I am so far behind on editing, it looks like I'm winning the race. I'm about ready to just abandon most all of them except for the really pertinent ones. Thanks for watching and commenting cowpen. I appreciate your time !!
Yeah, it sure blew with a vengeance !! We were a couple hundred yards away sipping on a coffee sitting on the porch when she blew !! I can stick a basketball into the hole in the tube.
I done that job a few times and I must say it was all of almost a full day job....just one thing....we always put some dish soap to help the tire slide but you got her done...CHEERS
Yeah, I musta cut out the parts with the spray bottle. I use gas line and refrigerant leak detector for the lube. That helps a lot. Plus on the smaller 16'' ten ply tires I use Victaulic grease. THAT stuff is slick as snot on a doorknob !! Sometimes it makes the tire tools slip and slide. LOL
Yep, I'd say you got all out of the old tire that there was getting! Dandy job on the rim repair. We had an Oliver Super 77 Row Crop that I bought to resell. It was actually just to help a guy out that needed money. I often put tractors I was reselling out in the field to prove them before I sold them. Dad was discing with it one evening when the one rim just suddenly split almost all the way around. It didn't look that bad, but it was so thin around the inside it just split like a banana peel.
When a tire is under a bit of a strain, there's a lot of pressure exerted on the rim. I have an Oliver 70 I had to weld in a 38'' patch to get it back in usable condition. I imagine if you were hooked to a set of 3/14's instead of a disc, it would've split sooner than it did !!
Hi Wendell… Aaaaaa the fun of changing a big tire… Like you I have done my share… I don’t think a lot of people would like my vocabulary while changing them. Hahahahah I did a truck tire once and I was very careful with the tube… ( or thought I was). Was all done had it aired up putting tools away and went back to mount it and Yup… Flat…. You know the rest of the story… Vulcanized patch worked very well… hahaha Thanks for sharing the struggles of changing a tractor tire… As always stay safe and always be kind. Cheers
Oh man, there's nothing worse than finding you've pinched the tube after a hard job is done. LOL Been there and done that...so I try to be as careful as possible with each tire change. Take care and thanks for the smile this morning my friend.
I had to help the old man change every size tire we had back on the farm Tony....split rims included. I never liked those things....but I have a stand for changing them. My Much Older Brother donated it to me a couple years ago.
My Dad is retired from the Air National Guard... I've had my share of changing tires over the years also, and speaking of rotten tires I was just talking to my wife the other day about having to get some new ones for my 4 wheeler, one would think they should last more than 30 years, lol!!! Keep up the good work sir!!!
Doggone it Eric, I know... tires used to be TIRES !! Heck I got underwear that's 30 years old. OK, that's a stretch....but I DO have shoes older than your tires !!
I know how much you enjoy breaking a bead with hammer! My Dad loves his bead breaker! He breaks down the tire with it on the axle! Pretty handy device!
I cheated with this one Jeff. I edited out the part where I used the 4500 Ford hoe to break down the bead. Literally a couple minutes to break both sides....just that quick. Sometimes I use a ramp to drive the front of a tractor or my old 460 Ford onto the tire to break 'em. This one looked to be bad enough for the hoe....I cheated....LOL I've seen those bead breakers, but have never used one.
Good job buddy I haven't changed a lot of tractor tires but I have changed my share of truck tires over the years back when i starting driving if you had a flat we always carried a spare to change on the road and when you got back you fixed your flat no service repair trucks until later on take care have a great week hope you and the missus are felling better
I imagine you HAVE changed a pile of the big truck tires. I find the larger the diameter, the easier sometimes it is to stretch 'em over the rim. I worked my tail off changing those 22.5, 22 ply dump trailer tires a couple years ago !! I can't imagine doing it along the road in the snow or ice. Whew !! That makes me hurt thinking about that Tom. LOL
Hot dang Tom, you better believe it. Weight adds a lot to a little tractor. Those wafer weights are Oliver weights and the large ones are Massey cast wheel centers.
I know that oldtimers in Estonia put talc or baby powder inside tire to reduce inner tube wear if tire have some patches or rim is rough and ruggerd. Cool video, i have changed my old tractor tire only one time 😄
I, unfortunately, have changed a good number of them. You'd have to count fingers AND toes to get close...and that's just rear tires. I've got a tire machine for normal truck and car tires. Yes, talc is a good idea for the chafing potential inside.
