Tires Question about tires keep going flat.

[art]

The green slime mentioned in a earlier post is from TRC or texas refinery company. This stuff does work! We had a issue with a trailer buidling plant where the workers would nail the tires when they didn't want to go out in the cold.

It was nearly two years before we saw the tractor again!

166 nails later we sent it backout!

 

[reed52]

I have a BX24 which I have foamed filled the front tires and love it. Cost 30.00 per tire. No more flats! The front tires were enough for me, FEL goes in first and that is when I would get the flats, not a real problem on rears. It does add extra weight to the front end and it is a very ROUGH ride if you hit bumps down the road, your will slow down or it will jar your teeth out. Saved a lot of money and time. I would do it again.

Reed

 

[newbury]

Given the choice I'd rather not use the green slime. It seems to be quit corrosive to the rims. Is fixing the roofs an option seeing as that's where the nails are coming from?
Abe

This is the third time today I've read about the "corrosive" action of Slime.


For those of us that don't remember everything on the bottle.
From the Slime website:

Contains rust and corrosion inhibitors to maintain the integrity of the rim

Does anyone have EVIDENCE of a properly slimed tire leaking?

When I got my tractor back after I had my BH installed (May '09) one tire leaked like a sieve. Slimed all 4. They leaked a little since, I don't rotate the tires enough.

But it seems to be working, I keep seeing an occasional green drop leaking out.

 

[corey9212]

Well I guess I'm buying 4 new tires (ag tires) and filling them with a lot of slime cause to foam fill will cost me over $1000 cause no one locally foam fills so they would have to be shipped and would take 3 days to do. Ouch for a tractor that gets used minimum 3 times a day everyday.

 

[Jon Chanoski]

I tried that but it works until the next hole, I have replaced the tires all around 4 times in a year.

I would say it would be much cheaper to foam the first set of tires than buy 16 new ones!!!!! It only costed me $1100 to foam the much larger ag tires on my L3400. What did 16 new tires cost?

 

[ultrarunner]

Well I guess I'm buying 4 new tires (ag tires) and filling them with a lot of slime cause to foam fill will cost me over $1000 cause no one locally foam fills so they would have to be shipped and would take 3 days to do. Ouch for a tractor that gets used minimum 3 times a day everyday.

I had to drive 50 miles each way... could have waited if I had planned it right. The shop also re-caps ag tires... told me the cost to re-cap is 50% the cost of foam...

I can see where freight would quickly make the process too expensive.

 

[Jon Chanoski]

Well I guess I'm buying 4 new tires (ag tires) and filling them with a lot of slime cause to foam fill will cost me over $1000 cause no one locally foam fills so they would have to be shipped and would take 3 days to do. Ouch for a tractor that gets used minimum 3 times a day everyday.

How is this going to work any better than the last set of tires that you filled with slime? I think you need to bite the bullet and get the foamed or else you will be buying tires and slime forever and be out more money and down time than if you foamed them in the first place.

 

[corey9212]

I would say it would be much cheaper to foam the first set of tires than buy 16 new ones!!!!! It only costed me $1100 to foam the much larger ag tires on my L3400. What did 16 new tires cost?

What do you mean 16 new ones? I only need 4 tires and they will cost me $489.00 all together. There is no where to shop around for the cheapest place to foam cause the closest place is more than 100kms away and they are the only place that does it.

 

[corey9212]

How is this going to work any better than the last set of tires that you filled with slime? I think you need to bite the bullet and get the foamed or else you will be buying tires and slime forever and be out more money and down time than if you foamed them in the first place.

True. What I'm probably going to do is buy a set of ag tires to keep the tractor going and send in the industrials for foaming, then after a while when I get the industrial tires foamed I will send the ag tires in for a foam fill. It's more I know but it will keep me going.

 

[Jon Chanoski]

What do you mean 16 new ones? I only need 4 tires and they will cost me $489.00 all together. There is no where to shop around for the cheapest place to foam cause the closest place is more than 100kms away and they are the only place that does it.

You stated in one of your posts that you had to feplace tires all around 4 times this year. A tractor has 4 tires so if you replaced tires all around 4 times this year that is 16 tires. Or did you mean you repaired them all 4 times?

 

[corey9212]

You stated in one of your posts that you had to feplace tires all around 4 times this year. A tractor has 4 tires so if you replaced tires all around 4 times this year that is 16 tires. Or did you mean you repaired them all 4 times?

Yes that's what I meant to say repaired them all. Sorry about that.

 

[tiredguy]

I'm in the "business" tire wise and the only solution to your problem is to have them foam filled.If it were me though,I'd buy new R4's to have filled and keep the old one's as spares if I could find extra rims.The deeper tread overal on the R4's plus the fact they don't have such huge voids (which have way less rubber than the lugs) that would allow them to be cut or punctured as easily.

The reason for buying new is so that they won't have possible separations in them that could cause a failure.The foam only replaces the air and the tire is
still susceptible to coming apart,and they won't last forever.So if you're going to spend the big bucks,make sure you spend it wisely.

It will add to the weight about as much as they would if filled with calcium chloride or rim guard.

I have a cure for Hoosier Man's hay field problem too of course,invite someone to hunt off all those horny bucks and the sheds will disapear.:thumbsup: and delicious to eat for sure too mmm :licking:
Al

 

[crazyal]

Wow, $1000, I'm not sure if I would spend that much. I think I would just buy myself a good tire plug kit and just keep plugging the tires as I hit the nails. Meanwhile I would keep looking for a place that could foam the tires for less.

 

[brin]

I will look into the magnet idea and see what happens.

Corey ...check Northern tool ..they have a magnet that you can hang from the front bumper of a truck or your tractor or ATV and drive slow over the lawn or field and it will pick up any nails...

 

[ultrarunner]

Wow, $1000, I'm not sure if I would spend that much. I think I would just buy myself a good tire plug kit and just keep plugging the tires as I hit the nails. Meanwhile I would keep looking for a place that could foam the tires for less.

I think I paid $330 for both rears on my BX-23