OT - Are You Ready?????

Bill VA · Mar 28, 2016

The latest round of warm weather and showers has my new Timothy fields growing nicely!

We are busy getting our equipment, shelters - and ducks in a row for the upcoming hay season.

We also are opening up some new fields this summer - giving Teff a try to realize some revenue off these fields and give us time to prepare for a late summer/fall planting of some kind of hay - haven't decided on what variety.

Are you ready.......

Bill

old · Mar 28, 2016

I have done a little bit to try to get ready but trying to find a tire in the 165-175-80RX15 is hard to do. I need a tire about that size for my NH271 baler. Had a blow out last year on the NH 460 moco and got that fixed which was a real pain to do since it was the one on the left side and who ever designed the thing should have to repair/replace every tire that ever goes flat. Found that a 6:70X15 will not fit on either of those machines so I am on the look out for a smaller tire. Plus need to pull the sickle bar out of the 460 and install a new end bushing since it too went bad last year

Bill VA · Mar 28, 2016

FWIW - I bought new tires for my NH68 last year. The pick-up side tire was very narrow and the one on it - besides being flat most of the time, rubbed on the side of the baler.

I ordered from Miller tire a new tire (and tubes) for both sides of the 68.

The pick-up side tire was p/n 51F235. It is a rib implement 4 ply tire. Size 5.00-15

The bale chamber side tire was p/n 51F388. It also is a rib implement tire, 6 ply. Size 6.70-15

I'm guessing the tires for the 271 and 68 are likely the same size - Miller is a potential source if you want to spend the $$'s.

Here is their website: http://www.millertire.com/

Good luck,
Bill
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old · Mar 28, 2016

I can order in some form a local place that are the 165/80RX15 for around $75 but trying to save my self some $$ by finding used ones like off an old VW bug

wolfman · Mar 28, 2016

I think a tire off a VW Beetle fits perfectly on the baler pick-up side. Tire shops usually have a couple used ones on hand.

old · Mar 28, 2016

I have checked all the local tire shops and not a one of them have a used one or a new one

hd6gtom · Mar 28, 2016

We sold gobbs of 590x15's for those, should still be available from any farm tire shop. Good luck finding an old vw tire. I think we had 4 some time about 25 years ago. Never had any more.

hd6gtom · Mar 28, 2016

I just checked with my old suppliers, a 590x15 Sampson tube type should cost somewhere in the neighbor hood of 35.00 to 45.00 each.

showcrop · Mar 28, 2016

I'm thinking of ordering fertilizer, and I still have to go out and find where I left my tedder at the end of last season that wasn't.

Don-Wi · Mar 29, 2016

We've got a few of those Samson tires in varying sizes, and I'm not impressed by then at all. They seem to go flat very easily, and now that I think of it, we might still have a flat from last year while we were chopping corn. No reason for it to be flat, but it was soft when I brought the empty wagon back to the field. We've had others that are about the same....

Next tire we need, we'll probably try to find something better.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Jo Bird · Mar 29, 2016

(quoted from post at 18:00:55 03/28/16) I have done a little bit to try to get ready but trying to find a tire in the 165-175-80RX15 is hard to do. I need a tire about that size for my NH271 baler. Had a blow out last year on the NH 460 moco and got that fixed which was a real pain to do since it was the one on the left side and who ever designed the thing should have to repair/replace every tire that ever goes flat. Found that a 6:70X15 will not fit on either of those machines so I am on the look out for a smaller tire. Plus need to pull the sickle bar out of the 460 and install a new end bushing since it too went bad last year

ave you looked at the doughnut spare tires their putting in car's today, can't get much smaller than that.. :lol: :lol:

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