I see this is your position, Rod. And it is an opinion probably well earned.
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To answer your question, NO, I have not ever had a rear tractor tire go flat during use or between uses. (One of the old two cylinders has a slow leak in a rear that we inflate once or twice a year, so I don't really count that.)
Admittedly, I am just a part-time farmer, running five tractors less than a total of 1000 hours per year. If that makes my world less real than yours, so be it.
I know that I would not attempt to repair my own tractor rear tire if I did flatten it- it would go to the repair shop whether it was loaded or not. I did not ask about the added cost to repair a loaded tire- mostly because of my previous experience, as stated above. I assume that if they added the ballast, they have the equipment to repair a tire with the ballast, as well. I will call next week and ask. I do not see where tire ballast would require a service truck call to repair a tire any more than iron weights would. I am pretty sure the local shop changes most of the rear tires with the rim remaining on the tractor (of that size, at least), so weight removal wouldnot have to be performed before tire repair.
Of course, I fully expect at least three flattened rears to occur before the end of the year, now that I have said it out loud (or typed it, anyway).
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