Posted by Hal/Eastern WA on December 03, 2012 at 10:06:01 from (97.115.180.206):
In Reply to: Tractor flat tire posted by 2x4 on December 03, 2012 at 02:06:29:
If I had a rear tractor tire that had not been filled with liquid and that started having a slow leak, I would go to Harbor Freight and buy a quart of Slime for tube tires. Then I would follow the directions, add the whole quart of Slime to that flat tire, and then air it up to the proper inflation. Then I would drive the tractor around for a while or do a job with it, to make sure the Slime gets distributed properly, so it gets a good chance to seal the leak. The I would park the tractor and see if the tire goes down over several days.
Slime won"t work for large leaks, and I don"t see how it could work in fluid filled tires very well. But in my experience Slime works very well for tube or tubeless tires used in slow speed applications that have been having problems with slow leaks. Slime is not very expensive and is a heck of a lot easier to install than it is to tear down a tire, remove the tube, fix whatever is leaking and succeed in getting everything back together without creating NEW leaks.
Where I live there are lots of Hawthorn bushes with thorns that can and will puncture tires. I haven"t had any trouble with tractor rear tires, but for years I fought flats on the front tires of every tractor I had. I even had a set foamed, but that is another, longer story. Then I discovered that Slime would keep air in the front tires well enough so I only end up adding air about once a year. I am quite sure that the tires continue to get new thorns in them, but the Slime keeps sealing the new as well as old holes. Cheap, easy and effective!!! That is my ideal repair. Good luck!
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