[AT] Osage vs. Firestone

Henry Miller hank at millerfarm.com
Wed Oct 29 04:00:24 PDT 2014


I have a friend who put it in his dirt bike. Works great, but he has to ride at slow speed for a few minutes before going faster. Don't use road gear right away and you should be fine in your tractor. 

On October 28, 2014 9:41:41 PM CDT, Charlie V <1cdevill at gmail.com> wrote:
>Dean has it correct on the balance issue with slime.  About the first
>thing
>the label instructions tell you is that it is for off road tires only
>for
>just that reason.  I have a can if it that is good for about one mid
>size
>tire. It takes quite a lot for larger tires and there is a chart to
>tell
>how many ounces are required for various tire sized.  I have never used
>it
>but read the instructions every time I think about putting it in
>something.  It is intended for tread area injuries only, so Dean.s
>fronts
>probably qualify there.  Not sure about the tube issue.  Must rotate
>the
>tire for a while after putting Slime in the tire to get it evenly
>distributed all the way around the inside.  Does it then set in
>place???
>Or does it stay somewhat fluid to seal future punctures???  the full
>instructions are no doubt on line if no one knows all of the answers.
>
>I am thinking that if all of the thorns are not removed from the tires
>now,
>they will keep eating at the tubes just as a nail would so no matter
>what
>is done the problems will exist.
>
>Charlie V.
>
>On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:
>
>> Dean,
>>
>> I'll add a little humor to this. Have you considered going to steel
>wheels
>> on your tractors?   Is
>> there no way to police around the trees manually somehow prior to
>tractor
>> traffic?  Or is there just
>> too many?   I have no experience with Slime or that kind of sealant
>and I
>> don't know if that works on
>> tubed types. I would think it would slow down the instances of slow
>> leaking tires.   I have this issue
>> with my Garden Tractor tires and get leaks due to Black Berry bush
>> thorns.  I've cleaned out most of
>> the black berry bushes and at times I think I have gotten them all
>until
>> one comes along and bites me
>> in the butt.  However, it hasn't happened often enough to cause me to
>> resort to the slime routine.
>> I've become an expert at removing and re-installing the little front
>> tires(16x7.50-8) on my Garden
>> tractor. Which are a real PITA. The smaller the tire the harder they
>are
>> to work with. I've not had
>> the same problem with my rear tires on the Garden Tractor. And I have
>come
>> up with no other
>> explanation other than they are larger/wider tires. Must have a
>thicker
>> carcass or more plys or
>> something. The tread isn't any deeper in fact I've put new fronts on
>and
>> still using the original
>> rears.  I would think higher # of ply/steel ply tires would be more
>> resistant to the thorn issue. That
>> may be the real solution.  How many ply tires do you have on the
>fronts?
>>
>> On a slow speed tire I guess something like slime might work but have
>no
>> experience. I would worry
>> about it on a high speed road vehicle tire relative to balance
>issues.
>>
>> Dean VP
>> Snohomish, WA
>>
>> The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at
>the
>> right time, but also to leave
>> unsaid  the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:
>> at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
>> Dean Vinson
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 5:50 PM
>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>> Subject: [AT] Osage vs. Firestone
>>
>> Those *@#&! osage orange trees... much as I can't help but admire
>their
>> durability and defense mechanisms, I'd just as soon have fewer of
>them to
>> deal with.   At some point in the five weeks since I put new front
>tires on
>> the JD 620, two tiny thorns managed to puncture one of them and leave
>me
>> with a slow leak.   I couldn't even see them until I took the wheel
>off the
>> tractor and studied it up close, and even then couldn't find anything
>that
>> looked like a leak until I dunked the whole thing in water.   Guess I
>> should
>> be grateful for the many that apparently didn't make it through to
>the
>> innertube but still left tiny little splinters in the new tire.
>>
>> It'll be many years, if ever, before I have the little osage trees
>beaten
>> back to where I won't be mowing around/over them anymore.   Anyone
>have any
>> recommendations for/against something like Slime or Gempler's
>Ultraseal?
>> Does that stuff work with tubed tires?
>>
>> Thanks very much--
>>
>> Dean Vinson
>> Saint Paris, Ohio
>>
>>
>>
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