Re: Is $25 a fare price to patch an inner tube?

Posted by the tractor vet on March 29, 2022 at 22:41:52 from (108.220.145.239):

In Reply to: Is $25 a fare price to patch an inner tube? posted by Geo-TH,In on March 29, 2022 at 14:08:31:

Long gone are the days if inexpensive tire repair . I remember the good old places to get semi tires repaired . And outside dual was four bucks and and inside on bud wheels was 7.50 . wild Bill the tire jockey at N. Lima gas town who worked out of a shack in the back can't remember the guy at the Old T/A at Stony Ridge 's name one at Gary east truck plaza one off U S 30 in Ind. about half way across the state they did not care if it was a truck / car / farm tractor or a piece of construction equipment > And back in them times we had tire problems . Myself i use to haul stainless steel scrap out of Chicago to Pittsburgh . I would check every inch of all the tires Before i pulled out and removed anything i found , BUT sometimes i would miss one tiny piece and by the time i got to the old T 5 exit on the Buckeye green stamp i had one going down and pull off and have it fixed . around home now i deal with one person on all tires and have now for 40 years , With Jimmy i take a tire down to him 98% of the time when i go to settle up i get Get out of here . When i need new tires he has the lowest prices anywhere around . when i was looking for some 16.9 x38' Firestones when everybody was looking and none could be found i called Jimmy and i get GIVE ME A COUPLE DAYS and sure enough in two days he calls and said i got them here and your cost is 275 each with new tubes , others were paying over 600 each . Yep i installed them but this is not a big deal as i have installed changed many tractor tires . Yep he is out in the boondoc's and a 30-40 min drive for me i will make that drive . Went down there one Saturday with the Durango and both of my daughters cars for four tires on each . My one oldest daughter worked for a Huge car dealer in Cleveland and got prices up there and at at Jimmy's she got better tires for a forth of what they would have cost for the next line down . same with my youngest and same on the Durango as that one has odd sized tires and even at Sam's Club they would cost almost a grand for four Jimmy's price for four BETTER tires was a shade over 400 . His place is always swamped with people that do not have a lot of money but are in need of tires . Here in town a flat repair is 25 to 30 bucks even at wall mart and 90% of the time they will not patch a tire and tell you you have to BUY a new tire .
Everybody wants to get rich over night and plum flat out gouge ya .

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