Things like this shouldn't happen to a nice guy like me

Bruce from Can. · Jul 10, 2017

And still 3 miles from home. Blew a back tire 2 days ago , I may as well throw them all away and put new tires all the way around!

coonie minnie · Jul 10, 2017

It happens. But things happen to everyone. In the past two weeks, I've dealt with downed trees, a flipped over pivot, a damages roof, hail damage 3 days later, my wife got bit by a new dog, and yesterday I had some one steal a log chain from me off a parade float.

But I'm healthy. The family is healthy. Plenty more people have been hurt worse than I have.

I'd take your flat tire (or all four or six) in a heartbeat!

4020_guy · Jul 10, 2017

Try 12 ply 11L's. Worth the extra money. Wet eh. Lots of cover crops up here.......Ron

RedMF40 · Jul 10, 2017

(quoted from post at 07:43:54 07/10/17) And still 3 miles from home. Blew a back tire 2 days ago , I may as well throw them all away and put new tires all the way around!

Hope you can limp to safe place to chsnge it out. In my area I wouldn t risk it. Inattentive drivers routinely run into parked vehicles stopped on the shoulder.

dhermesc · Jul 10, 2017

Agreed. Wife was in the emergency room 3 times last week - sent there twice by her own doctor. I think she has Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from a tick bite. Lots of pain and swollen joints - literally couldn't walk for a couple days. Massive doses of steroids are now giving her some relief. To top it off we had two children placed with us for Police Protective Custody.

I'd rather deal with a several blown tires any day of week.

crooked rows · Jul 10, 2017

As they say....it could be worse...this one happened to my brother a couple of years ago. It was on the back wagon and he said he never felt anything until he pulled on to the gravel, then he knew right off something was wrong......we were just happy it didn't start a fire

DairyFarmerInMA · Jul 10, 2017

Nah, things like that shouldn't happen to a guy like you!
Every once in a while those gremlins get all of us!
If at all possible I hope you can off load the wagon before you fix the tire. BE SAFE!

larry@stinescorner · Jul 10, 2017

Even the pie king can have a stroke of bad luck once in a while....lol

dcarp · Jul 10, 2017

I switched to bias belted tires, got rid of all the radial's. stopped the flat tire problem on all my trailers.
It's called the pie tire jinx, eat lots of pie, get lots of flat tires. Only way to stop it is to ship the pies down here to me.

wjytexas · Jul 10, 2017

I feel your pain. Seems like a flat or a thrown tread every 2 weeks.

RayP(MI) · Jul 10, 2017

Never happens when it's convenient.

coonie minnie · Jul 10, 2017

I hope she gets better. That tick stuff is kinda scary...

old · Jul 10, 2017

That right there is why I keep spares for my spare. There is a place in town that gives away tires so they do not have to pay the tire fee of gettign rid of them. Many have 24% or better tread on them and I pick up a good many of them if they have a size I can use

Deere Scotty · Jul 10, 2017

& I thought I was the only one! But remember... Nice guys finish last!

UncleTom · Jul 10, 2017

I saw one the other day pulling an extended rack hay wagon and then pulling another rack loaded with hay. He was going up hill, it left a groove in the gravel road because there was no rim. Just the hub digging in the gravel road. I bet he went almost a quarter mile before stopping.

Bruce from Can. · Jul 10, 2017

12 ply is what is going back on, only cost $30.00 more, well worth the money. Wet , I'll say, the silage corn I planted June 25th has never looked back. Going to get some thing to feed.

coonie minnie · Jul 10, 2017

They also finish... and plenty today don't!

jddrawbar · Jul 10, 2017

Gensco has a new 22 ply 11L-15 with a new rim for 218.00.....that would stop the flat tire situation for many yrs.

paul · Jul 10, 2017

Crooked row, I had one look just like that. Happened on a state highway, lots of traffic and shoulder was narrow as it was a river crossing spot. Rim looked like that when I noticed it, so I dropped down a few gears and limped it a 3/4 mile to across the river and off the main highway. Still have the rim as a souvenir.

Paul

rrlund · Jul 10, 2017

Only 1 flat and you're complaining? lol

Traditional Farmer · Jul 10, 2017

Get some truck radials they'll hold up good and ride good too.

Adirondack case guy · Jul 10, 2017

Well at least you didn't ruin the rim. Go steel a rim and tire off something else, and when you get a rainy day, HaHa, repair them. Tomorrow will probably work, HeHe.
Loren

showcrop · Jul 10, 2017

Well you do have loads for your wagons.

K Effective · Jul 10, 2017

Them Canuck marshmallows must be heavier than ours down here.

Gambles · Jul 10, 2017

Last harvest, I was delivering grain to the elevator and I drove off the scale to pick up my ticket. An old Ford stub-nose truck drove past me and right as he went over the scale, one of the rear dual tires blew. I guess the weight was too much for the single dual holding up half the weight of the grain, so it blew too. Those tires looked like they were bald and about 30 years old.

stonerock · Jul 10, 2017

a little over loaded?? 6 lug rims is 8 ton running gear

Bruce from Can. · Jul 10, 2017

Only 8 bales of hay , on 10 ton gear. I think almost 20 year old tires is the blame

Bruce from Can. · Jul 10, 2017

Second blow out in three days , same wagon . Soon have them all changed , and upgraded to new 12 ply tires.

Leroy · Jul 11, 2017

What do you think of second blow out within 1 mile on same wheel? That was within 15 minutes time on road. Load of grain on wagon.

RedMF40 · Jul 11, 2017

Some of the other comments jogged my memory:

Driving out west few years ago, spotted a fellow along the interstate with a truck tire and small brush fire on the side of the road. Couple hundred feet up the road was his rig--a beautiful Peterbilt conventional cab in immaculate condition. Missing one front tire/wheel. I'm wondering what could have led to that...grease ran out? Hub not tightened down? The truck looked like it received regular maintenance, was not neglected. Bad day for the driver

Destroked 450 · Jul 11, 2017

This may make you feel better.
Couple years ago I had both rear tires go flat twice each and one front flat on my baler tractor in a two week period.
Cost me over a thousand dollars in flat repairs on those 18.4R30 radials, tires where only three years old.

Leroy · Jul 11, 2017

You cannot go by number of lugs to tell tonage of a wagon gear. The popular John Deere 953 is a 6 lug wheel but it is only rated at 4 tons at tractor speeds. Now how many of them are loaded to not over 4 tons?

caterpillar guy · Jul 14, 2017

That is the reason we went to truck frames for wagons. Those 20inch and larger wheels /tires solved that problem for the most part. Will have one go after 30 years or more old.

Don-Wi · Jul 14, 2017

(quoted from post at 20:58:02 07/10/17) a little over loaded?? 6 lug rims is 8 ton running gear

We had a 10 ton gear that had 6 lug single wheels on the back. Was a good wagon too. We had it under 3 different chopper boxes in the time that we had it. Got sold last year at the auction. Once the first old tire blew, then they all seemed to blow within a few months of each other. Thankfully we got a few years out of the new ones before it sold so cheap at auction.

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