Ultradog MN

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The tractor I'm putting together came with some big galoot tires on the front. 11X15s
They had to be dished out to clear the spindles.
So I bought a pair of new 8X15 rims a couple of weeks ago and found some free 225/75 R15s to put on them.
My other tractor runs 14" rims and I had a flat on it this week. They were shot anyway So I found a pair of free 165 65 R14s for them.
Kind of a crummy day here but between rain drops I started mounting/dismounting and switching tires around.
Got both sets mounted and ready to go.
Then I put the big galoots on craigslist and they sold within an hour.
Those cheesy little 14s dropped my front end nearly an inch from what it was.
Ha ha. Low rider.
I like it!
BTW I run these tubeless.
Would never go back to tubes on a working tractor.
Yes I'm cheap. I do have some dough in the rims though.

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Ed,
I bought the 14" rims about 10 years ago. So been running tubeless since then.
Easy to plug a tire if you get a hole in it without taking it off the tractor.
I parted out a tractor once that had calcium in the rear tires. Sold the tires/rims/centers to a friend of mine.
Rims looked fine from the outside but when he started to break them down to paint them they just collapsed like they were made of tin foil.
They were filled with calcium and No tubes.
Who would have thought...
 
(quoted from post at 20:12:45 10/05/13) Ed,
I bought the 14" rims about 10 years ago. So been running tubeless since then.
Easy to plug a tire if you get a hole in it without taking it off the tractor.
I parted out a tractor once that had calcium in the rear tires. Sold the tires/rims/centers to a friend of mine.
Rims looked fine from the outside but when he started to break them down to paint them they just collapsed like they were made of tin foil.
They were filled with calcium and No tubes.
Who would have thought...
I think "newer" tractor rims must be painted with better coatings. The tubeless rears on my Kubota have been filled with CaCl since new in 1983 and the last time the tires were replaced the rims looked absolutely pristine....

TOH
 

Are the smaller one's a trailer type rim to run the tubeless? I have a '52 N and would love to put the tubeless on the front.
Thanks, Gary
 
I trust your judgement, but sometime lick it, I
cant fathom any rims lasting that long with salt in
them.
 
TOH, As Jimmyjack says, are you sure it's CaCl?
I don't doubt they have some coatings that woulod resist it. A guy would sure have to be careful with the tire spoons when installing/removing a tire though.
One scratch in the paint and...
 
Both sets of rims are tractor/implement rims.
Available from most any place that sells ag tires.
I bought both sets from Pioneer Rim and Wheel in Minneapolis. They were about $90/pr 10 years ago and now are $118/pr with the valve stems and tax.
If you figure in that you don't have to buy tubes it makes springing for the rims a little more palatable.
 
(quoted from post at 18:37:06 10/05/13) I trust your judgement, but sometime lick it, I
cant fathom any rims lasting that long with salt in
them.

The eroding of the rims is oxidation, same as rusting. It uses up oxygen, and once the oxygen that is in there is used up the process stops. Though I don't like it any better than anyone else. It is common practice now to load tubeless tires. I have a ZT mower that was about six years old when I got it. It had a slow leak and loaded tires. The inside of the rim had turned dark gray and didn't appear to have lost any amount of metal.
 
Yeah really Udog!!......so what do you load in your tubeless
tires that doesn't corrode?
Do you load them? if so...what with?.....sure like the idea!!
 
The truth is I don't run fluid.
I prefer cast iron. Harder to find and not inexpensive when you find it. But if you get a flat it doesn't run out on the ground :)
There are a Lot of different types of Ford weights. Or you can get creative and roll your own...

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(quoted from post at 09:47:33 10/06/13) Yeah really Udog!!......so what do you load in your tubeless
tires that doesn't corrode?
Do you load them? if so...what with?.....sure like the idea!!
There's a newer product called Rim Guard that a lot of guys use.
Commonly known as "Beet Juice" around here. Less corrosive but
costs about 3x as much in my area.

Others use Windshield wiper fluid bought in bulk, or just plain old
water in warmer climates. These don't weigh quite as much as
calcium, but they're not nearly as corrosive either.
 
(quoted from post at 04:54:00 10/06/13) TOH, As Jimmyjack says, are you sure it's CaCl?
I don't doubt they have some coatings that woulod resist it. A guy would sure have to be careful with the tire spoons when installing/removing a tire though.
One scratch in the paint and...

Positive. I watched S&S Tire pump it out, mix the new fill from a 50# bag of CaCl, and pump it in. Local dealer loads tires on new machines with the same stuff. There was a little chipped paint along the outer part of the bead but nothing inside where it was exposed to the solution. I don't know the how of it but they don't corrode anything like the N's do.

TOH
 
Thanks for the pics UDog....kinda like this get ride of the liquid weight idea......I particularly like the rear shot of the Ford with the plates bolted to the axles......a one and done to be sure!....got that one on the project list now!
 

Thanks! SWMBO gets ill when I cut the front yard (too lazy to get the riding mower out) with the bush hog and the three rib tires on the front rip the grass if I am going too fast. OOHHH WEEE she gets hot. The only thing that makes her madder is if I "accidentally" clip one of her precious roses when weed eating ( I am now forbidden to weed eat around any of her stuff). I got a good talking too last nite about that...ugh. Heck, I'm like everyone else, hurry up-get done-gone fishin"!
 

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