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Good news & Bad news while brush hogging

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Dan in CO

04-21-2008 19:43:07




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So, this morning, Matt (my son) & went out to do some hogging in our back yard, Matt was driving & must have hit a stump just right to put a pretty big gash in the right rear tire:

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The good news is that this is the only old tire on the Beast. After I spend the $300 or so to replace it, I will have all new rubber. The left rear was new when I bought the Beast & I have replaced both fronts. I think I will remove the old rubber myself (probably with the saws all) so I can clean & maybe paint the rim before I take it in to have the new one mounted.
Things to be happy about:

1. The tire was the old one
2. Nobody got hurt
3. Matt & I had a pretty good laugh over it
4. It happened at home, near the barn, close to power and an air compressor
5. I recently bought a lift & can put it to use getting the wheel off
6. I get to see what the inside of the rear rim looks like

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Dan in CO

04-22-2008 09:02:21




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 Re: Good news Bad news while brush hogging in reply to Dan in CO, 04-21-2008 19:43:07  
Here is a picture of the inside of the tire showing the multiple cuts. The one at the 4 O'clock position is the "leaker". I think that most of the other "cuts" are just rips that opened up when we drove on the flat (about 30 ft.) to get closer to the barn.

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Another picture of the right rear tire before I removed it. I recently bought the lift and I am pretty happy with it. Not sure you can see too well, but my stabilizer chains work good to "keep it up".

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I am going to buy a new tire mostly to have a full set of new rubber. If the old one is salvageable, I will look for a spare rim just to have a spare.

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Too Tall

04-22-2008 08:28:54




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 Re: Good news & Bad news while brush hogging in reply to Dan in CO, 04-21-2008 19:43:07  
I've located a truck/tractor tire center near me that claims to be able to install a boot to fix the cut I have in my rear tire. It's shaped like a 'V' where one cut is 3 inches and the other is 2 inches. They looked at it and said they've fixed cuts 2 or 3 times larger than that and the tires are still in service 10 years later.

I just need to bring it to them one of these days. Then it will become my spare.

It sure beats the cost of a new tire, unless you were looking for an excuse to replace the tire anyway??? :-)

TooTall

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GB in MT.

04-22-2008 07:53:26




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 Re: Good news & Bad news while brush hogging in reply to Dan in CO, 04-21-2008 19:43:07  


Things to be happy about:
1. The tire was the old one
2. Nobody got hurt
3. Matt & I had a pretty good laugh over it
4. It happened at home, near the barn, close to power and an air compressor
5. I recently bought a lift & can put it to use getting the wheel off
6. I get to see what the inside of the rear rim looks like
Dan;
That's what I like about you!! You can always find a Rainbow, in a hail storm!!!!! ! :lol:
Gary :roll:

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Dan in CO

04-22-2008 07:40:27




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 Re: Good news Bad news while brush hogging in reply to Tom N MS, 04-21-2008 19:43:07  

souNdguy said: (quoted from post at 09:12:08 04/22/08) Why's the tire flat? Hole? Cut? etc.

if a hole.. I'd AT LEAST save the casing as a spare.. put a big farm patch on the inside and keep a tube for it.. us ethe old tube as a boot if needed.

soundguy


This tire is really trash. The cause of the leak is a big 3" cut on the sidewall and there are older cuts and chunks out of the sides and treads. Maybe I can get some closeup pics & post them.

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LeeMo

04-22-2008 14:06:57




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 Re: Good news Bad news while brush hogging in reply to Dan in CO, 04-22-2008 07:40:27  
I like your list of good things from it. Too bad you have to spend the money but it'll be nice having new rubber on the tractor.



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souNdguy

04-22-2008 07:12:08




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 Re: Good news Bad news while brush hogging in reply to Dan in CO, 04-21-2008 19:43:07  
Why's the tire flat? Hole? Cut? etc.

if a hole.. I'd AT LEAST save the casing as a spare.. put a big farm patch on the inside and keep a tube for it.. us ethe old tube as a boot if needed.

soundguy



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Dan in CO

04-21-2008 20:13:02




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 Re: Good news Bad news while brush hogging in reply to Dan in CO, 04-21-2008 19:43:07  
Old:

Any tips on how to do that kind of repair?



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old

04-21-2008 21:20:41




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 Re: Good news Bad news while brush hogging in reply to Dan in CO, 04-21-2008 20:13:02  
Depends on how big the hole is. What I have done in the past is glue a boot on the inside and then if you can find one a inner liner. I have been working on other ways but its been to cold to do much more then play in the house with it so far. Tech sells a stuff for it also but have no idea of the cost since I was given the stuff I have. Cat, number 858. Theres a part A and part B to the stuff but as I said been to cold to try it yet. But over the years if installed right a boot will last years if not decades. In the near future I hope to patch a big hole in a 13.9X28 tire and see how the stuff works. If all goes well it should look almost new when done, I hope

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old

04-21-2008 20:04:07




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 Re: Good news Bad news while brush hogging in reply to Dan in CO, 04-21-2008 19:43:07  
Even with a cut in it you can save it as a spare. I have fixed and used tires that look worse for 10 plus years. My road grader has tires on it that would make that one look new and I have used it that way for 15 years now. I have started to work on a way to fix tires like that and when it get warmer out I hope to be fixing some like that and putting them back to work. Now days with the price of things we need to save what we can because one day it maybe all we have

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