Need advice, nail in tractor tire!

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Rats, the tractor is really important here. Snow removal being a big item! I have a nail in the front tire. Tractor is a Bobcat CT 235, comparable to a Kioti. Anyhow, six bolts with what looks like two "reversed", nut showing, the other four look like a bolt head. Any advice on how to remove? Can a tire like this be plugged at a tire shop? I think they are turf tires. Dh does not know yet, I would like to have the tire off before I tell him. He usually doesn't do well with this stuff. Have a 4 ton and I think 6 ton jack so shoud be good there. Actually, if I could get it fixed and then tell him it would be great. I sure hope it can be plugged, of course it was after 5:00 when I found it so I could not call the tire or tractor shop. I cannot remember the tire size and I did look it up, it has been a day!

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I am wondering why it cannot be plugged in place while it is still on the tractor? Either plug it yourself or have someone else plug it if your are unable?

I know that I have plugged vehicle tires while they were still on the car. It was not really difficult, nor a problem. As long as you have a compressor.

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I have never plugged a tire before. Dh has but that means he had to know..... So smaller tractor tires can be plugged? I have visions of big loaded tires, I know this isn't a loaded tire. This has been a day with lots of trouble and I think this has me more rattled than it should.

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Somehow this went in decorating rather than homesteading questions, I think this phone is just too small and my finger to fat.

[smokey]

tab, If it's a tubeless tire it can be plugged in place, You can get the plug kits at Wally World or any auto parts store cheap. It's really simple to do and since you know where the nail went through the tire the hardest part is over. Finding the puncture is sometimes the most annoying part of the whole ordeal. You will need a source of air (compressor or portable air tank) to fill the tire after the repair.

If the tire has a tube in it plugging won't work and the tire will have to come off to patch or replace the tube.

Look on the side wall of the tire, It should say either tubeless or state a replacement tube size, This is often in fairly small lettering.

Good luck to you!

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Thanks for the good advice. I bit the bullet and told dh. He tried to plug the tire but he said it was so thick he couldn't get the plug in. Off it came and $16.50 later it is fixed. I now know how to pull a front tire, not complicated at all. We are back to winter weather tomorrow so it is good to have it back.
Sometimes when it hs been a day, you know one thing aftet another, it is best not to add anything so I waited until today, to tell him.
It reinforces my thinking that I need to know how to do the repairs around here. Now, if I could just get dh to put dishes in their proper place!

[grannyg]

We have a Kubota tractor and hubby had liquid rubber pumped into the tires, we never have to worry about a flat again.....

[hermitjohn]

I have done upto 38 inch rear tractor tires by myself. Took whole wheel off the tractor, used an old car frame leaned up on its side and a handyman jack to break the bead on both sides. Then just matter of slowly opening valve stem side of tire, from rim, pulling tube and patching. there are tire tools, but I use couple short old leaf springs. The tires with liquid are real PITA without at least one helper or second tractor with boom or loader, due to their weight. By way I suggest people find alternative to salt water to put in tires. Its cheap, but not so cheap down the road when it leaks and does severe rust damage to the rim. Replacement rims are not cheap. And you have to remove tire completely from rim to repair more minor rust damage and then clean, paint it to try and keep it from rusting again. Rust is like a cancer, its hard to stop once its progressed significantly.

Obviously small front tires lot easier. They are not much more than pickup tires with tubes.