Anyone got a decent 18.4-34 (or 2)??

Brad Gyde · Sep 9, 2011

Hey guys,

I been getting my tractor ready for plow day (which it'll likely be too wet anyhow) but I noticed something looked funny on my rear tire..

Sure enough, tube is wanting to poke through.. NOT GOOD..

I really don't want to invest in a new set of tires right now, nor can I afford them at this time..

I've already checked out the classifieds, nothing that is real close (or in my price range at the time).. Hoping maybe someone out there close to Michigan (I'm bout 30 minutes from Ann Arbor, MI and Toledo, OH) might have one that'll keep the tube inside of it at a "affordable" price laying around.. (The tires on the tractor are about 25% as it is.. Plan to paint it and probably put new tires on it then, but not for 2 or 3 years.. couple projects ahead of it)..

I've made a couple calls to tire guys about a "used" set.. waiting on a call back, but not looking real great..

Basically, just need something round that will keep a tube inside of it, and allow me to drive the tractor..

Anyone got anything laying around?

Brad

Fritz Maurer · Sep 9, 2011

If the tube is "wanting " to come through, that
means it isn't out yet. Why not try a 6"x6" tire
patch?

Anonymous-0 · Sep 9, 2011

blow out patch.

Fritz Maurer · Sep 9, 2011

Well, we don't really know how big the hole is and if the carcass isn't rotten... I fixed a 16.5 skid steer tire for a landscaper who ran a wrecking bar through a brand new tire, just kept on gluing on 4x4 patches until the tube quit poking through. Rip about 2" long, took 3 patches stacked on each other.He wore all the tread off that tire, down to the cord. Laugh if you want to, we had to try SOMEthing, tire was $200.

mark in boonville ny · Sep 9, 2011

well to bad you wernt near me. got 2 new 18.4x34s on pa rims both hold are. 1 is new other has very slight were. both raidials. coulda sold the pair for 1900 including rims and tubes.

DeltaRed · Sep 9, 2011

Good Luck!In this area,a "good"used tire does not exist.I hope you "get lucky".Steve

5020s rock · Sep 10, 2011

i have 2 sets. i live in niles,mi. one set
is firestone sats and the other set is duro-torques. call--269.695.5090.

unclemerle · Sep 10, 2011

I have one laying in my shed you can have for free. Located in SWMN. Merle

Anonymous-0 · Sep 10, 2011

Why would I laugh? btdt.

Brad Gyde · Sep 10, 2011

I guess I should have added that I'm assuming that these are probably original tires on a 1962 model..

The carcass is giving out on the sidewall.. thought bout breaking it down and putting a chunk of something in there (had a neighbor would cut a chunk out of another tire and glue it on somehow and down the road he'd go.. Thought bout doin that myself).. But to add complication, it's loaded to boot..

Brad

greenbeanman in Kansas · Sep 10, 2011

Some of the Gleaner combines used an 18.4 x 34 so if there are combine salvage yards nearby don't pass them by while out looking.

gbs · Sep 10, 2011

if the price of tractor tires keeps going up you might see some of the repair techniques of yesteryears used again on tires with good carcasses such as boots ,vulcanizing and recaps, i've seen some bad cuts fixed using boots that were bolted in to repair rear tires on tractors used for logging,on second thought with the way things are today with liabilities be better just to buy a new one

Fritz Maurer · Sep 11, 2011

Well, I didn't really mean it that way, but I sure laughed when I changed his tires a couple years later. You see, with all those patches in there, (and the huge rip) the tire wasn't round anymore. So this knot was the first thing to wear off. The tire came back bald, and also worn through the first two boots. It was pretty comical

Fritz Maurer · Sep 11, 2011

Well, I didn't really mean it that way, but I sure laughed when I changed his tires a couple years later. You see, with all those patches in there, (and the huge rip) the tire wasn't round anymore. So this knot was the first thing to wear off. The tire came back bald, and also worn through the first two boots. It was pretty comical

Brad Gyde · Sep 11, 2011

(quoted from post at 18:34:48 09/11/11) You see, with all those patches in there, (and the huge rip) the tire wasn't round anymore. So this knot was the first thing to wear off. The tire came back bald, and also worn through the first two boots. It was pretty comical

So you DID do my neighbor's tires?? LOL.. When they had his sale about 3 years ago I don't think anything was drove/towed out.. I think the majority was hauled. He was always good about taking pretty good care of stuff, but about the last 10 years he kinda let stuff go.. (I kinda believe being he was in his mid 80's and doing it on his own, he did the best he could.. as for tires.. well, they'd outlive him, and why should the next guy get new rubber out of his pocket??)

In seriousness though, I'd have something done with my tire if I thought there was very much left in it.. it's about 20% on the tread, and about 6" of the sidewall casing is bad (where it cracked open) from sitting low and sunk in the dirt pretty well since the early 80's (it was inside a while the PO said, till the barn started to give away, then it was towed to the weeds and brush where I found it).. I've had it about 6 years now.. I'd REALLY like to put new rubber on it, but it's just not financially possible right now.

Brad

Anonymous-0 · Oct 21, 2011

Interested in your tractor ag tires, what condition are they in? Thank you
Michael
423-368-5390

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