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Tire problems. #6679376
11/30/19 12:38 AM
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I put new tires on a week ago had a low one today pumped it up and took it to get looked at, it had 2 places that soybean stems went through it (10 Ply) tires I can't believe it would do that but I seen it myself when he was fixing it.


Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

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Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679379
11/30/19 12:43 AM
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Road hazard....take them off immediately there was no hardening in the process.
Check the serial numbers on the other tires if they are close...\DEMAND NEW ONES all around

Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679384
11/30/19 01:01 AM
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Not Coopers are they?

Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679385
11/30/19 01:03 AM
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I've ran bean stubble through a number of sidewalls which were 10 ply. Always irritates me because they refuse to fix the sidewalls...which results in a whole new tire. I've actually found surprisingly less issues in corn fields than bean fields which blows my mind. It's hard to argue with them as they pull the stalk out in front of you. I kill a lot of tires every year though...so much that I carry a floor jack and an impact trapping. Working smarter not harder.

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Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679469
11/30/19 08:04 AM
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I here from many farmers that bean stems are tuff on tires.

Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679472
11/30/19 08:13 AM
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If one would stick to the field roads and not the fields the problem would be solved.


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Re: Tire problems. [Re: Nittany Lion] #6679479
11/30/19 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Nittany Lion
If one would stick to the field roads and not the fields the problem would be solved.

Not always possible here. Places you can drive for a long ways along a ditch with no lane. Buffer strips are nice. I try and straddle the bean rows as well as possible, when you have to turn around can't help but go over them. In the same spot for awhile I try and turn around in the same spot. I once had a corn stalk stick right through the inside sidewall of a tire.Corn stalks are hard on tires to. I seen a combine where one of the stalk smashers was missing on one side and what a difference in tire damage.

Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679481
11/30/19 08:34 AM
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Driving on bean stubble is almost like driving on a road of nails.

Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679489
11/30/19 08:46 AM
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Same here, bean stubble is hard in side walls. I had to quit driving on bean fields and either stick to lanes and or walk em in to check only. Corn stubble can be bad also unless I just stick to driving in on lanes where the tractors and semis really flattened down a good path in for me.
I've had to adjust and adapt, and walk a lot more of my line over the years.
Jim


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Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679499
11/30/19 09:02 AM
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Same here. 2 years ago a thick woody soybean stubble went through the sidewall of my tire. Called the tire shop and had a new tire in the A.M.. A week later and maybe 150-200 miles later I noticed the new tire was a little low. Small bean stubble through the tread in an area the tire repair shops won't plug. Found a shop that "vulcanized" the repair been fine since.

Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679522
11/30/19 09:40 AM
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Many years ago I saw corn stubble go through combine tires. It was common.
With pickup tires, you can alleviate the problem by getting away from radial tires and go with bias.....then the sidewall doesn't belly out like a radial tire does. But, I don't know if bias tires are even available anymore.


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Re: Tire problems. [Re: Nittany Lion] #6679532
11/30/19 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Nittany Lion
If one would stick to the field roads and not the fields the problem would be solved.

Out here it is common to have fields that cover a section or more, and with just an approach or two. I can't say I have seen many field roads here.


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Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679613
11/30/19 11:20 AM
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Might have them pull the sensers out and snot the tires all around until spring. No real roads here like stated just big fields and limited location if you have good locations you need to get to them.

Looks like a 2nd set of tires and wheels is in my future.


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Jerry Herbst
Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679626
11/30/19 11:34 AM
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I had that happen with b range tires 30 years ago, never with Firestone or Goodyear, or Michelin d-e range tires, 10 ply,

Re: Tire problems. [Re: Tactical.20] #6679630
11/30/19 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Tactical.20
I had that happen with b range tires 30 years ago, never with Firestone or Goodyear, or Michelin d-e range tires, 10 ply,


One stem went through the tread pattern the other the curve of the tread.no clue yet on the other tires


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Jerry Herbst
Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679637
11/30/19 11:50 AM
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That's pretty odd seems to me, I had shale flakes on wy gravel roads puncture a couple 10 ply, that's only thing that I had trouble with, coopers failed with 1/3 tread gone, twice so I never bought them again, and they were shorter that Firestone and Michelin, figured I lost 1mpg with those junk tires, hankooks are hard riding and new tires twice hydroplaned on one inch of snow, never bought those crap tires again either

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Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679649
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Foam fill the tires if you're working or driving thru fields. It's not cheap, but you'll never have a flat tire. Last time we filled tires it cost $1.25 per pound. Well worth it.


jim
Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679651
11/30/19 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Law Dog
I put new tires on a week ago had a low one today pumped it up and took it to get looked at, it had 2 places that soybean stems went through it (10 Ply) tires I can't believe it would do that but I seen it myself when he was fixing it.

Usually happens when stems are frozen


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Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679657
11/30/19 12:14 PM
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The guy at the Coop said the way they are changing the plants to being drought resistant has something to do with it, no clue about that. LOL Same brand I run Nexen M/Ts but a different size so that could be a whole different plant that makes them in a different country. Never had a issue with the 15 inch ones I have been running for several years.


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Jerry Herbst
Re: Tire problems. [Re: Law Dog] #6679669
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That could be, with all this rain here our corn n bean stalks are not as stiff, all my trapping is done with ATV, and titan 589 6 ply, they never puncture, 7500 miles on two sets combined, 1000 miles on my new ones, I only use pickup if it's -20°f or colder

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