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oldtanker · May 22, 2015

Went to replace a rusted rim and this is what I found......and you know no yuppie pulled a tire apart.

That's right, duct tape and bondo.

Rick

JRSutton · May 22, 2015

Guess he really wanted fixed good, so he used BOTH magical cures.

john in la · May 22, 2015

And it's been holding air for how many years?

A mans gota do what a mans gota do sometimes to get threw.

hd6gtom · May 22, 2015

that is a typical ford rim I've seen dozens of them in the past. The band they lay in there rubs a small hole in the tube then the fluid that is or was in there destroys the rim. You are lucky, I've seen them stuffed full of lots of different things-- from clay mud packed in there- to old rags- to plain old duct tape and the list could go on and on. .

Traditional Farmer · May 22, 2015

It Worked for the man that did it,he'll just let somebody else fix it,probably laughed all the way to the bank when he sold the tractor to some sucker.

Pair-a-dice farm · May 22, 2015

(quoted from post at 13:27:46 05/22/15) It Worked for the man that did it,he'll just let somebody else fix it,probably laughed all the way to the bank when he sold the tractor to some sucker.

I agree, He probably was just trying to get by before he got rid of it. It makes no sense to spend more than you can sell it for when you are going to get rid of it anyway. Even if he wasn't , it was his to do with as he wanted. Back when some of these old tractors were used the farm economy was toast and the bankers were unsympathetic. Now days it's a lot different. I've seen more farmer repairs that were just as good as original and many that were better. In many cases that's how improvements are made.

oldtanker · May 22, 2015

(quoted from post at 11:53:47 05/22/15)

(quoted from post at 13:27:46 05/22/15) It Worked for the man that did it,he'll just let somebody else fix it,probably laughed all the way to the bank when he sold the tractor to some sucker.

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I agree, He probably was just trying to get by before he got rid of it. It makes no sense to spend more than you can sell it for when you are going to get rid of it anyway. Even if he wasn't , it was his to do with as he wanted. Back when some of these old tractors were used the farm economy was toast and the bankers were unsympathetic. Now days it's a lot different. I've seen more farmer repairs that were just as good as original and many that were better. In many cases that's how improvements are made.

Very true. Lot of new stuff comes directly from the farm. On the other hand, in yesteryear more than now most farmers were just that farmers, not mechanics. And a lot of those old baling wire repairs were done long before the farm crisis of the 80's. Basically if they could cobble it together they did and often to use it not to rip someone off because they had no ethics. In fact most farmers of yesteryear were pretty honest from what I've seen. Sure you always had one. But most often everyone knew who he was and when they went to sell something it went bottom dollar because people knew.

No I know the history of this one. The original owner just cobbled everything together. Died a bitter old man sure someone had cheated him out of a buck or 2. His daughter kept this N for some time after he passed and just sold it to me a couple of years ago. I paid a fair price for it but that doesn't mean I approve of the repairs done.

Rick

old · May 22, 2015

A few years back I sold H Cooke a 9N that had the hat area of both rear rims filled with cement. Guess it killed two bird with one stone so to speak and those where the 32 inch rims to boot

sms · May 23, 2015

I sold a tractor a few years back, the rear rim was badly rusted and the tire flat, I broke it down ran
duct tape(gorilla) around and around the rim put a tube in and made it so it would hold air for the
buyer to load and transport. Worked well. This was a non-running tractor it helped to have it roll.

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