primerbulb120
Lawn Addict
I had a customer tell me he ran over so many sharp objects that an inner tube would not be worth it. Inner tubes can't be patched or plugged while till on the mower, tires can.
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John Deere GX75 problem
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reynoldston
Lawn Pro
I have to agree with you on this. Someone like that needs their tires filled with a solid filler. Wouldn't be a very smooth ride. I am afraid that model 75 JD just wouldn't hold up the added stress also. So my suggestion would be pick up the sharp objects and it would also be a lot cheaper.
bertsmobile1
Lawn Royalty
Please tell me you posted that after 1 or 2 too many Buds.
Tubes get patched every day I go through a trade pack of 200 patches more or less every two years.
I put 6 on a tube last week.
And yes it would have been cheaper & better to fit a new tube but I only carry about 15 different sizes and the customer wanted it done right now so he could go home & mow before the temperature got in the high 30's ( C not F )
primerbulb120
Lawn Addict
How do you go about patching a tube while it's still inside the tire?? The customer doesn't have the equipment to remove the tire and I don't either, we would have to take the wheel to a tire shop and have them remove the tire before we could patch the tube.
I didn't mean that the inner tube can't be patched at all, I meant that it can't be patched without removing the tire. Thanks for pointing that out.
I didn't mean that the inner tube can't be patched at all, I meant that it can't be patched without removing the tire. Thanks for pointing that out.
bertsmobile1
Lawn Royalty
That puts a different slant on things.
Big differenc between WE can't and IT can't
If you can break the bead then you can remove the tyre with nothing more than a dozen cable ties.
Watched a motorcyclist do it at a rally while a little less than sober
reynoldston
Lawn Pro
So you change mower tires with zip ties. Never tried it. As for me I break the bead with a bread breaker and hammer then I use tire irons to remove and install the tire. With just a little care you wouldn't pinch the tube. I also have to say that tube pinching isn't a problem I come across. Some of the tubeless tires I do have some trouble airing the tires sometimes.
bertsmobile1
Lawn Royalty
Only seen it done once and that was on a motorcycle wheel so don't actually know if it will work on a small diameter rim.
Try using a rope looped around itself next time as you just let it loose as the tyre goes up ( wear gloves if you don't like rope burns ) .
FWIW I use an old motorcycle tool called a breezer however those Harbour Freight mini tyre changers are looking better every day.
BlazNT
Lawn Pro
I have the Harbor Freight mini tire changer and it paid for its self no problem. Word of warning... there are some rims that the little thing can just not do. Very wide one with a long internal slide as I call it. Picture will be attached. I have changed over 30 tires since I purchased it. Less than a year. Neighbors and friends found out I had it.
Easy rim:
Hard rim:
Easy rim:
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