Tire repair with what you have

PHPaul

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B2650, Pronovost snow blower, Landpride rotary mower, Howard tiller, box blade
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Just put new fronts on the B2650. Only tool I needed was a credit card...
And some vaseline...

$460 for two 180/85D12 R1 ag tires and tubes. Basically a metric 7x12. I don't even want to KNOW what rears are gonna cost when the time comes...
 
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BAP

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2012 Kubota 2920, 60MMM, FEL, BH65 48" Bush Hog, 60"Backblade, B2782B Snowblower
Dec 31, 2012
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Was a very common Farmer repair especially in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. Was a successful method of fixing a problem fast and for low cost. Nowadays, in our throwaway society, people are too scared to try do that.
 

B2710

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MX6000HSTC, KX-040, RTV1100, L3300F
Dec 13, 2011
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I have seen that style of repair on skidder tires back in the 70s, logging was not a high margin job back then. They would take whatever was available to patch... piece of steel or sidewall out of an old tire, then put a piece of carpet or floor mat out of the truck to cushion the tube... whatever it took to get the job done and get to payday and maybe have enough left over to get an old used tire that was better...
 

jaxs

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B1750HST
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That type damage often happens while mowing someone else's property that isn't supposed to have anything hidden in weeds. It can be worse. Neighbor hit a high pressure natural gas line.
Utility company estimated cu ft gas that escaped and billed my neighbor along with cost of repairing line.