I have a skid steer with very little wear. I don't use it very often and the tires leak down and de-rim. Then it is almost imposible to get them to fill again. Should I put tubes in or just start using ether to get them to bead again. Thanks in advance.
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It might shear the valves off the tubes. Do you have a hole or are the rims leaking?. You might just need to clean up the rims or take them to a dealer for that.
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Either is hard on the inside of tires. Can you use it occasionally, yes. Another way is to jack the skid steer up, allowing the tire to hang in the air without touching anything. Wrap a rope around the center of the tire and tie it, then twist a bar in it to start shortening the rope. A small ratchet strap will also work. Tightening around the tire tread in the middle of the tire forces the beads outward, so that you can add air. Be sure and remove the guts from inside the valve stem so that you get the maximum flow of air to seat the beads.
Might want to put the skid steer up on blocks when not in use, or just get in the habit of adding a little air once a week or so.
David from jax
Might want to put the skid steer up on blocks when not in use, or just get in the habit of adding a little air once a week or so.
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To get the tire back on, I would use either (starting fluid), no if, ands and buts about it. But I have done it, am comfortable with it and it's a lot of fun! I don't recommend you do it.
Thanks for the response. Yes I put it on blocks the tires and rims are practically new and I have had hit and miss luck on using the ratchet strap to get them to rim again. SOO frustrating. Is their any downside to tubes? Im leaning towards going that direction.
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I had no downside to using tubes in the rear tires on my previous tractor( Ford 1700 ). The big tire dealer here has an air inflated strap that goes around a tire to reseat the beads. Simple, appears foolproof and safe. If you can not determine the cause and repair the continual leak down - I would simply go with tubes.
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Some don't like it but I had the same with a seldom used piece of equipment and a few ounces of slime sealer did the trick...
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Years ago I had a wheelbarrow tire that wouldn't hold air because it was so dry rotted it looked like I had siped the tire. I emptied a can of Fix-A-Flat in it. Bubbled out everywhere. But that tire held up for years until the pan rusted away and I trashed the whole wheelbarrow. 
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As IT mentioned in post #2, the downside of tubes is if you operate the machine with low tire pressure, you risk ripping off the valve stem.
If you check your pressure prior to each use and get tubes with metal stems, they should be trouble free.
One other note, the tire and wheel must be clean and dry prior to installing tubes. Since yours have previously come off the bead, there is probably dirt and debris in there.
Any foreign material will drastically shorten tube life.
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I got tired of the fight to seat tires on the rim and bought a bead seater on eBay for about $45. I was able to mount a set of turf tires that resisted all other methods of seatting the bead.
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What type is it?
Pictures, please.
Pictures, please.
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It looks like this. I was able to find it cheaper.
New 5 Gallon Air Tire Bead Seater Blaster Tool Seating Inflator Truck ATV 145PSI | eBay
New 5 Gallon Air Tire Bead Seater Blaster Tool Seating Inflator Truck ATV 145PSI | eBay
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My Terramite and skid steer have always sat a lot. One or two tires would leak down in a matter of days if not hours. Rims are 100% rusty surface around bead areas. I've been using Pam 'original' cooking spray to reduce leaks while mounted and raised to spin by hand. On the TM I re-sprayed after 6 yrs and ~120 op hrs. Just used it in the SS and vs losing all pressure in a few hrs it now drops <2PSI/week.
Slime is usually OK but a horrific mess when you demount a tire it's been added to, esp after finding out it didn't work. I'd rather use "Fix a Flat" on a non-highway tire, just have to remember to let out the butane and replace it with air. (canned gas keeps it soft, air-drying lets it stiffen)
I did slime a tube on one of the old H-Ds' 3.00" x 21" Avon rib (my spoke re-lace) and it still holds air after 35yrs. The new formula seems much different. Never again.
Slime is usually OK but a horrific mess when you demount a tire it's been added to, esp after finding out it didn't work.
I'd rather use "Fix a Flat" on a non-highway tire, just have to remember to let out the butane and replace it with air. (canned gas keeps it soft, air-drying lets it stiffen) I did slime a tube on one of the old H-Ds' 3.00" x 21" Avon rib (my spoke re-lace) and it still holds air after 35yrs. The new formula seems much different. Never again.
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Just get a container of bead sealant, knock the rust off of the rim, paint it with bead sealant and air it up.
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I hate that crap but found myself using it successfully this summer.
The fun starts when it stops working for whatever reason.
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I was on the road with the trailer and noticed a soft tire... I just happen to have slime and the truck has a compressor so I was good the 7 miles home.
The next day I noticed the tire was flat... good tire with excellent tread... no sign of puncture.
Turned to be the blasted rubber valve stem... this is the 5th rubber stem in 3 years I have had to deal with... all less than 3 years old... car, truck and now trailer.
So I went to the tire shop and warned about the Slime... the owner said no problem and replaced the stem and no charge and this was not the shop that mounted these tires... but I do trade with them.
He said it really isn't a problem when used lightly...
The next day I noticed the tire was flat... good tire with excellent tread... no sign of puncture.
Turned to be the blasted rubber valve stem... this is the 5th rubber stem in 3 years I have had to deal with... all less than 3 years old... car, truck and now trailer.
So I went to the tire shop and warned about the Slime... the owner said no problem and replaced the stem and no charge and this was not the shop that mounted these tires... but I do trade with them.
He said it really isn't a problem when used lightly...
This deviates a little from the original topic, but years ago I worked with two brothers. Nels, the younger of the two had a bad foot from when it went through the rusty floorboards of his brother's pickup when it crashed. His brother said that he didn't really know what happened, they were going down the road and it suddenly veered off into the ditch.
In a later conversation we were talking about tires and he said that our boss had given him a set of tube tires for his pickup; he didn't have tubes but when he put them on the rims and pumped them up they seated, so he put them on the pickup. I didn't say anything, but it was pretty obvious to me what caused that accident.
In a later conversation we were talking about tires and he said that our boss had given him a set of tube tires for his pickup; he didn't have tubes but when he put them on the rims and pumped them up they seated, so he put them on the pickup. I didn't say anything, but it was pretty obvious to me what caused that accident.
