[AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?

Tue Jun 24 04:28:29 PDT 2008

Will I'm pretty much the same as you.  I grew up in a service station that 
my dad owned until I was 9 and then finished growing up helping him farm. 
I've changed and patched my share of tires but now days I generally just 
take them to the tire shop.  The hardest part of that is getting them in the 
back of the truck or on the trailer.  I have a trailer that is low enough 
that I can back it up to the tractor tire, jack up the tractor, unbolt the 
tire and it will fall onto the trailer.

I'm like you, I don't know why I never thought of using vise grips for a 
stop on the bead.  Thanks for the tip Farmer but I don't think I'll be 
needing it.  LOL

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <william.neff.powell at comcast.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?

> Indiana,
>
> I have been changing tires since I can remember. Bike tires to start. 
> Screw drivers to start. In high school (1980) in metal shop I forged some 
> tire irons, one from 3/4 inch rod and another from a VW jack handle. Still 
> have them and still use them. My grandfather ran a taxi business on Long 
> Island and when he passed I asked for and got his tire changer, nice for 
> front tractor tires. It will break the bead and spin the tire off the rim.
>
> But, the Rear tractor tires are tough, especially if they are full of 
> calcium chloride. I'm just removing the liquid. I don't plow so I don't 
> need the extra weight.
>
> Good idea on the vice grips as a stop, don't know why I never thought of 
> that...
>
> The WD tire that went flat was one I was hoping that I would not have to 
> do again. I removed it earlier, needle scraped and wire brushed it, then 
> painted it... My goal when doing tractor repairs is to make them 
> permanent. (wishful thinking)
>
> My D17 rear was a pain due to its mass.
>
> I have two on my WC that should be done to save the rims and two on a CA I 
> picked up. Turned the CA tire stems up so they would stop leaking on my 
> barn floor....
>
> Changing the tires is a physical job and a messy one if you still have the 
> calcium in the tires.... Something I want to do but after doing one I get 
> discouraged.... Maybe I have too many tractors...
>
> Looking forward to a successful tire repair while rim is still on the 
> tractor.. Hope it saves me some time. Yes, agreed that tractor should be 
> chocked and secure.
>
> Regards,
>
> Will Powell
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Indiana Robinson <robinson at svs.net>
>> 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
>>
>> >
>> ==================================
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>
>> "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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