[AT] Semi-OT Dixon ZTR mower front tires

Sun Sep 18 05:57:16 PDT 2016

I use a lot of Green Slime in tires including the kind for tube type tires.
It serves me very well...
I don't like most sealers like Fix-a-flat because it makes such a hard to
remove mess in the tires. With the green slime if you do need to later work
on the tire all it takes a minute with a garden hose to quickly flush it
all out cleanly.
My biggest tire problem is on those little cheap crappy tires on garden
wagons, 2 wheel dollies etc. I have accumulated quite a herd of them since
I am not as able as I used to be and my badly arthritic back doesn't like
carrying stuff around much.
I have a large Garden-Way cart that I like a lot especially for a few
bales. Those big bicycle tires on a heavier wheel really roll easy. I just
bought a new pair of tires and tube for it this summer but don't have them
on it yet. The old ones are the originals from 1970 or so.
I have a "muck" cart from Rural King that holds those plastic tubs (and
many other things) that we use a lot. It works well for a few bags of feed,
2 bales or a salt block. 50 pounds weighs more than it used to...  :-)
We have a regular appliance dolly that we also got around 1970 that has
often been a life-saver in moving all manner of stuff.
I get used to using them and get ticked off when I want to use one and it
has a flat. Green-slime works well...
A few of them have solid tires of one kind or another including some on
cast iron. Those rarely go flat.  :-)

farmer

On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 11:10 PM, markagreer <markagreer at embarqmail.com>
wrote:

> Nope. There is a sealer made for that though. My wife's car has alloy
> wheels and they leak around the bead if you don't use the sealer.
>
>
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> -------- Original message --------From: David Rotigel <rotigel at me.com>
> Date: 9/17/16  10:18 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Antique tractor email discussion
> group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> Subject: Re: [AT] Semi-OT Dixon ZTR
> mower front tires
> Slime is great stuff but, I would not think that Slime would seal the
> tubeless tire to the rim.
>         Dave
>
> > On Sep 17, 2016, at 4:04 PM, Len Rugen <rugenl at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > It may be a pain, but tubes may be better than slime, if you don't have
> any thorns.  If you have thorns, try slime.  It may be time for new tires.
> I've been tempted to find some tire/wheel assemblies that have the "no air"
> tires.
> > I have a finish mower that has 4 small tube-type wheels.  If I run them
> at the recommended pressure, they pop off the beads.  If I run them at
> 15-20, they are OK, but they look low, so I miss it when they are low.  If
> they go flat, they usually cut the stem off the tube.
> >
> > Len Rugen
> >
> > rugenl at yahoo.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >    On Saturday, September 17, 2016 2:58 PM, Jason <dejoodster at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > A lot of those small tires are crap these days.  Some sort of sealant
> > should do the job. Just put it in and run them a while to coat them.
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 1:29 PM charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I've got some slime here but it's the kind for automotive tires and
> >> I don't know if these mower tires turn fast enough to get it evenly
> >> distributed.  I thought about painting the beads with it.
> >>
> >> Charlie
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Mike M
> >> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 12:56 PM
> >> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >> Subject: Re: [AT] Semi-OT Dixon ZTR mower front tires
> >>
> >> Had the same problem with my garden tractor that i now use as a butt
> >> buggy. A can of Slime took care of the problem, for under $10 it's
> >> cheaper and easier than a tube.
> >>
> >> Mike M
> >>
> >>
> >> On 9/17/2016 12:34 PM, Steve Offiler wrote:
> >>> Charlie did you check valve stems?  I have this exact problem on my DR
> >>> mower.  Valve stem rubber is aging and cracking.  Holds air OK,
> meaning I
> >>> can inflate and use the machine all day, but it's flat again in a few
> >>> days.  If the stem is moved around you get audible hissing.  This
> reminds
> >>> me I've got to deal with it soon. That machine is my snowblower too.
> >>>
> >>> SO
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>>> On Sep 17, 2016, at 11:57 AM, charlie hill <
> charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Guys I've got a Dixon Commercial grade ZTR mower.
> >>>> The front caster wheel tires are 11 x 4-5 tubeless.
> >>>> All of a sudden last fall I started having the front tires
> >>>> go flat.  They are in good shape.  I finally, early this spring,
> >>>> took them off the rims and wire brushed the bead of the
> >>>> rims to remove what little bit of surface rust and crud that
> >>>> had built up and there wasn't much.  Then I cleaned the
> >>>> bead of the tires with a solvent type cleaner that I hoped would
> >>>> soften them a bit.  I put them back on the rims and pumped them
> >>>> up and immersed the entire mess into a bucket of water.  NO leaks
> >>>> on either tire.  I put them back on the machine, mowed the yard one
> >>>> time and the next time I went to the mower they were flat again.
> >>>> So, I got some beat sealer compound and put on the beads.  Same
> result.
> >>>> Has anyone got a clue how to fix this problem?
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm thinking tubes or just having the tires foam filled.  Opinions
> >>>> welcome.
> >>>> Also does anyone know what size tube fits in an 11 x 4-5 tire?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks, I'm sick of pumping those tires up.  The only leak I've ever
> >>>> found
> >>>> was
> >>>> around the bead.  I'm pretty certain there are no holes in the tires.
> >>>>
> >>>> Charlie
> >>>>
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