New shoes for the mow meister...

Eldon (WA) · Jun 7, 2018

I've never put new tires on my brush hogging tractor, but these were sorta free. I bought a trailer at an auction for $190 that had these new 11L-15 8 ply tires on it. I had some 60 series car tires that weren't road worthy (had creases where they sat flat) so I swapped tires, spruced up the trailer and sold it for $250. The tires I have had on the tractor the last 7 years were originally off of a 24' field cultivator that I took the wings (and 2 tires) off of. They have served me well, but were getting a little thin. The new ones are tubeless, so hopefully a plug kit and air tank in the truck will make quick work of any flats I might get...fingers crossed!

lee little · Jun 7, 2018

Looks like you did good !

David G · Jun 7, 2018

I have those same tires on my loader tractor, love them.

jeffcat · Jun 7, 2018

Not a thing wrong with those. Looking good.

Eldon (WA) · Jun 7, 2018

I like the multi-ribs for mowing, they don't mash the grass into the ground, so the mower cuts cleaner. I like the wider tire for a smoother ride, some of the fields I mow can get pretty rough.
Standard tire for this tractor was 16.9 x 28 and 6.50 x 16. I run 15.5 x 38 and 11L-15's. The 38's give me a nicer ride and a better speed selection.

JD Seller · Jun 7, 2018

Eldon Since those front tires are tubeless I would put a good tire sealer in them NOW. I have it in several of the tractors I use that get thorns and such in them. I am not talking the "fix-a-flat type of stuff. I am meaning a true tire sealer. Reseal is one brand name. Slim does make one too but they make others that are not easy to clean up later. So watch which one of those you get. I use JDs just because it is a good price around me. They will keep the rim lubricated and the JD stuff is water soluble. So in the future if you want to switch the rims or even do a conventional patch on the tire all you need to do is wash the tire/rim with water. This sealer stays a liquid and just rides along until you have some thing puncher the tire. It then seals the leak.

How I would do your front tires is take them off and lay them down. Break one bead down. Then just pour a gallon of the sealer in each tire. Inflate and reinstall, your done. In tubeless rear tires I usually put 2-3 gallons per tire.

You can buy the JD sealer in a Gallon jug with a plastic pump and 5 gallon pails. There is a pump for the five gallon pails too. I bought one because I use a lot of this in Garden tractor tires. It also is great in low pressure ATV tires. You do not have to have a pump if your doing like I stated. The sealer will keep in the jug/pail for a long time. I have a five gallon pail on my pump right now that is several years old. Every month or so ( when I think of it) I just pump a couple of stokes into the pail to keep fresher product in the pump. On a pail in storage just shake it around every now and then.

TY 16236 one gallon with pump $41.50
TY 15833 5 gallon Pail $109.50
TY 6379 Pump for 5 gallon pail $ 75.81
JD sealent information

Eldon (WA) · Jun 7, 2018

(quoted from post at 20:04:27 06/07/18) Eldon Since those front tires are tubeless I would put a good tire sealer in them NOW. I have it in several of the tractors I use that get thorns and such in them. I am not talking the "fix-a-flat type of stuff. I am meaning a true tire sealer. Reseal is one brand name. Slim does make one too but they make others that are not easy to clean up later. So watch which one of those you get. I use JDs just because it is a good price around me. They will keep the rim lubricated and the JD stuff is water soluble. So in the future if you want to switch the rims or even do a conventional patch on the tire all you need to do is wash the tire/rim with water. This sealer stays a liquid and just rides along until you have some thing puncher the tire. It then seals the leak.

How I would do your front tires is take them off and lay them down. Break one bead down. Then just pour a gallon of the sealer in each tire. Inflate and reinstall, your done. In tubeless rear tires I usually put 2-3 gallons per tire.

You can buy the JD sealer in a Gallon jug with a plastic pump and 5 gallon pails. There is a pump for the five gallon pails too. I bought one because I use a lot of this in Garden tractor tires. It also is great in low pressure ATV tires. You do not have to have a pump if your doing like I stated. The sealer will keep in the jug/pail for a long time. I have a five gallon pail on my pump right now that is several years old. Every month or so ( when I think of it) I just pump a couple of stokes into the pail to keep fresher product in the pump. On a pail in storage just shake it around every now and then.

TY 16236 one gallon with pump $41.50
TY 15833 5 gallon Pail $109.50
TY 6379 Pump for 5 gallon pail $ 75.81
JD sealent information

Not a bad price, have you ever had a filled tire fail? I have used Slime in small tires and it has failed on occasion ..heard of tireject by OLF on Utube, but at $125 a gallon I think I will pass. I average 2 flats a yr, so am not too worried about it right now. Most were caused by running over a fence board that had fallen off and was hidden in tall grass. I learned to stay clear of board fences that were short a board LOL!

JD Seller · Jun 7, 2018

I really have not had good luck with Slime either. I have used this JD product for over 25 years. I got it for tires a customer of ours had that only mowed with his tractor. The tire would not last six month and he would have them filled with Honey Locust thorns with 10-15 patches per tire/tube that would not seal. Took the tubes out and mounted the tires tubeless and put about 1/2 gallon in each tire. Those tires are still on that tractor today. They will slow leak some over winter but pump them up come spring and they are still going. (Son of the original owner now)

As for the sealer failing. I have not had it not work on any thing smaller than 3/8 of an inch. I ran a railroad spike in my Gator tire and it will only hold air for a week or so. The hole is more a tear and that does not seal like a round nail/stick hole.

Thought a picture of what honey locust thorns look like would show you what king of issue the sealer solved. LOL

The first of this stuff I used was the JD stuff and we used it in lawn mower tires. We had trouble with rose bush thorns in real new tires. You can get the JD sealer in tubes the size/shape of chalking tubes. Simple to use. Just cut the end of the tube of to were it screws on the OD of valve stem. Remove the core. Screw the tube over the stem. Take a hammer handle and push the sliding part of the tube down. Your done. On the average lawn mower one tube per front tire and two per tire on the back. Finally got to looking at the sales manual and found out about the gallon and five gallon sizes.

Truthfully if your not having a lot of issues a gallon split between the two front tires would be all you need.

merlynr · Jun 8, 2018

Liquid starch works good in small tires like lawn mower and atv
and it's really cheap especially if you get the powdered.

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