Oh heck yeah....I'm planning on being around quite a while yet and as a matter of fact this tractor is at the end of yesterdays new video hauling a load of wood and its almost ready to upload today...new old stock rubber and all !! Btw, I have a number of playlists up top where you might be able to find some specific topic that's interesting to you....
@@tractorman4461 I got a question for you I recently purchased a year wood cutting sound like you were talking about in the video that your dad used to sharpen the blade. Maybe that’s the video I am commenting on. Sorry. Anyway, everything seems to be in working order with it now I got the motor running old Wisconsin four-cylinder, and the belt turned out to be in good shape. The question I have is about the blade. If you could imagine instead of forward facing both side teeth, it has a triangle tooth and I have seen a couple pictures of those but this doesn’t have tips on it as in they look like triangles with out the top part I guess. My theory is that it was meant to be reversible. Obviously it doesn’t really make any sense for cutting. There is a slant on each tooth like you would expect there to at least be to cut on one side and every other tooth and then cut on the other side. Every other tooth obviously. I had to try to see if it work, and it would just burn through the word and I had to as you say crowd, the wood or timber Hill I had to mob it ha ha. Anyway, for all, I know it could be a homemade idea somebody came up with I’m assuming the guy that built the whole set up used it at least set up maybe at some point the league got changed and this is what I have today. Anyway, if that doesn’t describe very well, what I have, I’m talking about then I will get some video on my channel to show you. Thank you for your time and glad to hear you’re in good health.
@@tractorman4461 oh yes, in response to your comment thank you yes, I have been looking through them. And now that I am thinking about it, I am going to take a shot in the dark and ask if you know anything about energizing a old 56, Wisconsin powered Fairbanks and Morris three phase generator. I’ve had it for a couple years in I get kind of interested in trying to get it energized and then I get frustrated because I can’t figure out how to do it and I haven’t been able to find anybody that does. Just asking on a whim I realize that that’s not necessarily your forte but at the same time it seems like you know a lot about a lot.
Hahahaha....finally someone agrees with me !! LOL There's just something about paying good money for someone else to have the fun. LOL Thanks Russ for the smile this morning.
Well heck Tony...that's because it WAS easy...LOL Its a good upper body workout too !! Actually I'd rather NOT do it though if given a choice. (-; Thanks for the visit today.
@@tonypike5785 Thank you for the kind thoughts....let me extend the same to you as well. But, first a funny story. I have a new viewer that watched one of my oldest videos and commented favorably on it. Half hour later he watched the newest one...this video here...and said "Oh good, you are still alive, I just found your channel".... And I busted a gut over that simple comment. But I understand what he's thinking: Here's a pretty old guy on a video that's 4 or 5 years old, he's thinking of course 'heck he could be dead by NOW'.....LOL So thank you once again for the blessing for the day. Heck I'm GLAD to still be here !! Take care Tony an you too have a blessed day. (-; LOL I think I'm gonna like Justin, the new guy.
An old guy I helped with his farm when I was a kid would say that tire was having pups. That rim came off the massey much easier that the rim off my 59 Allis D17. Beat on it several days. Never got it to budge. Going to apply a little heat next.
I cut out the part where I cheated with the 4500 Ford backhoe. I set the hoe bucket on the tire and in seconds had both sides broke down. I used the teeth too because the tire was no good anyway. If the tires are good, I curl the bucket and use the rounded edge. Other times, I use a board for a ramp and drive either a tractor or the old Ford truck up onto the tire. That works well too Alan.
Man yeah Mr Wendell!! The infamous tire swap and wheel patch!! I love the donor wheel patch, that was epic!! And yes sir, the "Struggles are always real" for sure!! Thank you for that btw!! Between the gantry and the little Kubota, that was an easy removal my friend!! Ahhh, I spotted a Ford backhoe in the background 🤔😉 Is this one that has since left the stable, or are you holding out on me 🤣🤣🤣 Regardless it looks nice in the video!! I love the older ones you are editing and showing us!! You sure got your good out of that tire!! You should share that horseshoe on finding a NOS rear tire!! 😁😁😁 Thank you Mr Wendell, really enjoyed this one sir!! Look fwd to seeing what's next!! 😁😁😁😁🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍
Well bad story about the 4500. Not long after I used it to break down the beads on this tire, the engine spun a bearing. I haven't had the time to see if its a rod or main or how much damage was done. So it too is in the lineup for repair. Good old tractor. It's already .040 over on the jugs with standard mains. Had a sand hole in one of the cylinders. I had them bore and install a 1/8'' sleeve and bore that one to match the .040 over on the other two. Its on the list that's all I can say. LOL
Those 38 inch rear tractor tires are pricey new and difficult to find used. I cant find 12-4 or 13-6 38's so We have been using 15-5 on our M Farmalls. The bigger row crop tractors use that size. and they wear them slick. But they aint rotten so I can buy then. Not good for traction but they are Round and Black and hold air. Yep that fluid rust the rim's
That's all I need...round and black and hold air. I don't do any farming and if I need traction in the mud or snow, I just add chains. LOL Tires are crazy expensive. I've got 15.5's on several tractors too. Most of them are 14.9 though. I got a few, this one being the last, at a farm auction a bit ago. They are dry rotted, but like I said I ain't working with any of them other than around the wood pile or grading the road. So a new tube and they are good to go as far as I am concerned. I do away with all the fluid as problems arise with the old tractor tires.
