[AT] Tractor tire repair & what is going to happen next.

Steve W. swilliams268 at frontier.com
Sat Jan 3 15:16:54 PST 2015


Cecil R Bearden wrote:
> I am in need of some tread gum rubber to vulcanize a hole I created in 
> my Belarus rear tire.  I was feeding my cows 2 days ago and We had to 
> drag the tractor to start it due to the 20 deg weather.  I set  a bale 
> near the fence to haul to a customer, and my wife was standing in the 
> gate to keep the sheep from running out.  I backed up to turn to go to 
> the hay stack, and felt that I was trying to back over something.  Sure 
> enough, it was the loader we had removed from my New Holland tractor so 
> I could take the tractor to be repaired.  The bale forks were on the 
> loader, and one punctured the rear tire on the inside in the crown area 
> next to a lug.  The tires have good tread and minimal weather cracks.  
> The only tire repair shop in town wants $250 to repair the 1 inch long 
> tear in the tire. I have searched for the last 2 days for tie boots, and 
> no one want so sell less than 5 of them, so I finally ordered one from 
> Gempler's.  However, the method of repair is to cut out the torn area 
> with a hole saw to prevent it from tearing and then fill with gum rubber 
> and vulcanize, then vulcanize a patch over it.    My gum rubber is over 
> 30 years old, and not too much good.  I have all the needed vulcanizing 
> equipment though...
> 
> We had to pull the other Belarus to start it and then mount the bale 
> spike and the forks from the other one.  All in 25 deg weather with wind 
> gusting to 30mph.
> 
> Yesterday afternoon, we went to get feed with the bulk bin on wheels.  
> It holds a ton of feed.  It is a gravity type box that empties from the 
> back.  I unlatched the trailer coupler and stepped back to wind on the 
> hitch jack.  The hitch started up and the bid did a somersault over 
> backwards!!!  It lost about 75 lbs of feed out of the top when it 
> buckled...We got some barrels and a pallet and spent the next 2 hours 
> shoveling it into the barrels and turning the bin over.......
> 
> I have to go feed again.........  Wish me luck!!
> 
> Cecil in oKla
> 
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Steve W.



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