I have a tractor tire that seems haunted. LOL neighbor has a JD 4430 that has 20.8 x 38 tires on it. Last spring he had a failure in the transmission while planting corn. He pulled it into a pasture by the corn field. Hooked the planter to another tractor and finished planting. He called me to come and look at/ fix the tractor. When I go to look at the tractor the right rear tire is flat. Tires are 75% Goodyear tires. So he calls the tire shop and has them come out to fix the tire. They "fixed" the tire on Friday. We go to load the tractor Sat. and the tire is flat. They come out Monday and "fix" it again by installing a new tube. Wed. flat again. He calls them to come and get it right. They try to tell him the tire has breaks in the casing and he needs a new tire. I load the tractor right after the tire shop leaves. I unload the tractor in front of my shop. Next morning the tire is flat. So I air the tire up and get it in the shop. Get the tractor up on splitting stands. I take the tire off and pull the tube. I find four patches around the bead area of the tube. Tire guy had pinched the tube when he put in the "new tube. I aired it up and found another pinched place. He took the tube to the tire shop and raised cane. They gave him a new tube and adjusted the bill. They had been charging him service calls on this.
Last weekend I finally got the transmission back in the tractor. He had damaged the case plus a lot of other internal problems. The cheapest fix was a used complete transmission. It took me some time to find a good one. So anyway I put the new tube in the tire. I checked the inside of the tire out and there are zero cracks or breaks in the tire. I mounted the tire being extra careful to not pinch the tube. I aired it up Saturday. I still had some little things to finish. So the tractor set in my shop until last night. I pulled it out side for him to come and get. When I came home for lunch the tire was flat again. ARGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!! The tractor set in my shop for FOUR days without any leak. I was walking right by it everyday. I drive it less then 100 feet and it is leaking.
It will be Friday before I can take it off and see what is wrong. I may have pinched it but I really do not think I did. I am thinking he has something in the tire. The mystery is the first two times it went flat it was never moved.
Last weekend I finally got the transmission back in the tractor. He had damaged the case plus a lot of other internal problems. The cheapest fix was a used complete transmission. It took me some time to find a good one. So anyway I put the new tube in the tire. I checked the inside of the tire out and there are zero cracks or breaks in the tire. I mounted the tire being extra careful to not pinch the tube. I aired it up Saturday. I still had some little things to finish. So the tractor set in my shop until last night. I pulled it out side for him to come and get. When I came home for lunch the tire was flat again. ARGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!! The tractor set in my shop for FOUR days without any leak. I was walking right by it everyday. I drive it less then 100 feet and it is leaking.
It will be Friday before I can take it off and see what is wrong. I may have pinched it but I really do not think I did. I am thinking he has something in the tire. The mystery is the first two times it went flat it was never moved.