Hahahaha...good point. But I would hate to intervene with Mother Nature's desire to return all things to Mother Earth. At least I painted the inside of the rim where she might not notice..... LOL
Sawzall and wood blade make short work of unusable tires and tubes. Cut the sidewall out on both sides, pull off the tread and tube, then the beads pop right off.
Oh man, I've been down every road you can travel when it comes to old tires. LOL I like to sever the beads with and angle grinder...that knocks 'em loose quick too.
Splitting wood and fixin a tractor tire? It’s almost too much excitement for this early Sunday morning! So indeed, Drippin ,Tippin and Sippin is my first adventure to honor the goings on of my Western Buddy of the 44 Kind! Already I’ve added my Vitamin “J” to my breakfast menus with fanfare and flair and friendly Tippin and Sippin, which I shall shortly repeat with Gusto! So it is with Springtime Sprouting and Splendid and Supreme and Super Doopers that I bid you a due and wait for warmer weather to wear the tutu,,,,plus Squeezez if you Pleezez in warmer Breezez with a bit of Teazez! This heer iz DaveyJO wishin all Youz 44s Plum Happiness from my Holler to yer Holler
Hey hey hey DaveyJO !! This one went into the spam folder. LOL Good to hear from you once again and I'm always tickled to tip a cuppaJO in your direction my friend. Take care and happy whittling ol' buddy.
I'm knocking a big hole in 71, but in a few months I'll have another year to get to work on !! Man, old age ain't for sissies, let me tell ya. Of course I ain't old yet, but I'm working on it.
My John Deere L has foam in the rear tires, and the tires are junk so I'm betting I'll as much fun as you getting that foam cut out. But, I found an LI that has good tires (and rims) on all four corners that I might buy. I sure would be glad to miss the find of fun you were having on that rim. BTW, can I use whatever energy drink you had to move that fast when you were breaking that tire down?
Hahahahaha....fast forward works wonders for a lazy guy. LOL I wouldn't mind finding a better motor for my L. Its a 41, iirc, and stuck for many years sitting outside with the head off. I also have an L power unit stuck tight too. That sounds like the best option for you to dodge the dodgy foam filled ones on your L. What's the motor like in the LI ? Any idea ?
@@tractorman4461 is your engine a Hercules or a John Deere? The earlier Ls had a Hercules engine. I’ll text you to give you the link to the ad. He had tons of Ls and LAs.
@@316jd140 Thanks for the link. He's just a hop skip and a jump up the road from here. I'm gonna look for the tag, but I think I remember it being gone.
@@tractorman4461 Maybe if the engine on that red one is good (I doubt it) maybe we could go into together and buy it. You get the engine and I get the tires and rims......he wants about $1100 to $1200 for it and he has all the sheet metal. He may have the original engine (red engine) for it. Probably enough parts there to get your L going. I'm almost tempted to buy it since the tires and rims is probably worth that much. Those L rear rims and tires are hard to find, if not impossible. You should give him a call and run up there to see what he has. He told me he has about 70 tractors in various conditions, and enough to make several complete ones. He has a couple of unstyled Ls in the back (I didn't look at those). He's a spry old guy, 77, and probably gets around better than I do.
@@316jd140 Ok, good to know. I'll have to give him a call on a nice day. I'd really like to find an engine I can just swap out. I've also got an L power unit that stuck. Its complete with Rockford clutch and skid.
Yeah...that's a 'spud' bar. I have another that's much heavier that's designed for RR workers to pinch between the rail and wheel to move empty railcars. But they are all spud bars to me !!
