One disadvantage to a no flat front tire

[Sigarms]

Completely my fault... thought I could beat some rain to do a hill to the left of the house and got caught in a DOWNPOUR (litterally buckets of water coming down in a moments notice). I was running back to the shed without thinking of raising the deck, because there is ONE rock you HAVE to be careful of behind the house.



I was complaining to my wife last night at the dinner table what a &*%$ idiot I was not to raise the deck in that ONE area, and the tire must of been going perpindicular to the line of travel and hit that ONE rock at the right moment that pushed the tire off the rim.

Talked to the guys who sold me the original no flat tire, they didn't think it could be put back on the rim, so I ordered 2 (one for back up again). Overally VERY happy with these front tires as this had been the only issue in about 200 hours of use (again, my fault).

Had to laugh, when I told my wife what I did at the dinner table, my one boy who I've been training on the Kubota to mow mentioned matter of factly "Gee dad, you might of hurt the blades, did you check them?" . My wife gave him a stare and told him "you shouldn't talk to your dad that way", but I informed her he was exactly right to ask the question and I'm actually glad he realized what to start looking for (and I've rheemed his own but for not lifting the deck in that one speciffic area when he was on it just because of that rock).

Time to have the boys take that dang rock out LOL

 

[4get gto]

I've actually had that happen over time when the foam in tire breaks down or if you have cords in the tire break.

Lucky you dad....now you'll get that " I told you so" from the kids.

 

[Redlands Okie]

Best get to work on getting that rock out. In no time at all your help will be mostly grownup and out of the house and it will be hard to get em back to dig up rocks.

 

[flyerdan]

They got the tire over the rim somehow; it wasn't born that way. Worst case scenario would be to skinny wheel the flange off one side and weld it back after the tire is on. Since it's solid there shouldn't be any chance of a thermal runaway.
They should really be on a bolt together rim like the small HF tires.

 

[4get gto]

They got the tire over the rim somehow; it wasn't born that way. Worst case scenario would be to skinny wheel the flange off one side and weld it back after the tire is on. Since it's solid there shouldn't be any chance of a thermal runaway.
They should really be on a bolt together rim like the small HF tires.

The tires are filled after the tire is put on. You could try to put it back on but with the foam in it good luck.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Every equipment rim should be of the bolt together variety. That would be sweet!

 

[flyerdan]

The tires are filled after the tire is put on...

Ahh, I was thinking it might have been one of those solid forklift-type tires.

 

[Oldoak]

Every equipment rim should be of the bolt together variety. That would be sweet!

Not as far as I'm concerned. That just creates other issues.

 

[zzvyb6]

It's not that hard to remount a tire that size. There is a trick and its been posted recently. Remember, it's a DROP CENTER rim !

 

[Diggin It]

Had to laugh, when I told my wife what I did at the dinner table, my one boy who I've been training on the Kubota to mow mentioned matter of factly "Gee dad, you might of hurt the blades, did you check them?" . My wife gave him a stare and told him "you shouldn't talk to your dad that way", but I informed her he was exactly right to ask the question and I'm actually glad he realized what to start looking for (and I've rheemed his own but for not lifting the deck in that one speciffic area when he was on it just because of that rock).

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