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wolfman

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Thought I'd be nice and mow a 12 acre field for a guy yesterday. Mowed and baled it last year. Shouldn't have as the bales were of scrappy quality. Started mowing and noticed some small white thorns. Today I have a flat front and the other front looks
low. Might as well buy two new big fronts and tubes. Once a tire gets white thorns it is constant trouble. Checked the back tires out, they seem thorn free. Sure hope so.
 
That's a bummer. Tires aren't cheap. Guy on the radio had same problem you are having. He was singing about it. "Every rows has it's thorns ...."
 
I've had same problem with locus thorns. Your right about just buying new tires. Even when you find the thorns and remove them it always seems there is another one that got missed. Some of that stuff has thorns worse than nails.
 
Hope that this was a 2 wheel drive tractor , and not a 4wd. I had a front 4wd tractor tire pick up some thorns . We patched that tire several times , and placed a boot inside the tire each time we patched the tube, but there always seemed to be another thorn embedded in the tire waiting to work it's way through , and puncture the tube again . I bought a new tire in the end.
 

I had locust coming into a field that I used to hay. I went in two weeks after first cutting and sprayed the little shoots coming up with brush killer and beat it back pretty good after 2-3 years.
 
I had a thought the other day that I'm curious about. Will throw it out here, as I hope the thought is not only possible, but might help in your situation.

As long as you're running a tube inside a tire, seems that you could get quite a measure of protection of you could wrap some thin sheet steel between the tube and tire, along with some grease or something to help reduce friction. I know the steel (or ???) would flex with every revolution, yet this is also a low-speed application. Haven't really thought it fully through so don't know if it might be feasible or not.

Then there's the old idea of adding an outer tire before going into a possible thorn patch.
 
East solution....
Buy aircraft tires. They are 16 (+) ply. Used to have the same problem with Locust thorns - up to 3-4 flats a week!
Haven't had a flat in around 8 years since I got them. Get them mounted on their rims, your tire shop will hate you if you don't!
 
Any Amish in your area? I have a set of Amish steel wheels on an Allis Chalmers 5040 I use when I think I might damage a tire,really not that bad just can't take them on the hard surface.Also
have to load it with the wench on the trailer as it'll slide all over the place and spin but NO flats(LOL).Bud Yingling in Gettysburg PA gave them to me before he died.
 
My solution
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"load it with the wench on the trailer"

Here in NH it is not legal to have anyone riding on a trailer. :wink:
 
We've have eliminated flats on our front tires. No flats since we put "foam" in them 3 years ago. Heavier and a little rougher ride but well worth it to us.
Jim B
 
best to try part time petes idea // before you come here to share your idea ,you should test it .,.
There seems to be more people than ever that are intelectually challenged and are incapable to look
on the sole of their foot wear to read the instructions on how to remove the volume of urine that is
inside their foorwear...it takes a lot of intestinal fortitude to stay ahead and get a good education
these days
 
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