[AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?

[charlie hill]

Yeah Richard it works ok if you get the right amount of ether in there.  I 
stopped by a friends service station one day right after they had tried it 
for the first time and didn't know what they were doing.  They were trying 
to mount a big truck tire on a Dayton rim.  They put just a bit too much 
ether in and when it lit off it blew the lock ring of the tire.  Luckily no 
one was hurt.  I think a couple of them needed to change their underwear.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fink Sr" <nancydick at pennswoods.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?


> Charlie i have tryed the ether thing, a bit scary first time but it
> works used it on truck and motor home tires when new.
> R Fink
> PA
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>
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> At 06:21 AM 6/25/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi Ralph,  didn't read your post before writting.  I never tried the ether
>>method but I've seen it done.  Most of the time with good results.
>>
>>Charlie
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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>>Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:27 AM
>>Subject: Re: [AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?
>>
>>
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
>> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:35 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?
>> >
>> >
>> >> And I have even used the ether and a match routine to seat tractor
>> >> tires...
>> >>
>> >> I only have two tires on the place that just refuse to hold air. They
>> >> are TINY ones on my generator. Two piece rims bolted together with
>> >> sealer between them, Tubes that have been checked for leaks more than
>> >> once, and the tires. I can air them up to 20 pounds and in about 3
>> >> months they are flat... I have decided that they will get filled the
>> >> next time I pull them off.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Steve Williams
>> >
>> > I wondered if anyone was going to mention the ether method. I've never
>> > tried
>> > it but know of those that swear by it. The inflation cannon I have seen
>> > used
>> > and appears to be a safer alternative.
>> > I've used a light chain wrapped around the perimeter of the tire. Slide 
>> > a
>> > bar through the chain and twist it to tighten and force the tire bead 
>> > out
>> > to
>> > the rim while applying air pressure to the valve.
>> > Front end loader buckets also work well for bead separating on stubborn
>> > tires like ten ply truck.. A jackall (handyman jack) under a tractor 
>> > hitch
>> > can also work as a bead separator. I have an old Coates tire changer 
>> > for
>> > the
>> > average sized rims and tires but some of the bigger implement wheels 
>> > will
>> > not fit on it so the above alternate methods have to be used.
>> >
>> > Ralph in Sask.
>> >
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