Wanna buy a slightly used rim?

rockyridgefarm · May 23, 2020

I bought the tractor these came on two years ago. It looked about like this when I bought it. Rim on the other side looks new and has a date stamp from 2012. I sent that tractor into the shop not leaking and it came back leaking, but it was gonna happen sooner or later. Tire guy came Tuesday. We pumped out the fluid, denounces the tire, and he had me hit the rim with a hammer. Little hole got a little bigger. I coulda had it fixed, but he had a new $220 rim on the truck, so I did that. $400 with rim, trip fee, tube, and labor. Tires are mismatched, but I couldn t swing the $600 for a new 16.9-28 firestone right now.

15 inch by 28 inch rim.

Good for another 30 years I guess.

Hopefully I can afford a new tire to match soon.

Northvale PA · May 24, 2020

All of my tractors have had rusted rims on one or both sides. First one fixed was my Ferguson. I bought
a new rim and stupidly threw the bad one away. The second to get fixed was my JD 2010. Is has 36?
power adjust rims that are basically unavailable. So, I had a local guy weld in a patch I cut from an auto
rim and hammered into the correct profile and diameter. Then I got smart and bought a used rim and
now exclusively cut patches and have them welded in once I cut out the rust areas. It works great and
has probably saved an easy $1500. My last 2 repairs I did 100% of the liquid removal, tire work, new
tubes and new calcium. I spent at least 8 hours but easily saved $500 in tire service expense. My time
isn?t free but 2 things to consider: it takes more time earning that money farming. And I try to do the
repairs in the off seasons.

Wanna buy a slightly used rim?

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