Hahahaha....when my son was little we'd do that with his sisters cat just to watch the kitty fight us !! Of course we never actually stuffed her in there. All we had to do was get her close to the opening and it was all out war !! Cats are like a coiled spring waiting to explode. She's long gone now, living to close to 20 years old.
The thin dish was an Oliver. Off an old 77. The inner one is a Massey Harris cast center off of a 44 Special. That thing is HEAVY !! They make real good wheel weights.
I'm not aware of anything specific Don, but I'm sure there is a softening agent of some sort. What's crazy is the chemical that minimizes damage from UV rays in sunshine has all but been removed from the tire manufacturing process. That was why the big push from tire manufacturers to have tires fail auto inspections beyond a certain age. Fortunately that didn't pass muster and there's still a small amount added to all tires with only a few manufacturers maintaining their tire production to the higher standard. Of course this is as it was told to me by a rubber sales rep that deals with many major tire companies. So I may not be relaying it perfectly correct.
Going to say something about that looked tiring. Or something about that old tractors not retired yet but it is on one rim. Some medical term my tubal ligation came to mind whatever that is. When I saw the tubes sticking out side of tire. But then I decided to be serious on my comment. It would be worth paying the guy the $50 special if you took the old Tire. But that's probably just labor. So you'd have to make a couple of runs or Pay to fix the rim as well. And he would probably want to sell you his own tube instead of you buying cheaper offline. But then military surplus paint. I'm sure she's known to cause cancer and at least California 🤣. I'm pretty sure that doesn't make it a Weld racing rim! So much for being serious. You look a little different with the goatee.
Hahahaha....crack me up with all those tire puns....LOL Yeah, that'd be a bargain if the tire guy would keep the old one because right now it costs $25 at the tire recyclers. Yeah, the old surplus paint is from the Korean era. I gotta cut the tops out of the spray cans and paint with a brush...I ain't gonna throw away good paint just because it won't come out of the can...but that's just me maybe. LOL Around here, the whiskers come and go... usually with the weather. (-;
@@tractorman4461 that's not acklid paint 🎨🖌️ is it? I don't know if they made it in a spray can. Hakluyt paint is a high etching paint that holds very well. If it doesn't kill you! They used it on some early 50s Chevys for example. I want sprayed a pickup bed trailer with it. For couple of decades you can literally throw a rock at it it would not leaving mark on the paint. But that stuff is so bad for you. We still have the pickup bed trailer out in the farm but it has worn a little bit. That trailer is set out in the open. It is sit under trees as well. Since it was sprayed about 1990 it's life never did get any easier. See we didn't use that much and still had the third member in it and it's kind of low gear. So polite bigger flatbed trailer and still have that thing grabbed your back. But I mean the rock just bounced off that paint. The guy at the parts store gave me to paint and for $5 so me everything they need to mix it because he wanted it off his shelf and it was illegal for him to sell it anymore when I bought. He said that it said nothing about giving it away. So you got the idea 💡. That's just your seat your lungs out. And by the way I did almost no prep when I sprayed that trailer and that pickup bed trailers in 1953 give or take. It's actually preserved it quite well and probably worth some money the bed is.
@@tractorman4461 You won't find a posting for me from last night. I guess put this one in the for what it's worth category. But I only had a very small response in the first 5 hours. It was a smallish response ever and it should have been better than that. So we took it down. It wasn't the best production that we've had but still if people aren't interested then I'm not going to leave it up there. I do have some interest in numbers of production. On a side-note on another channel I just spent about an hour on a well-crafted many many points covered response. And that response was rejected by RU-vid as having invalid point of argument. But the guy from Africa can lead off by saying us and NATO have killed millions. He was responding to me on a prior posting. Not only do they let his posting go through which is an error on it body count. It becomes a highlighted comment.
@@regsparkes6507 Hahahaha.....now, I might have exaggerated the benefits of that exercise just a little....maaaaaaybe you should reconsider and get a second opinion first. LOL
Having done my fair share of tractor tire work I have nothing really to add or ask that doesn't fall under the heading of personal preference...but I do have one nagging question. How many cats have you thrown down a laundry shoot and why???
Hahahaha....good question. When my son was a little guy we would act like we were tossing his sisters cat down the chute just to watch the cat turn into an uncontrollable spring !! All good fun for a dad and his boy...no cats were ever hurt nor did the daughter ever cry. LOL Yeah, we both had some good scratches though....
@@tractorman4461 I remember as a young boy thinking it would be great fun to put one of our barn tomcats in a gunny sack...the cat won! Never tried that again.
