What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,075]

  CRUD!! The wheels are perfect…and I thought the tires were as well so I skipped (cheaped out) on tubes. 
  Apparently the tires are NOT perfect. Both have issues !  Now I have to break em down and install tubes. 
  First guy to tell me that I shoulda put tubes in right from the start gets a 30 day suspension from Red Square ..  

 

 

 

 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,148]

15 minutes ago, Sparky said:

First guy to tell me that I shoulda put tubes in right from the start gets a 30 day suspension from Red Square ..  

 

Hi

 

My name is @ebinmaine.

 

You shoulda put tubes in right from the start...

 

[kpinnc 11,499]

11 minutes ago, Sparky said:

 First guy to tell me that I shoulda put tubes in right from the start gets a 30 day suspension from Red Square ..

 

Won't be me....  

 

We need a emoji with hands over his mouth! 

 

I feel your pain. Seems like every tire made in the last 20 years does this. I have two sets that I bought new, and both leak from the sidewalls after a year or two. Not even worth calling them "tubeless". 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,075]

Just now, SylvanLakeWH said:

 

Hi

 

My name is @ebinmaine.

 

You shoulda put tubes in right from the start...

 

Damn did that make me laugh!! 
  Eric…you’re outa here 🤣🤣

[SylvanLakeWH 25,148]

1 minute ago, Sparky said:

Eric…you’re outa here 🤣🤣

 

That'll free up a few billion gigs of memory... 

[Gasaholic 224]

Nah... just fill 'em up with Great Stuff expanding foam (2-3 cans per tire) and let it cure a couple days, you got run-flats.  (Unfortunately, I HAVE seen that done by someone thinking they hit on a great idea... then wanted me to break down the tires and put on new tires & tubes... I told 'em it would be cheaper for them to buy whole new tires & rims than pay for my shop labor time to do it.) 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,075]

  I don’t mind swapping tires…but installing tubes is a PIA, not one of my favorite tractor chores. The two tires had dropped from 16# to about 11# in the few hours it took me to go out and grab a couple tubes. So it had to be done.

  And what’s with $22for a 16x6.50x8 tube  . 
  But, one done already 

 

 

 

 

 

[Evguy 554]

I’m remembering about 6 bucks a tube a while back 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,148]

Put the front blade on E-141 #2. 

C-105 already rigged and ready.

 

Edited August 8, 2023 by SylvanLakeWH

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,075]

14 minutes ago, Evguy said:

I’m remembering about 6 bucks a tube a while back 

  Maybe if I took the time to shop around or order off Amazon I could have gotten them for less $$…but I wanted to get this task off my list so I hit Tractor Supply. 
  I would like to think I bought a better quality tube over what Harbor Freight carries. Can’t seem to avoid the “Made in China” part though. 
 

 

[ebinmaine 66,576]

I did a little maintenance on the Wally Digger Backhoe today. New air filter. Verified fluid levels. I put the muffler back on so I could use the machine.  

 

After I got it put back together a bit we used it to move some rocks. 

 

 

 

 

 

We moved the rocks circled in red from across the driveway to create a little wall just inside of where they are now. 

 

 

 

It's headed back into the new pole barn workshop so I can pop the cylinder head off to clean that and adjust the valves. 

[Ed Kennell 37,470]

36 minutes ago, Sparky said:

And what’s with $22for a 16x6.50x8 tube  . 

 

The New @#%enomics.      

[ebinmaine 66,576]

47 minutes ago, Sparky said:

what’s with $22for a 16x6.50x8 tube

You can get em on fleabay for about half that, shipped to your door.  

 

I haven't bought any for a few months or more. 

Last I looked they could be had that were made in places other than china but none USA made. 

[kpinnc 11,499]

2 hours ago, Sparky said:

And what’s with $22for a 16x6.50x8 tube 

 

Heck that's decent nowadays. 

 

New tires are almost the same price depending on brand.

[Lee1977 6,555]

Might as well toss the tires put in another 20 or 30 per wheel and get new tires. You'll be luckie if the Chinese tubes last till next week..

Edited August 7, 2023 by Lee1977

[ranger 1,715]

13 hours ago, Sparky said:

  Maybe if I took the time to shop around or order off Amazon I could have gotten them for less $$…but I wanted to get this task off my list so I hit Tractor Supply. 
  I would like to think I bought a better quality tube over what Harbor Freight carries. Can’t seem to avoid the “Made in China” part though. 
 

 

I have a silly question, looking at the warning on the packaging regarding the dangers of ‘Chewing’ or ‘Eating’ the product, due to the presence of ‘Lead’. It made me wonder if the same kind of warning is present on boxes of rifle / handgun ammunition?🤔🤣

[ebinmaine 66,576]

1 hour ago, ranger said:

I have a silly question, looking at the warning on the packaging regarding the dangers of ‘Chewing’ or ‘Eating’ the product, due to the presence of ‘Lead’. It made me wonder if the same kind of warning is present on boxes of rifle / handgun ammunition?🤔🤣

 

Likely... 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,075]

3 hours ago, ranger said:

I have a silly question, looking at the warning on the packaging regarding the dangers of ‘Chewing’ or ‘Eating’ the product, due to the presence of ‘Lead’. 

  Huh… didn’t even see that warning. I stopped chewing on tire tubes a few years back so I’m good 

[ebinmaine 66,576]

6 minutes ago, Sparky said:

  Huh… didn’t even see that warning. I stopped chewing on tire tubes a few years back so I’m good 

[ebinmaine 66,576]

Working on my next two victims....

 

 

 

[Vinco 33]

Bought new spark plugs for the c-195 today.   I will try them tomorrow. 

[Ed Kennell 37,470]

Nice cool rainy day.     Time to get ready for the next wet mowing.

[Lee1977 6,555]

These new Carlisle Turf Savers came on the Raider with rusty wheels. It was raining so cleaned and sanded them. Clear up just before lunch . Went back and water sanded them and painted . 

It's white looks a lot better then dirt and rust.

[Wheel-N-It 2,968]

Hey Everyone, I been MIA for a little bit as someone stole my Hyundai last week while I was at work. It has been found, and is at the repair shop waiting on a few parts to put it back together. 

Anyway, I've ben collecting a few parts (had to buy one) to put a stack on the 753. I still need a flippy cap, but this afternoon loose fitted everything together and here it is. Tell me what you think. I left the factory 45 degree fitting and short pipe nipple on it in case I ever want to go back with the original style muffler. The rest is Schedule 20 steel gas pipe fittings and a Schedule 20 gas pipe stack. Of course I still need to tighten everything up and paint it with some high temp paint. Do you guys have any suggestions on anything I could do better before the final assembly? I'm open to suggestions 

[Colby G 230]

That's a bad to the bone wheel horse! Beautiful truck btw