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Jamie (KY) 
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Posted: 17 Oct 2010 at 9:57pm |
Is there anything that you can do to weather checked tires to make them look better? I'm thinking that there is some kind of paste or something to help fill in cracks. Am I dreaming or is there such a thing?
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AllisChalmers37
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Posted: 17 Oct 2010 at 10:05pm |
The only things I know of are either Armor All or they make a special paint to paint tractor tires, I've seen it at shows and pulls. Depending on the severity of your cracks the best option would maybe just to buy new tires.
A blown rubber may have brought you into this world but you don't want one to take you out!
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Gerald J.
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Posted: 18 Oct 2010 at 12:31am |
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Gempler's and /or miller tire have that paste. And tire paint to cover it. I don't know how effective it is.
Gerald J.
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Posted: 20 Oct 2010 at 9:29pm |
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That paste won't make your tires any stronger. The cracks have made them weak already.
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Posted: 20 Oct 2010 at 11:07pm |
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There's a local tire repair shop that "vulcanizes" tractor tires. Cost around $100 +/- for a 14.9 X 28. They said it would repair breaks in the tire, so presume it would also seal the cracking somehow. I don't know any more about it............might be worth checking into.
Edited by Osage_Orange - 21 Oct 2010 at 10:59pm
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Jamie (KY)
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Posted: 21 Oct 2010 at 2:29am |
The cracks look like lightning streaks. They are all at the top of the tire following each lug back and forth. Other than the cracks the tires look new. They shine good and everything, but it sat in a barn for 20+ years. They do have tubes in them. What's the chances of them completely splitting in two? The tractor will never be used to do anything heavy. Just loading and unloading at shows and a few rides every now and then.
The paste that I found is around $60 and the tire paint is another $20 for a quart. I'm thinking that it should do both tires. Is it worth it?
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Don(MO)
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Posted: 21 Oct 2010 at 5:33am |
At some point in time tires will come apart. lol
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Posted: 21 Oct 2010 at 7:47am |
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Don: It is just the tread, won't it still hold air? just glue some tennis shoe soles around it.
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Posted: 21 Oct 2010 at 7:55am |
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-could try gorilla tape, I hear it's strong and sticks to anything
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Posted: 21 Oct 2010 at 8:39am |
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Dad already uses Gorilla Glue for everything. Don't give him any ideas!
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Posted: 21 Oct 2010 at 8:42am |
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Posted: 21 Oct 2010 at 9:04am |
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Best tires for mowing around Locust I have found to be the older crazed and hardened tires, they just will not puncture like a fairly new tire. Cracks don't make the tire any less usable until the body of the tire breaks away from the rubber shell.
Cosmetically the cracks look bad but I do nothing to try to fix them.
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Posted: 21 Oct 2010 at 9:13am |
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Jamie, My D-14 rears are cracked badly. I did have one patched by a tire shop and they added some putty (poor looking job) only because I bush hog with it and the tube was visible. Otherwise, I use the tractor to move firewood (1000# units on 3 pt forks)and other chores with no problem. Sounds to me like your tires are fit to do what you want but might have some cosmetic improvement. Bob@allisdowneast
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Posted: 21 Oct 2010 at 9:13am |
When the 4H and FFA kids restored tractors and brought them to the state fair, the painted tires really didn't look any better and in my opinion looked better left alone. Once Titan started donating tires to 4H and FFA projects, I haven't seen many tractors that didn't have new tires on them.
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Posted: 21 Oct 2010 at 10:11am |
My WD has a loader and chains on all year around, the tires a badly weather cracked, cracks are at least 3/8 wide, just in the face of the tire, not on the sidewalls. Been that way for years, has tubes and fluid, as long as it doesnt leak Im gonna use it.
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Posted: 21 Oct 2010 at 10:17am |
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My WD tires have had cracks like you describe for years. Tractor works everyday with a loader, bush hog, blade etc. and even tractor pulls occasionally. The cracks have never got any worse and have never been a problem. I've seen some with black silicone to fill the cracks but it shows shinier than the rest of the tire.
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Posted: 22 Oct 2010 at 12:03am |
The weather checks and cracks are mostly cosmetic, but the cracks do allow sunlight, ozone and chemicals to get to the ply cords and this will weaken the tire. My advice to those with weather checked and cracked tires is to keep them painted with the black tire paint to seal them and keep the sunlight, ozone and chemicals from penetrating to the ply cords. This will prolong the life of your tires.
(P.S.) I worked in the Freeport Good Year tire factory for 17 years.
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Posted: 22 Oct 2010 at 11:19am |
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a little roofing cement black tar and diesel fuel making it more runny. is a little home brew that makes cracks less noticeable.
Edited by mlpankey - 22 Oct 2010 at 11:19am
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