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

Mon Jan 5 05:52:52 PST 2015

Like I said " what is going to happen next??", I needed to set some T 
posts yesterday and the Belarus would not start without pulling and I 
did not have someone to pull the tractor.  I set the posts partially by 
just stepping on the spade, the ground is so mellow right now when it is 
not frozen.  I started up the Cat 110B excavator, it was no problem to 
start up.  I raised the boom and worked the bucket and immediately blew 
5 gallons of hyd oil into the wind.  My 4 wheeler that I use as a 4wd 
wheel chair was downwind.  It was covered in oil.  Cold 25deg hyd oil.  
I called my wife who brought a roll of paper towels and we spent the 
next 1/2 hour with a can of Ether and a roll of towels cleaning off the 
4 wheeler....

Wife says things happen in Three's.  Well, this is the 3rd disaster....  
Hopefully this will last for a while...

Cecil in OKla

On 1/5/2015 6:19 AM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
> 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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>> http://www.patchrubber.com/tire_repair/index.html
>>
>> or-
>>
>> http://www.grainger.com/category/ecatalog/N-1z0cchx
>>
>> http://www.rubbersheetroll.com/natural_gum_rubber.htm
>>
>> http://www.mscdirect.com/industrialtools/natural-gum-rubber-sheets.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
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