Tires Rear tires Split, dry rot?

[blueriver]

I have noticed My Montana 4340C with 30 hrs on, that both rear tires have spilts in them, 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch deep and 3-4 inches long it appears to be a dry rot, they are at the base of the traction bar on both rears and on five of the bars the rest are good shape, does anyone know if the warranty on the tires is thru Montana or the tire mfg? My dealer has yet to respond to me!
Thanks,
Todd

 

[Georgia Boy]

Make sure you do not have too much air in them, I had one almost new that cracked because of to much air. I lowered the pressure and have not had any more cracks, that has been about three years now.

 

[Maka]

What brand? If OTR, I have seen dry rot and it was warranty. I will say that what your explaining does not sound the same as what we experienced. The other thing is that most of the OTR problems were front tires that cured wrong and it was limited to R4 only.

Maka

 

[blueriver]

They are R4 I see nothing wrong with the fronts. I still have not gotten a response from my dealer. Was yours the tire mfg or Montana that handled the warranty?
Thanks,
Todd

 

[blueriver]

I spoke directly with Titans Warranty Department, a simple email with pictures and They have told me they have a tire dealer just 18 miles South of me and will make arrangements to have the farm service truck come out next week and replace both rear tires!! Will keep you posted. By the way, still waiting on my Montana dealer to help with this!

Thanks,
Todd

 

[WEJ]

Way to go.... Sounds like you got a hold of the right person.

WEJ

 

[dorus]

The only I have found to truly prevent dry rot , Renew Protect product line.
It dries and I use only 3-4 times a year.

 

[ToadHill]

My brother is a tire quality control engineer, I developed similar cracks on my Titon rear tires after about a year. He told me that the cracking is caused because some manufacturers have stopped using a chemical in the mix. He told me the name but I can't remember it. The chemical stopped the cracking which he said is caused by ozone. He said the only way to keep it from happening is to keep the tire out of the sun, now what good is a tractor if you can't use it in the sun.

 

[kthompson]

Toadhill, that is a very good point. If you keep the tires muddy will that protect them from the sun?

 

[20 20]

My brother is a tire quality control engineer, I developed similar cracks on my Titon rear tires after about a year. He told me that the cracking is caused because some manufacturers have stopped using a chemical in the mix. He told me the name but I can't remember it. The chemical stopped the cracking which he said is caused by ozone. He said the only way to keep it from happening is to keep the tire out of the sun, now what good is a tractor if you can't use it in the sun.

I believe what he ment would be to store the machine{atleast tires} out of the sun when not in use. OR, you could just work at night and park in the shade during the day. I was told the same thing about an old allis chalmers I had.

 

[PILOON]

Owners of RV and trailers habitually cover the tires when parked.
Tire covers are a very popular accessory item in RV shops.

Like with tractors, RV's don't get much annual mileage but sit about a lot with sunlight burning away at the rubber.

We all probably should drape an old blanket or tarp on our tires when parked.

 

[VictorW]

Just checking because my friend has a Montana and his tires cracked within six months after getting the new tractor about 2 years ago. I have a Kioti with Titan R4 tires that is now 4 years old. None of my tires have cracks. Maybe they had a bad run of tires. It's nice to hear that Titan is standing behind their tires but sad the dealer didn't get back to within a reasonable time.

 

[shakin]

my titans are fine at over 1 year i keep it inside when not in use not only does it help the tires last longer but also the hydraulic hoses and the paint, i have too much money invested to leave the thing outside when not in use. my harley when im not sitting on it is either in the shade on in a building seems like common sense to me.

 

[Tul01]

Our Titan R1's, do have some splitting, but they seem to be split more on the inside than the outside? There does not really appear to be any of the checking/or sun damage that I have noticed on RV tires before. My uncle was recently telling me he has experienced the spliting problem, especially on bias front tires on loader tractors. He was advised by his tire shop after replacing some on his "yard" tractor (140hp mfwd) that the splits were due to too much flexing and to run his front tires, esp on loader work at a psi that doesn't allow too much flex, especially in the yard. I believe he said he now runs his loader fronts at 40+ w/o any more trouble. I bumped ours up so we will see if the concentric splitting on the fronts stays the same or gets worse. Our rears have some cracking between the lugs but it is sporadic and I am just monitoring. Our tractor has never been inside, however it has been under a shade canopy, no sides, for 2 of its 4 years.

Brent