[AT] OT Sowing wheat and Aircraft Tires for trailer

Richard Fink Sr rfinksr at verizon.net
Sun Sep 15 04:55:06 PDT 2013


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R Fink
PA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil R Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Sowing wheat and Aircraft Tires for trailer


>I started to sow my wheat field today. However, when I went to get seed 
> with my grain cart, I checked the 16 ply Gensco tires before leaving and 
> they were well inflated. These are Gensco aircraft tires that I ordered 
> as a complete assembly with tire, wheel, and Gensco stop leak.  However, 
> of the 8 tires and wheels w/ stop leak I have ordered over the past 3 
> years, I have found 4 to not have stop leak installed.  The moment I 
> found this our has never been at an opportune time.  This time it cost 
> me 2 hours and a request for help from my wife!  She had to wait with 
> the truck and grain cart while I went back home,  and found one of the 
> old wheels and tires that was cracked, weathered, and looked like it 
> would not make 300 ft.but still holding air. It made the 5 miles back 
> home with no problem.  I could have chewed nails to relax when this 
> happened!!!!
> 
> If you order tires from Gensco, don't bother with the stop leak, just 
> add your own at home.  It seems that Mediocrity is the norm for business 
> these days.
> 
> Aircraft tires are vented at the bead.  I was told by a friend who had 
> used a lot of aircraft tires that you had to use tubes or stop leak or 
> they would leak down.   I attached a couple of shots of the loaded 
> trailer it had 67 bushels of wheat on board.
> 
> A couple of shots of the trailer and flat are at: 
> https://www.facebook.com/cecil.bearden/posts/10200958092978140
> 
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