Patching tractor tire??

[Kenfyoozed]

2 weeks ago I bought new tractor tires, and within a week I promtley ran over something that pierced both the the tire and tube. The tire shop said it would need to be sent out to be fixed. This cost me 95$ for just the repair, not counting the new tube and mount. I made the stupid mistake of not looking at the tire when I picked it up. The tire was already mounted on the tire. When I got home I saw the repair. WOW was it ugly. The punture site was on the tread between lugs, about 2 inches long. The repair looks like they shaved some ruber off the lugs, melted it onto the tire and added a patch over it. I was under the impression the patch would be made from the inside. This patch job is at least 3/4" thick on the outside of the tire between the lugs? Is this normal? It looks like crap! Maybe its a "gorilla patch" , ugly but strong. It just doesnt seem like its going to last being on the outside. Any thoughts?

 

[Bird]

Are you sure it's just on the outside and not all the way through? I never heard of patching the outside of a tire but there are patches and boots that go inside and there's plugs that go all the way through and I don't know what else they may have come up with in the last 6 or 8 years.

 

[wolc123]

I got (2) flats on the front of a new tractor shortly after purchasing it when my uncle asked me to plow his garden where he had disposed of some old thorn-apple branches. Luckily they were tubeless, and a dollar's worth of repair kit parts and 5 minutes later, the repairs were made and I have not had another flat since. What kind of new tractor did you buy that had tubes in the front?

 

[JIGBUILDER]

I cut a 2" long gash in the tires center between the lugs. The tire was taken off and patched inside. They also added a boot on the inside over the patch. They added some type of product (forgot the name) to the gash on the outside to keep small rocks/small stobs and other debree from being mashed into the cut. Call the tire shop for their input on the fix.

My tractor sits in the shed right now with a 18" long deer antler stuck all the way in to the first tine (3/4" dia). Got it this morning mowing the back side of my 40 acres. It was between the lugs on a 14.9-28 R-1 tire.

Called my tire shop and they ordered a new tire (319 bucks) as this old tire is 11 years old with two plugs and pin hole between the two O O in Goodyear in the sidewall. The dealer laughed and said he has a antler on his desk from another customer with a tractor tire that happened just two weeks ago.

 

[Kenfyoozed]

Sorry, this was on the rear tire. It was supposed to be "buffed", "ground", and "patched". The receipt said "section repair". I'll call tomorrow and find out what actually was done. I dont know why a liner wouldnt have worked. I guess to seal the actual crack.

 

[Soundguy]

Might it have been a hot or chemical vulcanizing patch from the insid ethat extruded outside.. then they trimmed it down a bit?

In my area, they probably would have just put in a large farm patch on the inside.. booted it maybee.. then put a new tube in.. or patched the old one.

I've seen some old tractor tires even 'laced' up using bailing wire.. then a patch applied over it.. then some goop like bead sealer on it to keep debri out as much as possible..

soundguy

 

[FredH]

A " Section " is were they actually cut out a certain size area , although when I say cut out , it is not like a square hole through the tire , But a size larger than the damage on inside and same on outside , then bond new rubber in place . This was , maybe still is ??? , a technique used on semi trailer tires years ago . On those type tires , they would take out down to the cords / steel belts on the inside and outside , then reapply new rubber, thus it had to be sent out to usually a retreading type factory .

My Dads semi trailer use to get all kinds of garbage stuck in the tires picking up at all the ranches and farms in eastern oregon , thus he always carried not just 1 but 2 spares , of which usually 1 or both would of been already repaired that way .

One Note though , Those were highway tires and Two , those type repairs were usually on sidewalls , not in tread area , but with a Ag tire , it should not matter .

Fred H.

 

[gordyy]

A section repair is just like FredH said they grind down and add new rubber
on a Tractor tire its an ugly repair but usually works ok
beats buying a new tire usually and yes its done from both inside and out