Posted by Dellbertt on November 15, 2009 at 17:33:09 from (209.172.22.65):
In Reply to: Dried Out Tires posted by Dellbertt on November 14, 2009 at 04:55:22:
I just remembered something I did once that I had forgotten all about.
I had a tire go flat on an H that I had a long time and my Dad had before me.
The tire was cracked and split in the lugs and sides so bad that neither of the two local farm tire guys would touch it.
So I cleaned it up and spent about $50 (at the time) on boots and patches and stuck in a new tube. After it was together I blew any crud out of the splits and filled them with a tube of black GOOP rubber shoe repair.
After the GOOP dried I painted the tire with tire dressing. It might have been Armourall (sp) but I think there was one out before that. You know, that tire lasted many years and still looked good when I sold the tractor.
When I sold the tractor to a nice local young man and his father I made it clear that the left tire was full of boots and patches but they didn't seem to mind.
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