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

[Cecil R Bearden]

Charlie:
The hole in this tire will not require any extraordinary type of 
repair.  I have done these before 25 years ago..  I still have my 
vulcanizing tools and equipment.   The only problem is that I do not 
have a good piece of gum rubber to fill the hole with.  The method to 
repair this type of tear is to cut out the tear with a hole saw, similar 
to drilling a hole at the end of a cast iron crack.  Then grind the 
outside and inside rubber ( not the cords) away at a 45deg angle.  Then 
vulcanize a repair with gum rubber. Afterwards glue a patch (boot) on 
the inside of the tire, and heat cure it to make sure it holds.  
Gemplers had the boot, but did not have the gum rubber.  They used to 
carry the two part rubber mix, but not anymore.

I have repaired truck tires before DOT got involved.  Never had one 
fail...  I can make a repair on a OTR tire that will outlast the tire.

Cecil in OKla

On 1/4/2015 10:17 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Cecil,   When I was a young boy in the early 50's the tenant farmers
> that farmed our place while my dad ran a service station were poor and
> we weren't much better off.  They managed to put a split about 6" long in
> the face of a rear tractor tire in between the treads and continuing around
> into the sidewall.  The fixed it by taking a piece of a car tire sidewall
> and
> bolting it inside the tire, covering the split, using small carriage bolts.
> The drilled a series of holes through the tire and the patch all along the
> edge of the split
> and put the carriage bolts in from the inside with the nuts outside.  Then
> they
> put a boot inside to cover the patch.  It was ugly but it worked well.
>
> With that said, if you can find a company that does rubber lining of tanks
> or rail cars or a
> rail car repair shop or a shop that "lags" big conveyor pulleys, they will
> have some rubber
> that will cold vulcanize in place with a solvent that they have.  To be
> economical they have
> to buy it in large quantities but they probably sell or even give you what
> you need to do
> a patch that size and tell you how to do it.  I know you are in the country
> but not too far
> from the city.
>
> Good luck with it.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve W.
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 6:16 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor tire repair & what is going to happen next.
>
> 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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