do not have special tools, just tire irons and my small backhoe to break the bead. In this case the tire has already come off the bead. 
> 
> How do others repair their rear tires? 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Will Powell

>
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	If the bead has broken you are 2/3rds done.   :-)
	The only reason I would ever take a rear rim off of a tractor would be 
to break the bead.
	I just use a tire hammer, about 3 tire irons (mostly just two) and at 
least 1 pair of large Vise-grips. The vise grips are used as a stop 
clamped on the rim. A "C" clamp will also work. I bought one of those 
heavy bead breaker tools with about a 5' long slide hammer handle at a 
garage sale last year but I have not used it yet.
I have a tool I made a few years ago that mounts on my Farmall Super M's 
Speeco 3 point hitch (has down pressure) so I can lay the tire and rim 
flat on the ground and push the bead loose.
I normally change my own and have done some for customers but not when I 
could get out of it...  :-)
	I even patched one on my MM-R at he Conner Prairie living history 
Country Fair event as a demonstration (had picked up a puncture) with a 
bunch of people standing around watching like it was the birth of a 
panda bear.   :-)   The pair of tires on that MM came off of George 
Willer's Case some years ago (thanks George, I still appreciate them), 
they were his "turf tires". For some reason he thought his Case needed 
taller tread.   :-)
	I'm waaaay behind and sometime this summer I need to change six 13.6 X 
38" (or as close to that size as I can find) rears and remove one 12" X 
24" from my Allis C and install a large thin boot at a spot I just 
noticed this spring. Obviously I won't be buying all new ones, OUCH!
	Maybe we should break the country into districts and start having tire 
changing parties.   :-)   We could probably manage to have them on the 
hottest day of the year and out where there is no shade.
:-)
As an after thought here, if the rim is rusty I always wire brush them, 
wash them down and paint them. I might leave the outside rusty but I 
like good paint inside.
Block the tractor up, chock all of the other wheels and do not bleed on 
the tire, rim or tools.




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