I have a lot of Black Berry to clean out. So far I haven't had a flat on my front tires on my MX5100 but I was thinking about a guard of some kind. The old farmers would fit a old tire over the front tire,I guess it was a guard. But I wonder how they did get that old tire over the good tire? That maybe something that I don't need to worry about. Any help would be good.
Thorn Guards ?
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I've never known of anyone getting punctures in tractor tires from blackberry thorns. Honey locust thorns are quite another matter.
Regarding thorn protection, it was once common to install tire liners in tractor tires, both front and rear, to prevent thorn punctures but such practice has gone the way of the doo doo bird with the advent of tubeless tires.
Tire liners are made of ground down used tire casings and are installed between the tubes and tires. In place, they continually move slightly with use and shear the ends off of the thorns that penetrate the tires.
I used them on all of the front tires of my vintage Ford mowing tractors with tube type tires. Thorn punctures were common before such use but in 35 or 40 years of use, I never had a thorn puncture with tire liners.
Tire liners for rear tractor tires are NLA and those for front tires are hard to find but still available from Gemplers.
SDT
Thanks, one thing that I'm also dealing with is a nasty little bush/tree that we call, He pear has a bitter round ball fruit on it and a pretty good sticker on it.
This is what I've used before.
Used it on a skid steer that had bad rims. Used this, haven't had any problems since.
Used it on the front tires of my 640 Ford, no more problems with mesquite thorns.
Way better than Slime.
https://www.tireject.com/collections/all/products/compact-tractor-tire-sealant-tire-protection-kit
Used it on a skid steer that had bad rims. Used this, haven't had any problems since.
Used it on the front tires of my 640 Ford, no more problems with mesquite thorns.
Way better than Slime.
https://www.tireject.com/collections/all/products/compact-tractor-tire-sealant-tire-protection-kit
I've seen guys cut the side wall off of an old tire and then slide it over the tire on a brush mower. They drilled some holes in the side right below the tread and use wire (like you would attach snow chains) to hold them on. Locust and Osage Orange thorns didn't do much damage then.
I got 22ply airplane tires on my field mower. I could run them without air, they're so tough.
I got 22ply airplane tires on my field mower. I could run them without air, they're so tough.
If you want to get rid of blackberry spray it with Ally this fall. I'm not kidding and it will take a few months but it will not come back.
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Do Tire Shops fill them for you ? Thanks Wolfman.100% cure is to have the tires foam filled, I have that on my L and I'll never have a flat!
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Yea big tire shops, you might have to call around but several up here do it.
It ain't cheap but well worth it.