tire shop challange

bass

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got a flat on the rear on my 460-- 16.9-38. went to one tire shop and they don't do tire tractor tires. next shop young bimbo said that they don't have a machine that will handle a tire that big. next shop wanted $100 to fix it.

SOOO, i went and got a plugging kit. drained the water out and plugged the hole, refiled with water and been watching it all evening and the plug is holding.

kit cost less then $8.00. looks like around here these tire shops are real happy to put 20 and 21" tires on a set of $2000 rims on a $800 junker that is used to sell dope from but don't want to mess with a 38" tractor tire.

my two bits worth
bass
53superC
 
Recently had a leaky 12.4 X 38 tire on a Farmall H fixed locally and the labor charge was only $30 plus the price of a new tube which was $37 and change. I had to remove the tire from the tractor and haul it to their shop but was glad to get it done and thought the price was fair. I guess living in a farming area has a few advantages these days as the personnel in the shop were very knowledgeable of handling a tractor tire. First time I've had to have one fixed but it wasn't all that big a deal as I used a bucket tractor to load it on a small trailer. The tire didn't contain any fluid if that makes a difference which I'm sure it does, Hal.
 
I wonder if the water was calcium. would think it would surely be hard on a rim. Never heard of a tubeless tire on a tractor but I don't know everything. My local tire shop will fix any tractor tire I have but his only requirement is I have to drain and calcium out before he will work on it. He doesn't have the pumps to take the calcium out.
 
Next time you might try going to stores that sell tractor tires. Many tire stores are equipped, trained and insured to service only the same type of products that they sell. A loaded 16.9-38 tire and rim weighs what between 700 to 900 pounds? Was the water actually CaCl solution?
 
My SIL had a 18.4-38 fixed this summer,just a puncture, farm tire guy came out replaced tube put boot in tire. $350.00 bargin or not?

Pete
 
I bought a new JD4040 with tubless tires in '80'. Filled with calcium. With fresh paint on the rims,and absence of fresh oxegen there was no rust.Common practice with newer tractors.
 
Find a shop that sells FARM tractor tires.Forget the automotive tire stores. they don't have a clue.Or the equipment.Places that sell tractor tires are set up.They know what they are doing and have the equipment.Our local COOP tire store charges $35.00 sevvice call to 15 miles. Then a small fee per mile after. $20 flat repair/mountdismount.$10 ca out,$10ca in.Plus cost of tube,patches,etc.They have a new servive truck that is busy full time. And always a tractor in the yard......
 
Now that we are down to 1, tire repair shop, that's about what he charges, but he's got a nice shop to pay for too.
 
I do all my own tractor tires but then again I did that for a living at one time. I do have to use things I did not use years ago but if I take my time I can still do them.
But yes now days unless you live in an area where there is a lot of farming it is hard to find a place to do them. Shoot if you think it is hard to find a place to do a tractor tire try to find a place that will do a split rim
 
Better take that to a farm tire shop. 460 rims are not tubeless. More than likely you just made a small hole
in your tube a lot bigger. More than likely tube will now rip when it is taken apart and properly fixed. Do
not remove the tire and rim from the tractor and take it to a tire shop. Makes it way too hard to fix, take
them the whole tractor. Far cheaper to fix if it is on the tractor. I spent 22 years and fixed thousands of
tractor rears, seen this way too many times.
 
$100 to fix a tractor tire is about the going rate. You're not going to get this done for $5 or free. Removing a tractor tire from a rim is WORK. With all the proper equipment it is about a 2 hour job for a professional and the tube is going to run you around $50.

Most any tire shop that handles tractor tires has a service truck, and will come to you to fix the tire. This saves having to deal with the dangerous heavy loaded tire yourself, or having to haul the tractor somewhere, which may not even be possible if the tire is flat and the tractor is undriveable.

Running into the city and asking at garages is only going to get you disgusted. Just because a place does tires doesn't mean they do ALL tires, and there is no law saying they have to. You need to find a place based in a small town or out in farm country.

If you haven't figured it out by now, tire plugs are for tubeless tires. Your 460 almost certainly has a tube in it. For now you have slowed the leak, but it will be back sooner rather than later.

Really you should have a little more empathy for the "bimbo" and the others you think are so "mean" for not changing your tire, since you don't know the difference between a tube and tubeless tire yourself...
 

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