[AT] 2. Re: '51 JD A PROGRESS!!!! (deanvp at att.net) + PROGRESS on the '49 A wheels! (deanvp at att.net) (STEVE ALLEN) (STEVE ALLEN)

[szabelski at wildblue.net]

If available in your area, beet juice is good for filling tires. It doesn’t freeze solid in the winter. Only issue is that if you ever get a flat, it’s a sticky mess. An option is to get wheel weights, that way you can add/remove them as needed for different tasks.

When I bought the Cub it had calcium chloride filled tires, the rims were eaten out in a couple of years. Purchased a set of rear wheel weights (150# each) that I can wrestle on and off between mowing grass and plowing.

Carl


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From: STEVE ALLEN <steveallen855 at centurytel.net>
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Sent: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:44:24 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [AT] 2. Re: '51 JD A PROGRESS!!!! (deanvp at att.net) + PROGRESS on the '49 A wheels! (deanvp at att.net) (STEVE ALLEN) (STEVE ALLEN)

Good question, Joe, and I checked it out:  left the gas cap off, and it made no difference.

Too much rain at the moment to get much done, and I am in the office the rest of the week, anyway.

By the way, I *must* apologize for my goof in not deleting the mass of unnecessary quotations yesterday, thus cluttering up the digest and making it incomprehensible.  I usually grumble about that sort of thing, and so it is only just that I grumble about my own goof.  I shall assign myself due penance.  

I drive a couple hours to pick up a decent wheel from a salvage/parts house on Saturday.  I hope this means I can have the '49 A on its feet by the next weekend.  Most of the wheels I found were eaten up.  We've had discussions of fluid on ATIS before.  All I can say is that, if I ever have to use fluid, I will pay extra not to use something corrosive.  It is disheartening to watch the rims dissolve before your eyes.

Dean Vinson:  I have used a pair of pliers to pull the slots on the cover open a bit, essentially enlarging the diameter, to help keep them in place.  I almost lost the cover a couple times in the field.  Given the number of tractors I see without covers, I suspect the problem is pretty common.

The "original" Steve Allen
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