[AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?

[Mike Sloane]

I don't like messing with tractor rears, but sometimes I have no choice 
(like today - one of the rears on the Farmall 560 is flat). "When the 
only tool you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a 
nail". My main tool for breaking the bead on tractor rear tires is the 
edge of the loader bucket on my Case 430CK. I had a tough time with one 
tire and ended up with the loader bucket on one side and a scraper blade 
attached to the 560 on the other (thank goodness for down pressure on 
the IH hitch!). If that hadn't worked, I would have taken it to the 
dealer. It is times like that when I wish I had a Cat D9 that I could 
drive up on the side of the tire.

Now that the 560 tire is flat, I will have to use either the Super M or 
the Farmall 340 if the Case won't do it by itself. And people wonder why 
I have "so many" tractors...

Mike

George Willer wrote:
> I agree with others that breaking beads is the hardest part... Especially
> when the bead is rusted to the rim.  Since I'm disabled I sometimes load the
> tires up and go to the tire shop and just have them break the beads after
> I've had to give up.  Even then I do the rest of the work... but, of course
> I'm only 73.  I can't imagine paying someone else to do what I can for
> myself.  I guess some guys find money too easy to get.
> 
> Here's a bead breaker I made over 35 years ago.
> 
> http://gwill.net/Album/Tractors/Farmall/Cubs/!Tools/bead%20breaker%20001.jpg
> 
> 
> George Willer