[AT] Tractor rears getting old

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Spencer; You might try Tucker Tire in Dyersburg, Tenn. I have obtained tires there at a decent price. They do have and keep a lot of tires in stock. They used to be on ATIS some time ago but I haven't seen them around for awhile. 
Gil 

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From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net> 
To: "Antique" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> 
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 5:32:37 PM 
Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor rears getting old 

I have a rear tire set that are bad on my 861. Cracked and has delaminated from the lugs. They don't loose air and I don't need better traction since I just it for mowing, baling, post driving, etc) I At right at $1000 a pair with tubes I guess I'll run them to they blow too. 

The Allis WD is a common tractor around here and it has the same tires(13.6x28). I often see WDs that can be had for $900-$1400 with good sets of tires on them. One day I may buy one and swap tires. Win-win. Better tires on the work tractor and another antique tractor! 

Something like this.... 

http://hickory.craigslist.org/grd/4971117761.html 

Then again, not sure my current tires would survive the swap. I think they would tho. Probably would have to buy four tubes however. 

Just is not something that is percolating to the top of my list. 


Spencer 

> On May 22, 2015, at 21:58, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> Like me many of my tractor rear tires are aging badly... They don't have 
> holes but many are getting a lot of deep cracks. I have about 4 sets here 
> but they are as old or older than the ones on the tractors. 
> New tires are just silly out of the question and still climbing... I used 
> to buy used tires really cheap at auctions but those days are gone. My big 
> nemesis these day is tractor pullers. A bunch of the ones I need to replace 
> are in the range of 13.6 x 38" to 15.5 x 38". Guess what size has the most 
> tractor pullers chasing them... They especially want the well worn ones 
> that I used to buy cheap because they were too worn for efficient field 
> work at heavy tillage. 
> Some could be saved with liners but liners can be a bit of a crap-shoot. 
> They are not all that cheap and can cause tube chaffing especially with a 
> tired ancient tube. They say to put in a new tube and cut the old one open 
> around the inside and put the new one inside of it to protect it. So then 
> you have the price of the liners and new tubes both. Still cheaper than new 
> tires but still painful and labor heavy. If you pay somebody to change them 
> that is now serious money and you are still running ancient tires. 
> I have often wished that somebody made a replacement inner tube (at a 
> reasonable cost) with about a 2 ply cord 
> 
> 
> 
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> Central Indiana USA 
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