[AT] weighted tires or not???

[Stephen Offiler]

Who said Yanmar stopped building Deere tractors?  Who are the "they"  you
refer to?

My tractor is not a Deere and it is not built by Yanmar (it is a Ford built
by Shibaura as previously mentioned) and my rims are metric.

SO


On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 9:07 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:

> When did Yanmar stop building tractors for Deere? Do they sell the metric
> rims?
>
> [Dean VP} <snip>Now you have scared me. Didn’t think about the CC was
> eating away at my rims from the inside out.  I was complacent because I
> wasn’t seeing anything at the valve stem. My JD 750 is a 1981 model which I
> purchased with less than 200 hours on it 20 years ago. It has been the most
> reliable tractor I have ever owned. One stuck brake and that is it.
> Recurred the second time and then found a “O” ring moisture barrier seal
> was missing. Added the required seal and no more problems.  It is a 3
> cylinder Yanmar diesel which is bulletproof. Change oil and add fuel and it
> is 100% reliable.  Well… unless I run out of diesel fuel. Then it is an
> absolute bitch to bleed and get running one time.  I swore the first time I
> did it that it would never happen again.  But…. Sure enough the second time
> happened. Was on a sidehill and enough slope starved the outlet of the
> tank.  I should know better by now. That episode almost had me believing I
> had lost the injection pump. Nope, just had to bleed every possible area
> for an air bubble.  Never, never again.   It can set in the barn for 5
> months and when we get back from AZ it will start on the first touch of the
> starter. It absolutely amazes me at times. Even in 30 to 40 degree
> weather.  I need to check if I have a hidden upcoming rim problem.  Since
> it is a JD I’m sure any replacement rims are made out of gold.  <snip>
>
> [ Stephen Offiler] <snipp> My non-antique chore tractor is a Ford 1520,
> which is a 23hp 4x4 diesel built by Shibaura in Japan, 1995ish.  Rear tires
> are 13.6 x 16 R-3 turf.  It has a loader.  I got it used in 1999 with 396
> hours and calcium in the rears.  Rims finally rotted through last year.
> Got new tires from Simpletire dot com at Cecil Bearden's suggestion.  But
> it turned out that the rims aren't common.  Could not find a generic
> equivalent, and I had to go to the CNH dealer (Messicks, in fact).  The
> cost was staggering (no fault of Messick's, it was the same or higher
> everywhere else).  I hate to say how much but it was deep into four digits
> to get the tractor rolling again.  So apparently it held off the calcium
> for about 23 years assuming the original owner had it delivered loaded.
>  I'd like to think I'm young enough (57) to see another 23 years on this
> tractor and I chose to spend the money on the beet juice. <snip>
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