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Ky.Allis 
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Posted: 22 Aug 2017 at 10:19am |
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I've got an old JD 6x4 gator and it's a true nightmare trying to keep all the tires up. Probably 8-10 flats per year. The tires are tubeless but most of the time I put a tube in them when I have a flat. They need to run with low pressure (8-10lbs.) to keep them soft otherwise it will ride so rough it will beat your guts out. I thought about foam filling them but thought it might make them too hard. I even thought about getting a can of that styro-foam insulation in a spray can and filling one and see how it works(I know-very redneck). Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks!!!! Steve
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bradley6874
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Posted: 22 Aug 2017 at 10:32am |
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What's punching holes
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You can wash the dirt off the body but you can’t wash the farmer out of the heart and soul
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Greg (Hillsboro, OH)
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Posted: 22 Aug 2017 at 11:22am |
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I got some of the green 'slime' at TSC and put into the mower and four wheeler tires. It seems to work pretty well.
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TimNearFortWorth
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Posted: 22 Aug 2017 at 11:22am |
Berrymans Tire Sealant. There is a number of sealants on the market and I have found Berrymans to fit the bill for me. I do not have front or rear tractor tires repaired unless I "nick" a valve stem while brush cutting and have just had my OEM front rims fitted with u-shaped protectors. I was having these rims blasted for painting so had the weld shop weld on the protectors. Just found a front tire on the D15II I use the most with a soft front last week, after sitting for a week in the shop. Pressured it back up, rolled it to find the mesquite thorn sticking out with bubbles showing around it, pulled a thorn nearly 2" long out with pliers and watched the hole seal off. Topped it back up with air and off to work and she holds fine. I also use Berrymans in a Yamaha golf cart that I had retrofitted with a bed for general farm use and it goes everywhere on the farm, also picking up mesquite thorns from clearing pastures. Same thing, pull the thorn if I can find it, top it back up and go. Cart tires are soft and I put tubes in them when it started farm use. If I cannot see the thorn where leaking, I just top it up with air and don't worry about it as it seals off. If I have had a valve stem knocked off on front tractor tires in the past, bring home the old tube and drain the Berrymans back into the jug and pump it back into the replacement. 2 - 3 cups in each cart tire, about a quart in each front tractor tire (including big rubber on front of 185) and 1 - 2 gallons in each rear tractor tire up to 30". I do very little tillage so other than the 185 that came to me with loaded tires, everything I run has no fluid.
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bradley6874
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Posted: 22 Aug 2017 at 4:12pm |
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Tractor Supply has tubes with slime already in them
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Ky.Allis
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Posted: 22 Aug 2017 at 5:02pm |
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Thanks for all the info. I should have stated that I'm looking for something to fill the tires with other than air and they still have some give to them and not rock hard. I've tried the green SLIME in other tires before only to result in a good cussing when I took them to tire repair shop.
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DiyDave
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Posted: 22 Aug 2017 at 6:43pm |
there are various grades of foam filling, but the problem is that those big balloon tires take a lot of it, and the local jobbers that do it, often only stock the hardest grade, like for forklifts and skid steers. You might find filled tires, with the softer foam, at ATV catalogs, or on fleabay, (they sell the rim and the new tire, + foam, all as 1 unit). Likely will cost you big bucks, to do it that way...
Another caution, the foam adds weight, and that can cause wear problems to the mechanicals...  |
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JoeM(GA)
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Posted: 22 Aug 2017 at 7:20pm |
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cost of foaming a Gator tire vs it's lifespan wouldn't work out at all. I have a 4X2 Gator with the HD tires and as bad as I don't like Slime, I buy a gallon or so when it's on sale at
Tractor Supply and divide it up between the 4 tires. Takes care of nails, briars, and such which love these tires. Added bonus is after you've driven about 20 yards it spreads out and balances the tires. I hate changing a tire with Slime it it worst than anything, so on the occasions that I have had an issue, I break the bead just enough to let air in and the slime will dry out in a day or so and you can just blow it out with a air gun.
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HD6GTOM
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Posted: 22 Aug 2017 at 10:38pm |
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I spent 22 years in the tire business and I can't be gain to count the number of tires, tube type and tubeless that were dropped of to fix that had green slime or some other type of cancer causing crap dumped in them. It isn't worth the cost of the crap.
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shameless dude
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Posted: 22 Aug 2017 at 11:08pm |
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I too had problems withy the golf cart tires, then I bought the trailer tires already mounted on 4 bolt rims at HF, they are norrower, and it makes it so I can turn a lot shorter with them on over the small fat tires. and haven't had any more flats in the 5 years since. my 4x6 also has 2 tires that work down ina week or so, good tread on them yet, slime didn't help any. I bought a tiny air pump that runs off the cig lighter on it's dah. takes about 2 minutes to fill the tire, then I keep it in the tool box for next time.
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Posted: 22 Aug 2017 at 11:21pm |
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I would go to a radial 6 ply Utv tire.
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