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Dried Out Tires

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Dellbertt

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Has anyone found a way to bring dried out tires back to life.
Over the years I have had my share of using old dried and cracked tires. And to tell you the truth, as bad as some of those tires were, I never had one of them come apart or fail on me. I got a lot of use out of them.
Just wondering if anyone has found something that really works to make weathered dried out tires moist and flexible again.
Dell
 
We have two tractors with old dried out and cracked tires, but since they get light use, I just make sure the tires are fully inflated so the tire does not flex much. I don't know how to restore the tire, but that would be great if we could.
 
I work 'em until I can see the tube starting to bubble thru a crack. Then, haul 'em to town and get a set of tires.

Allan

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Glycerin is found on new tires from the tire making process, glycerin should make the rubber softer and more flexible..most of the tire shine products contain glycerin, I spray tire shine on the tires on my old farm truck and it seems to make them softer..they look better too!
 
The late, great, Paul Harvey used to read letters from folks using his advertised product Nutra-Gena (spelling ?) Norwegian formulated cream to revive a variety of items. Sure would take a big gob to do tires though :^).
 
I believe Miller Tire sells a product that is supposed to fill in the cracks, but I've never tried it. I bought a new pair of fronts yesterday, and was talking to the owner about any products he may know of for the rears... he said the best thing for tires is to take them out and spin them around so the rubber can stay supple. But if they are already weather cracked, then there is nothing you can do.
 
New tubes will do wonders! I have a weather-checked pair that I believe my Dad bought new when he switched from steel in 1938.
 
I just remembered something I did once that I had forgotten all about.
I had a tire go flat on an H that I had a long time and my Dad had before me.
The tire was cracked and split in the lugs and sides so bad that neither of the two local farm tire guys would touch it.
So I cleaned it up and spent about $50 (at the time) on boots and patches and stuck in a new tube. After it was together I blew any crud out of the splits and filled them with a tube of black GOOP rubber shoe repair.
After the GOOP dried I painted the tire with tire dressing. It might have been Armourall (sp) but I think there was one out before that. You know, that tire lasted many years and still looked good when I sold the tractor.
When I sold the tractor to a nice local young man and his father I made it clear that the left tire was full of boots and patches but they didn't seem to mind.

Dell
 
I looked into getting 2 holes on the original firestone's for my MH 35 SP combine fixed (10-24). Found a guy that would cut out all the old rubber, fill it in with new and revulcanize the tire. Problem was he wanted $50+ per hole. After a couple holes it would be cheaper to buy a new tire.....
 
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