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Chuck in Ks.

10-12-2005 11:51:58




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I recently picked up 2 old JD manure spreaders.
One I brought home to use, the other is at a friends house for him to use. On the one I brought home is a split ring that is warped.
24" rim and one end of the split rim is rivited to the ring that fits agoinst the tire. The split rim does not fit under the edge of the wheel all the way around and I am afraid it will blow off if I air up the tire.
Any body have any ideas on how to repair a split rim that is warped?
Will I damage the rim if I apply heat?
Chuck

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old

10-12-2005 18:32:10




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 Re: Manure Spreader in reply to Chuck in Ks., 10-12-2005 11:51:58  
If you where close to me I bet I could set you up with a set of rims and tires for it. I have a number of old trucks on the place that have 20 inch rims and I also do welding



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Leroy

10-13-2005 18:53:39




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 Re: Manure Spreader in reply to old, 10-12-2005 18:32:10  
From his description it sounds as if his spreader had 44"x6" steel wheels orignaly, a 7:50X24" spreader tire measures 39" or already 5" smaller and a 7:50X20 in spreader tire measures in at 35" or 9" smaller than orignal and would make the back end of the spreader about drag the ground. To get a 20" rim with tire that could possibly be big enough diameter you would have to go with at least a 12:00X20" truck tire and that tire would be about as heavy as the whole spreader was when new and it would be about the same diameter as the 24" tire that he sain he had unless it would have a 10-11.2X24" tractor tire on already that would approximate the orignal wheel diameter

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old

10-12-2005 18:31:34




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 Re: Manure Spreader in reply to Chuck in Ks., 10-12-2005 11:51:58  
If you where close to me I bet I could set you up with a set of rims and tires for it. I have a number of old trucks on the place that have 20 inch rims and I also do welding



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old

10-12-2005 13:56:32




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 Re: Manure Spreader in reply to Chuck in Ks., 10-12-2005 11:51:58  
DO NOT USE IT. Take it from a guy that did tires for a few years, get another ring and or rim. If you try to use it you might get lucky once but sooner or later it will remove your head from your shoulders. There is no way to fix that other then a new/good ring or a whole new rim.



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JMS/MN

10-12-2005 16:22:48




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 Re: Manure Spreader in reply to old, 10-12-2005 13:56:32  
Exactly- do not use if bent. In the Army, mid 60s, we never reused a bent ring. Had no inflation cage, just turned the wheel upside down to air it. That is not safe, but all we had overseas. Local shops will not touch one, except for one guy who would charge 2x. Just not worth losing your head over something like that.



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old

10-12-2005 18:25:24




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 Re: Manure Spreader in reply to JMS/MN, 10-12-2005 16:22:48  
One place I worked at had a place in the ceiling where a ring had come off and it still had the blood up there just to remind the guys of what could happen it you did a no no with one



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JMS/MN

10-12-2005 21:16:26




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 Re: Manure Spreader in reply to old, 10-12-2005 18:25:24  
A month ago I talked to a local welding shop owner. He showed me the DENT in the steel truss (two levels of angle, with bar in between, what do they call them- bar joist?) of his shop- from airing a tire on his Coats tire changer- after he unscrewed the lug above the rim- rather than leave it attached until the implement tire was aired up. His thumb was numb for days, but he retained all other body parts. Good lesson since I just bought one for the farm shop. Air pressure bites!

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paul

10-12-2005 12:06:29




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 Re: Manure Spreader in reply to Chuck in Ks., 10-12-2005 11:51:58  
Any way at all you can replace the whole rim? Those split rims are a real handful. Add some damage, the rust of years of manure soaking, and - well, the results can sure be bad.

--->Paul



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Chuck in Ks.

10-12-2005 14:52:16




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 Re: Manure Spreader in reply to paul, 10-12-2005 12:06:29  
I know that split rims can kill, but this spreader is so old that the seat is still attached from which someone drove a team of horses.
I'll start calling the salvage yards, maybe I'll get lucky.



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Leroy

10-12-2005 17:56:23




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 Re: Manure Spreader in reply to Chuck in Ks., 10-12-2005 14:52:16  
That Spreader sounds like it would be a model D or more common a model E and they would have never came with rubber tires, that would have been a welding shop conversion foe a 24" wheel, all rubber tired JD spreaders had 20" wheels so what I would sujest would be to get a couple of rins from a New Idea tractor spreader that had the 24" rims: I have a few I would sell: and have the split rim cut off and weld the others on. And I do have 3 of those model E JD spreaders here to rebuild for sale to the Amish when I can get the time. They were late 30's-early40's

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