That's a man right there. He makes it look much easier than it is for the person trying for the first time. Thanks for the helpful tips and for showing how.
Good tip with the rubber to slip over the stem. Next one I do, that will be done on it. Thanks for the tip. I do that on the tubes after I locate a thorn puncture because they can leave a little piece that'll still come through again. Small piece of rubber and contact cement them to the inside of the tire over the thorn hole. Ten or 12 ply tri-rib 500-15's make me grunt a little.... of course, like you, I'm 70. LOL I love how your Missus gets tickled here and there during the videos.
We are never too old to learn something new. some of the rims We have are severly pitted from rust on the inside. I am going to try something for the first time. I am going to use flex tape om the rim to keep the tube from contacting the rough areas. I think it should work. Over twenty years ago we ran a buisness at this corner. Selling Feed fixing flats doing selected mechanical repairs. Most of the customers came because of Debbie. She always has a joke and a smile no matter how bad it is. Back then I fixed a lot of rear tractor tires. I never guarnteed a rear tire repair if thorns where present. Those thorns have a habit of creeping up and you cant find them all. A new soft tire is more prone to thorns. than a aged hard tire is. Now we have a JD 301A. Goverment surplus. Someone installed a pair of steel belted radials on the Front. The wierd thing is they have been recapped as tri rib tractor tires? Mounted tubeless and they are full of thorns and never go flat!
@@thecollectoronthecorner7061 One buddy of mine made his pitted rims hold with silicone caulk. I've heard of guys using a high quality duct tape to do what you want to do. Thorns in tubed or tubless tires are bad deal for sure. The only way I know to eliminate flats are filling them with commercial weighted foam. You can literally drill holes in them with a drill bit and they stay up. Almost as hard as the Model T solid rubber tires !!
@@tractorman4461 Yes I worked for a Rail road contractor who had that foam put in the tires. They never went flat. They also did commercial mowing of highline and pipeline right of ways. used massey fergison tractors. They would buy a new tractor and pull all of the sheet metal and tires off and store those. Install their foam filled tires and cabs and enginer covers and belly pans made from heavy steel. When they got done and depriceated out and bought new tractors they swapped all of that stored parts back on. Looked like new and had been used and abused.
@@thecollectoronthecorner7061 With that weighted foam the tires act as ballast too ! Man, that stuff makes them heavy as the devil. Those RR guys were pulling the wool over the new owners eyes !! LOL
@@tractorman4461 We worked southern ill and southeastern Mo. You likely seen their trucks. Name started with a T and ended with a Y. There not in the railroad contracting business any more. they got too old and retired.
I always watch you new videos. always something new I hadnt seen before. Funny your only about 175 miles north of us. However everything in your area seems to be rusted. Down here the rust isnt near as common.
Most folks like to do things that they are good at doing. And I like to fix tires. Ive been fixing all our own tires for the last 55 years. We are making another tire video soon. I am fixing the 17 inch split rim tires that are on the front of the METRO.
@@thecollectoronthecorner7061 that is true I only worked around having machines at shops I worked at until I started working on semis that will get you good at them pretty quick
