That wasn't part of the plan!

[gwstang]

Was finishing up smoothing over a place where I had a water line break back in Jan. and went to turn and the left front wheel rubbed up against a soft dirt edge. Sort of like a deep rut that a logging truck might leave behind. All of sudden all the air leaked out of that tire. Whoops, must have snapped off the valve stem. That was a mighty rickety ride back to the barn very slowly. The L2501 did not like having a tire coming off the rim...even a little bit...lol :confused2: I'll remove it and go by the tire shop so it can have a new stem and refill. All the hours that I have spent on tractors and never had that happen before. I definitely had a wtf moment. As my mother would say, the only time I ever heard her curse....."sh^t fire". I asked an old black man that I worked with years ago about that and he told me, "white boy, back in the depression, people would say sh*t fire and save the matches"... lol.

 

[4570Man]

My L3240 had guards welded around the valve stem. I noticed my L3800 doesn't have them. I really should weld them on but I'll probably wait until I tear them off and then fix it. That's my usual method of problem solving.

 

[repete]

I have lost tires in the field and driven the tractor to a place to repair by lowering the bucket enough to take the weight off the front end and backing up while steering with left and right brakes.

 

[David_Kb7uns]

You can also gain a little more control if you wedge the good tire down on the axle pivot with a piece of wood.

Also have a selection of new valve stems that I have at the house to save a trip to town.

David

 

[dragoneggs]

You can also gain a little more control if you wedge the good tire down on the axle pivot with a piece of wood.

David

Good idea... thanks for sharing.

 

[Thomas]

Better to happen near home than the back 40 in rough area.

 

[bdhsfz6]

I had that happen with a rear tire on my old L3030. The R4 tire was filled with anti freeze. I made a bee line for the barn before the tire went completely flat as it spewed liquid all over the place! It left a quarter mile long streak of dead grass across the field.

 

[CobyRupert]

My L3240 had guards welded around the valve stem. I noticed my L3800 doesn't have them. I really should weld them on but I'll probably wait until I tear them off and then fix it. That's my usual method of problem solving.

Exactly! Until you tear the stems off, you don't really need guards!

You can also gain a little more control if you wedge the good tire down on the axle pivot with a piece of wood.

Also have a selection of new valve stems that I have at the house to save a trip to town.

David

This will work. But would you also dare lifting one side of front axle up with a chain to the loader (pull yourself up by your own bootstrap kind of thing)?

 

[MossRoad]

I have lost tires in the field and driven the tractor to a place to repair by lowering the bucket enough to take the weight off the front end and backing up while steering with left and right brakes.

What he said! :thumbsup:

Lay the bucket flat on the ground and then curl the front lip up another 1". Then push the joystick forward until the flat front tire doesn't have all the weight on it, and drive backwards to wherever you need to go. Works great and slides right along. :thumbsup:

 

[CobyRupert]

Or ask your wife for help getting it back to the barn.

Then duck when she swings the frying pan!!

 

[Oldoak]

I disagree with all of you. When it comes to a front tire failure, I leave the tractor where happens. I use the FEL to raise the front end and remove the wheel and get alternate transportation to get the tire back to the barn and either repair it there or take it to the tire shop.

 

[JWR]

Or ask your wife for help getting it back to the barn.

Then duck when she swings the frying pan!!

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OH NO! Too much ! I cannot believe you found such an applicable photo. Has to be an award of some sort for that find.

 

[orezok]

On my B7800, the front tires (23-8.5 14 R4) the sidewalls are so stiff that one time I had a stick jamb between the rims and tire and it was difficult to tell that there was no pressure. The tire remained fully upright.

 

[4570Man]

I disagree with all of you. When it comes to a front tire failure, I leave the tractor where happens. I use the FEL to raise the front end and remove the wheel and get alternate transportation to get the tire back to the barn and either repair it there or take it to the tire shop.

I've only lost air in a front tire once. Lifting it up and driving 1/2 mile was much faster than the alternative option. Otherwise I would have had to driven to the house with is about 2 miles away to get tools, pull tire off, drive the same half mile to the air compressor and then put the wheel back on.

 

[gwstang]

I took it by the truck/tractor tire place and they put it back together with a metal stem. Said it would fare better than the rubber type. I noticed he felt all around the edge of the tire on both sides. He told me after it was fixed that he was worried that it might have gotten too rough from driving it to the barn, for it to seal. It did though. Next time, I will leave it be and go get the jack to take it off where it is at. Too risky to ride back to the barn on it flopping around.

 

[300UGUY]

OH NO! Too much ! I cannot believe you found such an applicable photo. Has to be an award of some sort for that find.

I’ve had that pic, minus the caption, as my screensaver for a couple years. Wife looked at it once, just shook her head. I wouldn’t dare ask her to do that in real life.......��

 

[BHD]

I have had tires get tore up by going 300 yards on them flat, at less than 2 mph. stop and remove repair and replace, or use the loader method to drag it home,

 

[Grumpa Wally]

Thanks for sharing gwstang. I've only had one flat over the years and that was on a front tire of two wheel drive tractor and it went flat under the shed. Your account makes me think how I would handle a flat if I had one in the field. Since the tires on my M7060HD12 are probably the most expensive tires I've had on a tractor, I would just try to move it to a solid flat patch of ground, use the loader to jack up and remove the tire if it's a front tire. A rear would be more tricky, I think, since my rears are filled and weighted, I would say 'sh+t fire' and call the mobile truck to do the repair. I might have to add, 'and save the matches' to 'sh+t fire' in the future too.

 

[gwstang]

My oldest son, that lives across the road, found the original tire valve that got knocked off. I don't know if it came out from the inside or outside of the tire. It is in perfect shape and I am still wondering how it got knocked out by dirt. Got a spare now...lol