[AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?

[Larry Goss]

Hey, Farmer--

Just out of curiosity, how many zeros did you leave out of that price?

My neighborhood tire dealer has one of those machines in his shop with the digital balancer setting beside it.  Nice system, but I take stuff to him all the time that strain the ability of that machine to do the work.  When you put a 6-ply tractor tire on it, it grunts and groans and doesn't want to slip the bead over the rim.  He also has an old pneumatic changer like the one you have mounted in your barn.  Most of the time he uses that for just valve stem work.  I think he likes it because he can have access to the whole tire without any of the mechanism in the way of his work.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Indiana Robinson <robinson at svs.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 0:53
Subject: Re: [AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> charlie hill wrote:
> > The guy that does my tire work has a big machine that does the 
> whole job. 
> > They roll the tire onto the machine.  It has fingers that 
> grab the wheel or 
> > rim and more fingers that pull the tire back out of the 
> way.  I don't know 
> > how to describe it except that it looks like a BIG spider or 
> octupus got 
> > ahold of the tire. Then the man pulls the tube out, patches 
> and replaces it. 
> > The machine puts the tire back in position and they pump the 
> tire up.
> > 
> > Charlie
> > 
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> And that machine costs at least $20...
> ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> "farmer"
> 
> 
> I don'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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