Tires Flat tire

[deepNdirt]

Was out with the BB. grading the Dr. and again was impressed with what the little 2000 is capable of and snapped a pic. My Org. Ricer's are BA. There showing some age but with no FEL. I haven't had need Load them yet. Or put Air in them for that matter. Thank You Steve. :thumbsup:

Carey, I have to say your 30 year old tires certainly look to be in better condition than the ones on my tractor, the 1st pix is of the used one I replace last year, and the 2nd pix shows how bad the remainder original tire is and explains why I feel I'm running them on borrowed time,

 

[Soundguy]

break it down.. clean out casing.. put a LARGE farm patch on the inside.

clean up the rim

tube it.

remount it

load it if you want to.. then don't worry about it for a few more years..

 

[Soundguy]

Carey, I have to say your 30 year old tires certainly look to be in better condition than the ones on my tractor, the 1st pix is of the used one I replace last year, and the 2nd pix shows how bad the remainder original tire is and explains why I feel I'm running them on borrowed time,

that's nuttin.

I've seen bolted together tires.. and ones laced up with bailing wire!

I got a set of tri ribs on the front of my 4000 that are straight slicks! no ribs whatsoever!

whole different ballgame when you collect tractors that can be 70ys old.. see lotsa old tires..

 

[kenmac]

I bought new because I didn't want to be in the field or woods and have a flat because of old dry rotted tires. I know I can have a flat with new tires but, not as likely as with the old cracked tires I had. I bought 4 for around $900.00. Can't find the ticked but, that amount sounds about right with new tubes

 

[Soundguy]

i figure I'm gonna run over the hidden railroad spike in the lumber whether I got new rubber or old rubber.. that's my luck..

so i run them casings till they are paper thin and let go and blow off the rim! ( funny story.. but I did have a tire casing blow off a rim on my 46 ford 2n... gave in and repalaced that one with a new tire.. oh.. and tube.. )

 

[deepNdirt]

I'm working on a local that has some new mounted on Kubota rims, I asked if he could provide the bolt pattern and Height, My tractor only has approx 3" clearance above the current size tires to the fender ( 8.3 x 24 ) the ones this person has are 14.9 x 26" mounted on wheels, and for only 450.00 for the pr. ( New tires) I'm sure they're going to be way too large for my tractor though.

 

[clemsonfor]

california is runnin those huge kubota tire on his 240. what size are those california? & think he had the centers cut out and his yanmar center welded in?

 

[California]

california is runnin those huge kubota tire on his 240. what size are those california? & think he had the centers cut out and his yanmar center welded in?

12.4 x 24, US R-1 ag pattern, not rice tires. What I have is the 'hat' (disc), the center part, of the original Yanmar 2 piece wheels, then Kubota rims that the previous owner presumably bought with those tires already mounted. The Kubota rims are a perfect bolt-on fit on the Yanmar centers.

I wonder if both US-Yanmar and US-Kubota buy their wheel/tire assemblies in the US for the tractors they sold here.

The tires are US Firestone.

I've noticed that I have two sets of shims raising the fenders above default bolt-to-the-axle height. I think the first set is factory, probably used on YM2000 but not YM1700, and the upper set of shims are unpainted so I assume they were shop-fabricated to clear these replacement tires.

Here's a picture showing the shims and the 2-piece wheels. It's in a thread I posted in 2006 about installing my ROPS.

 

[clemsonfor]

deep if u get those tires i think u may loose some torque. may loose your top gear with those tires when bushhogging or operating on a ahill. California, i dont have any shims on my fenders, there bolted to the axle tube. i know well cause i looked when the tractor was home these last few weeeks. i am gonna paint the sheet metal. it was painted an orange by the vn refurber? its more like kubota orange than red. they repainted the top of a fender for some reason and its noticably red, a different color. i assume it was scratched in the container or unloading and the taped it off and sprayed it with some spray can red, weather yanmar red or not?

 

[Neat 1500]

Mine are similar in condition to Carey's. no problem with them. my YM14 needs a tube in the RL as it now goes flat in about a week now, they are OEM and dry rotted too. they still have 75% tread on them, way too good to send to the dump.