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

[Cecil R Bearden]

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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