[AT] Rear tires slipping on rim

Sat May 16 05:51:34 PDT 2015

There is no one who is going to make anything happen.   It appears that 
the warranty begins when the tire is manufactured.  If you buy a tractor 
today and do not install it until next year, the warranty is probably no 
good.  If I pay full price for tires again they will be AkURET Russian 
built tires.

I am mad enough to chew nails.

The Indian factory for Speedway directed the US distributor to take care 
of this problem.  The local OK distributor first tried to tell  me that 
I was in Nebraska!!!!   He mis-dialed my phone number andemailed me 
that  I was in Nebraska.  Then I was contacted by this deep voiced pushy 
East coast accent who never really identified himself as being with 
Speedway but seemed to be the worlds authority on how to set up a tire 
plant.  I He told me he could not find the company I bought my tires 
from.  I guess he did not know how to type...   They are an importer of 
Belarus tractors.   I bought a pair of Russian tires at the same time 
that I had no problems with.

This is just like the crap I get from New Holland about my TS110 that 
sucked a valve ( finally determined the problem)  It is not repaired 
yet, but the dealer only charged me $3200 to determine that...
  Last year the control cable broke on my 10 yr old Belarus 8345. The 
factory rep sent me a new cable ($115) free of charge, and included 
copies of the service manual on how to replace.   It was a US made cable!!!

I have ordered and bought high dollar items direct from overseas 
suppliers and had no problems.  I order from a local or US supplier and 
there is always a problem.  I have been waiting for 2 months for a 
Variable Frequency Drive  from a US warehouse in CA. I ordered 2 units 
and they shipped one.   They have problems in their warehouse.  Probably 
employees stealing.  While waiting they lowered the price of the item by 
$36.  I can order the same item direct from China and get it for $50 
less if I wait 3 to 4 weeks. I ordered from this warehouse because they 
were in the US.   So far I have not had problems with direct from China.

Be careful with that Ebay and Paypal guarantee, they are a real pain to 
file against.  Each time you make a contact, they push your settlement 
date back by a month...

Obviously Speedway tires will not be bought again.   Funny thing, I have 
2 sets in the barn of other sizes that were bought at the Farm show in 
December that have no serial numbers either.   I have some tires for my 
scraper and loader that are brand new and have no serial numbers....    
I think I can translate that East Coast accent better since I verified 
that my other tires have no serial number.   The Okie translation would 
be "ScrewYOU, I got my money"

When I listen to US business cry about foreigners taking over their 
business, I don't have any sympathy......  They probably deserved it.

Cecil in OKla

On 5/16/2015 5:56 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> I like that he was making suggestions and not offering a refund for the
> tires, that speaks volumes for that company. At this point I say you have
> nothing to lose but your temper to get results, certainly need to direct the
> frustration at someone who can make something happen. Got a feeling though
> you won't get any results, you may just have to chalk this up to lessons
> learned, and you didn't even know you were going to school.
>
> John Hall
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cecil R Bearden
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 2:38 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Rear tires slipping on rim
>
> maybe you all  remember I have had problems with my 2-105 White tractor
> rear tires slipping on the rim.   I have not had the chance to break
> them down and try the glycerin yet, I have been advised by a factory rep
> from Speedway tires not to do it as it might melt the rubber.  However,
> his suggestion was to wrap the rim with Duct tape!!!!!!!!
>
> They asked for the serial number of the tires.  I could not find one on
> the sidewall, only a white circular inspection stamp.  Factory rep told
> me that this meant that the tires were made before 2010. Factory was
> revamped etc after 2010, and sidewalls were serial numbered.
>
> Once again, I bought from a US supplier and got screwed.
>
> If any of you guys buy new tractor tires and they do o have a serial
> number on them be aware that they are probably old stock and been
> sitting in a warehouse somewhere.  The Ozone deterioration prevention
> chemical is not there, etc......
>
> I thought I got a good deal on these tires at $600 ea, but after the
> $400 in replacement tubes, they have not been much of a bargain.
>
> I think I am just going to remove the tube, put a small amount of
> Glycerin on the beads and mount it tubeless.  Install my methanol
> ballast and see what happens.
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
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