Everybody having tractor rim troubles

r.w.b. · Jul 25, 2019

Explain this,i never seen anything like it.nothing touched tire but its in it,older guy owns tire shop said a first for him too

Stephen Newell · Jul 25, 2019

I did that with a little Kubota tractor with a little stick. Tire was only two weeks old. Tried to get someone to put a patch on it but the tire guy said he was afraid the patch would fail at freeway speeds. 4.50-10 three rib farm tire. I fixed though with four plugs and slime.

r.w.b. · Jul 25, 2019

Tire shop showed me it was way up sidewall where it came out,home loaded still tight.hope it holds but they are a good tire shop too

flying belgian · Jul 25, 2019

I used to haul grain to market on shoulder of busy hyway with tractor and gravity wagon. So I have seen everything.

old · Jul 25, 2019

Seen that too many times but I have also been fixing tires for well over 30 years

Andy Martin · Jul 25, 2019

Tire wear looks like it was being run low which put the sidewall down to the ground.

Stephen Newell · Jul 25, 2019

On a car tire you don't have much choice to replace the tire. Radial tires barely hold themselves together anyway and if a nail damaged the bands it might tear like a zipper.

SVcummins · Jul 26, 2019

Pulled one out of a trailer tire Just last week exactly like that

Geo-TH,In · Jul 26, 2019

It's obvious, rubber is magnetic.

My tire shop guy says sometimes the front tire will flip up the nail and second tire catches it.

r.w.b. · Jul 26, 2019

Tires had 105 pounds in all of them prior to
this,truck been setting a month after wheat
harvest,i checked all tires with a guage.besides
those tires are only 3 months old too,got less
than 2000 miles on them
Im thinking nail was laying flat point away from
tire front tire flipped it u at 65 mph and as it
tipped over split second it gouged rear tire. But
that could be wrong.
Maybe something from area 51 got loose n did it

showcrop · Jul 26, 2019

R.w.b. you have it right. the front hits it, flips it up, rear hits it as the head hits the pavement.

BarnyardEngineering · Jul 26, 2019

It's a nail in a tire... What is so strange about it? It's in the sidewall, big deal. I've seen nails in every part of a tire, going in every direction.

Your tire guy has lived a sheltered life if he's never seen a nail in a tire before.

MarkB_MI · Jul 26, 2019

Looks like you went to Home Depot. That's where I get most of my flats; contractors don't seem to care if they drop a few nails or screws in the parking lot, and most folks won't bother to pick them up if they see them.

Bad place for a repair. Replace the tire.

TJV · Jul 26, 2019

I pull this bolt from a rear drive tire on our semi tractor about a month ago. It was in the tread face with only the head showing in the tread looked like a gravel stone. It's shown next to a quarter and a sharpie marker for size reference.

Destroked 450 · Jul 26, 2019

Had a new set of steer tires put on in Indianapolis, hauled a load from there to Louisville and then home, less than 175 miles total.
Next day left front tire was half flat, aired it back up figuring leaking around the rim or valve stem. When I got back to Indianapolis the following Monday I stopped at the tire shop to have them reseal the tire, they found a 3/8" dia bolt about 4 " long stuck in the center of the thread, Don't know how a bolt that size got into a steer tire.
They fixed the tire but wouldn't put it back on the front, said the hole was to big for it to be used on the steer again.
Had to purchase a new steer tire and that one ended up a trailer because I ran lug tires on the drives.

Eldon (WA) · Jul 26, 2019

(quoted from post at 04:23:04 07/26/19)
R.w.b. you have it right. the front hits it, flips it up, rear hits it as the head hits the pavement.

Seems all my flats are on the second axle....

Blackhole49 · Jul 26, 2019

Picked this 3oz weight up about 6 weeks ago in my rear tire (wish I knew how to rotate the image). It took 3 plugs the seal the hole. Tires only have 5,000 miles on them. This one will remain on the rear as long as it continues to hold air (so far so good). FYI: personally, I've never had a plug fail.

jeffcat · Jul 26, 2019

What is even better, a 3/8 7/16 wrench through a tractor tire. And it's your own wrench!!!! Still can't get over this one from the tire place up the street. Also a cheap wheel barrow tire on a little trailer. There were no cords just crummy rubber. You could tear the tread apart with your bare hands.

jeffcat · Jul 26, 2019

The three more. Got a great deal on a set of those little for real trailer tires and put them on. Nice and tough.

r.w.b. · Jul 26, 2019

Wow pal,the tire guy never seen 1 in a tire
without a scuffed sidewall,like a board you run
edge of sidewall against it and busts board then
nail pokes tire. Sorry i posted it if i knew it
was gonna ruffle your feathers

showcrop · Jul 26, 2019

(quoted from post at 17:55:06 07/26/19) Wow pal,the tire guy never seen 1 in a tire
without a scuffed sidewall,like a board you run
edge of sidewall against it and busts board then
nail pokes tire. Sorry i posted it if i knew it
was gonna ruffle your feathers

R.w.b, don't worry for a second about barnyard's feathers. He is constantly getting them ruffled and constantly doing his best to ruffle everyone else's.

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