Patching a tire?

[Bud Tyler]

As in my post about the snow blade the tire blew on the tractor ,and right now I'm not in the position to replace it ,but I will be needing a tractor before winter. That said with a blown sidewall would it be possible to patch it till spring . I didn't plan any restore on it till then . Any ideas ? I've seen some crazy things and I'm just curious. Bud

[pegasuspinto]

about the only jerry-rig that i think might work, would be maybe to put a metal plate inside the tire, to cover the hole. you're probably in trouble if the tire is rotten-keep the air pressure low as possible. heavy pulling might rip it....and i'd be carefull of hill work-a blow tire on the downhill side could encourage a rollover.

I ran my tractor for years with the most rotten tires you ever saw-but when the tube pooched out the sidewall, it was time for them to go-new tires feels good!

[Clark Bigger]

find another tire about the same size and cut a chunk out to fit inside your tire, then drill small holes along along the rip & lace it up with weed wacker cord, glue the piece in with silicone, then silicone the outside til you cant see the "laces" anymore

[Craig A]

How about cutting up another inner tube and gluing a couple layers together inside the tire over the blowout?
The pressure of the tube ought to hold everything in place once aired up again.

[Kris Golden]

An inner tube boot won't be heavy enough even if multiple layers are used. I like the idea of a section from another tire but my preference is an old truck mudflap. Just remember to take a grinder and taper all sides of the edge of the boot down to nothing because a square edge WILL rub the tube with normal use and flexing will it blow again in a very short order. GOOD LUCK

[Rodrigue Caron]

Hi,
when i were young i fixed a 6 inches cut in side and traction section in a 11 x 24 tire , with an old big tire patch and i used carriage bolts and lages flat washers to fix. T his never failed.Use only multi-ply patching sections.Good luck Rodrigue.

[Bud Tyler]

Thank you Gents , I was figuring I'd get more of " Ya cheap ?&*#$@ just get a damn tire "! Right now it has 9 X24's and it called for 8 X24's ,when I do it I just want it right . Not for shows just the way they meant it new. Bud

[Ironsides]

Bud,check the price on imported tyres,I just had to fit new rears to my Fordson Power Major,16x9x30s imported from India fitted for $800 each,including new tubes.Locally the dealers wanted $400 for nearly worn out 50 year old tyres,Norm

[Bud Tyler]

Ironsides ,do you have a website for them ? I'll look at all options ,I don't think $85 a peice for 8X24 pull offs was too bad ,but the $135 for 2 to ship em was alright.

[Mark Schneider]

Quite a creative bunch of tire patchers here on the Stak!
The most creative method of tire repair I heard of was told to me by an old mechanic I used to work with. It so happened that he was employed by a housemover during the WWII period when new tires were unheard of and the available used ones were in high demand. Whenever they ruptured a tire casing while moving a house they used "Life" magazines for tire boots for their "on the road" tire repair. He stated that they were a good temporary repair and lasted longer than one would think.
Glad those days are over!
Mark

[ronm]

I've seen a few tractor tires laced up like a prolapsed cow, w/ leather string. You need a fairly thick boot to keep it from pooching out. Used to see these once in a while when we traded for an old tractor from way back up in the mountains....

[Windables]

BACK WHEN I WASA KID I USED TO lace my bicycle tires with a carpet needle and fishing line and plastic linoleum on the inside i/ve also seen those inside patches 6x6 for glue down and they had a nipple in the center two of these overlapped might help the inside the nipple stuck out thru the hole to the outside for pulling while the glue dried these were only for non radial tho best of luck letus know how it went by the way commercial tire dealers won/t sell them got mine at a used tire place

[JHFoster]

Originally Posted by ronm

I've seen a few tractor tires laced up like a prolapsed cow, w/ leather string. .

Not to derail, but we use shoe strings for this procedure!
(The cow, not the tire.)

[ronm]

Originally Posted by JHFoster

Not to derail, but we use shoe strings for this procedure!
(The cow, not the tire.)

I think the deal is whatever's available at the moment, JH....seems like I do remember shoestrings for one old cow on the mountain....

[Bud Tyler]

I've saved the repair ideas and while I was cutting wood yesterday my brother-in-law found me a 9.5X24 locally for $80 and another $20 to mount it .I have front and rear weights so I'm going to dump the calcium and change the tubes in both and clean and grease the rims before re-mounting the tires. Thanks for all the ideas

[Mark Schneider]

Hi Bud
If the repair was mine to do I would avoid using any petroleum based grease on the rim as it causes the rubber products to deteriorate and get soft. I think it would be better if you knocked the loose rust off the rim and gave it a good coat of "Rustoleum" paint instead. Be sure to use some approved tire mounting lube to help get the beads to seat.
Good luck with your repair.
Mark

[MoRo]

Tire shops used to carry a regular boot for such occasions. Do they still do that?

[Inter Bloke]

I had to repair an old 15-28 tyre about 25 years ago because none were available new or secondhand at the time and all I did was fit a piece of insertion rubber about 3/8 inch thick with the edges ground down over the hole and surounding sidewall and then bolt it on from the inside with about 20 gutter bolts. It did a fair bit of work on some new land I was clearing at the time but after about 50 hours you could see it starting to rip more and the bolts were starting to tear their holes but it lasted until I found a second hand replacement.

[Forrest A]

With a lot of tire stores trying to figure out cheap ways to get rid of the tires they remove, try a local tractor tire store and see if they pulled off a tire recently that would fit(?). And or boot it and put the word out also so that when the right sized tire comes in you can then scoop it up and put it on.

I like the lace idea. double tube it and lace another piece of tire in too. Lace well beyond the rotten spot. Big wide lces too. Maybe criscross...

Forrest A

[Bud Tyler]

I picked up the tire I'd written about , it was used it has excellent tread ,and a blow out patch be they revulcanised it for me and it looks really good.Beleive it or not I got there just as they were closing ,I already had the tire in the truck . The guy said their computer was down and he said just take it and stop back when I think about it ! Ya know I'll be back ,you can't beat that kind of trust !