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Putting tire material on road bands

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tractor Hank

04-14-2007 10:34:22




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I have some steel wheeled tractors that I have made 1/4"x 4" steel road bands for and I want to put either rubber belting material or old tire tread on. Anybody put the old tire tread on and are some tires better than others to put on and how do you cut them and attach them. Any help would be appreciated.




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Captain Typo

04-14-2007 11:28:38




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 Re: Putting tire material on road bands in reply to tractor Hank , 04-14-2007 10:34:22  
I have done it and it works well. Just find some old rear tractor tires and cut the tread off with a sawzall. I found the wood cutting blades work best on the sawzall for this.
When I did it I found it easiest to jack the wheel up so you can spin it, center the tread up on the wheel and bolt the tread on the wheel then cut the excess flush with the side of the wheel. Have someone pull on the waste tread while you are cutting and it goes faster.

Another option is to find a tire dealer that does retreading of semi tires. The tread comes rolled up in boxes and it is new rubber and looks good on a newly restored tractor.

Good luck and be careful.

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bobia

04-14-2007 18:50:46




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 Re: Putting tire material on road bands in reply to Captain Typo, 04-14-2007 11:28:38  
won,t the rubber be real soft untill it is heat cured?



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iowa_tire_guy

04-14-2007 19:22:49




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 Re: Putting tire material on road bands in reply to bobia, 04-14-2007 18:50:46  
Not the kind that already has the tread made into it. It is a cold cure process and it has already been cooked. When a retreader is putting tread on a casing they have to make all the way around in one piece. So when they get to the end of a roll and it is too short to go all the way around the tire they have to through it away. You could probably make a deal on the end pieces.



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