Tires Keeping R4 Tires clean... err... cleaner?

[BarnStangz]

I don't know if I'm the only one or not, but after moving lots of fill dirt and other nasty barn wastes the tires (R4) on my TC34DA get pretty caked... I usually do a blast down the road to get the big chunks off, but they can still linger. Now I'm to the point where I'm so tired after working that I just stick ole blue back in the garage (dirty and all). Does anyone else have tips for cleaning the R4's or do they just say the heck with it. I like to use my pressure washer, but I find sometimes that thing makes more of a mess then it's worth.. How often do you keep your little blue gem clean?

Ohs well... I guess tractors are meant to get dirty... Maybe this weekend I can work on some dirt bike jumps! I Hope everyone is enjoying this weather...

Max

 

[LoneCowboy]

You're supposed to clean it??????????

 

[jbrumberg]

You're supposed to clean it??????????

I am still waiting for mud season to begin so I can get my R-1's and everything else muddy. Then I let the rain keep everything clean . Jay

 

[BarnStangz]

You're supposed to clean it??????????

I had a feeling I'd hear that one first!

M.

 

[jbrumberg]

I had a feeling I'd hear that one first!

M.

maxfior:

To be completely honest I really do hose the tractor down when it really gets really muddy and the temperatures start to warm up (~ June ). I can not say the same thing for my truck . Jay

 

[hazmat]

In an effort to maintain marital bliss (If momma ain't happy, ain't no one happy) I do try to minimize the amount of mud I track into the garage. We don't have a mud room & the primary access to the house is thru the garage - thus the family + two labrador retrievers track all that dirt in...

That said - my method is a high speed run thru the yard to fling as much as possible off, followed by the pressure washer.

 

[HOUNDSTOOTH]

That said - my method is a high speed run thru the yard to fling as much as possible off, followed by the pressure washer.

Same here!

 

[BarnStangz]

In an effort to maintain marital bliss (If momma ain't happy, ain't no one happy) I do try to minimize the amount of mud I track into the garage. We don't have a mud room & the primary access to the house is thru the garage - thus the family + two labrador retrievers track all that dirt in...

That said - my method is a high speed run thru the yard to fling as much as possible off, followed by the pressure washer.

So TRUE! I have to watch the mud levels in the garage and back lot, my old lady walks out side and just gives me an evil look... ohs well...

M.

 

[schmism]

i really didnt think much about it before the other weekend as my barn is currently still a gravel floor. I had burryed the ol girl up to the front axle and half way up the sidewalls the other day in a lower soft spot at the property i hadnt been before. (had to use the FEL to back myself out)

i promptly returned the tractor with front rims caked and all into its stall in the barn.... well 4 days later it dried out nicely and as i drove out it left perfect tractor prints of the tred in 2" dired mud on the floor

so now i do a quick run throgh the front yard in high to try to fling as much out of the treds as possible as i want to keep the dirt down inside the barn...

 

[jbrumberg]

It is really difficult to keep momma happy during mud season . I wish the dog and I could levitate . It is not even mud season yet and I am starting to hear "speech patterns" through my "deafness" . Jay

 

[thcri]

If my are dirty I don't worry too much. I park it on my side of the garage then so my wife doesn't yell at me for messing up her side of the garage. It's her's until it needs cleaning, then the whole garage is mine. but if the dirt drops off I just take the push broom and push it out. We bought them to help us do work and if they get dirty that is part of the job.

murph

 

[Megado]

If my are dirty I don't worry too much. I park it on my side of the garage then so my wife doesn't yell at me for messing up her side of the garage. It's her's until it needs cleaning, then the whole garage is mine. but if the dirt drops off I just take the push broom and push it out. We bought them to help us do work and if they get dirty that is part of the job.

murph

I agree. However, I do find myself cleaning up ol' blue before putting her away and I don't even have a garage or barn to park her in yet!

 

[Red_Dog]

OH yes...dirty tractors in the garage. My boys can't help themselves from coming over to the tractor while it's in the garage and picking the dried mud globs off all the wheels and flinging them across the garage floor! Momma is not too happy about us boys tracking into the house all of the crud. So...when the tractor is dirty it gets sent to the barn for a timeout. When it's clean, then it get's the pole position in the garage and is one with the family. I guess my procedure is to at a minimum every 10 to 15 hours or so wash off the major crud to grease the zerks and do a quick once over. When I get ready for the 50 hour service, then the tractor gets a full pressure/steam wash outside to really get things clean and try to blow as much crud and grease off the machine. Then it's into the garage for a full maintenance interval.

 

[BarnStangz]

OH yes...dirty tractors in the garage. My boys can't help themselves from coming over to the tractor while it's in the garage and picking the dried mud globs off all the wheels and flinging them across the garage floor! Momma is not too happy about us boys tracking into the house all of the crud. So...when the tractor is dirty it gets sent to the barn for a timeout. When it's clean, then it get's the pole position in the garage and is one with the family. I guess my procedure is to at a minimum every 10 to 15 hours or so wash off the major crud to grease the zerks and do a quick once over. When I get ready for the 50 hour service, then the tractor gets a full pressure/steam wash outside to really get things clean and try to blow as much crud and grease off the machine. Then it's into the garage for a full maintenance interval.

Sounds to me that you have a pretty good plan. I really wish that I had a better pressure washer, but I guess I can't complain that much, since it's better then just a garden hose. Steam would be the way to go. I like your idea with that and then hit the zerks (at 10-15) and then change all fluids at 50ty hrs. I have almost 20 on mine and I was thinking about at least changing the engine oil...

I think the only thing that saves my garage from too much mud is that fact that I have a entrance and exit door. So when ole blue is super nasty, I just sneak her in the back way...

Interesting stuff people...

M.