Any of you guys ever had that happen?
Get a flat tire from a harvested bean field stubble?
Got one yesterday while out placing coon/mink boxes..stubble punctured it.
Drove across bean fields for years… this was a first for me.
Luckily I carry plugs and a portable air compressor .

What kind of tire? Regular highway or 10 ply?

I've heard of it happening.

Had a frozen corn stalk rip the sidewall of a tire. Heard about bean stubble. Just a risk you take, or not.

not with bean stubble but I got a sapling in a tire a couple years ago
cut at a 45* angle and in frozen ground it made a hole that I couldn't just patch.

My Daughter in MKE had a blow out yesterday
tire isn't even 2 years old
apparently yesterday was just not a good day for tires

she stood on the tire iron and couldn't get it to budge so called road side assistance they came with an impact


that is one of my least favorite calls to get , Dad , I blew a tire what do I do.

any way my son is taking her 2 tires on rims tonight that are well worn but I have road hazard on the blown one back at home.

also not sure if it messed up the rim and since I am getting her 2 new tires at costco Saturday ,well I am paying she is the costco member.
that was the soonest they could get the car in .
no point in having them take a sub 2 year old tire off the rim when I can rotate in a spare rim and get a good full size spare out of it.

Regular tires.

Glad she’s okay!!!

I am running 10 ply on the trapping truck now
it is also my wood hauler so when I told him what I did and what I used the truck for he was like , yup 10ply for you

My wife was driving up a path to a rural NC home to meet the family of a special child, when she ran over a man’s belt. The peg in the buckle stuck into her tire. The family removed the belt portion and she made it back to town with the buckle firmly stuck in her tire. Not sure if the tire was plugged or replaced.

10 ply certainly helps but none of them are bulletproof. I carry one of these and plugs. Those 20 dollar ones are junk. If I plug one I go to tire shop right away and get a patch put over the plug.

https://www.harborfreight.com/12v-125-psi-high-performance-inflator-59624.html

I've plugged tires before with no problem, I carry a kit in the truck, but anymore if I can run with it, I take it to my tire guy and they remove the tire and patch the inside, never had that fail.

Truck tires no, but tractor tires yes bean stubble is tough on all tires.

The genetics that they have come up with over the years to make the stalks stronger in both corn and beans are hard on all tires.

Yep. Most farmers run the combine heads slightly tilted up, so stems are cut at an angle not cut off flat. Seems the worst times to pull in is when the beans were alive when picked. Or when rain fills the cut stems with water and they freeze. G.

I’ve had both corn and beans puncture sidewalls of tires.

This is why I went to track machines :-)

Yup had a bean stalk in a tire . I carry a plug kit , a Milwaukee compressor, and make sure my spare tire is good before season.

Nope but could see where it was a possibility if there was farming around here

Ran been and corn stubble for years with tractors and a 4 wheeler and never had that happen. I did pick up the end of a tarp strap once. No idea how that happened. Made one heck of a noise beating around in the wheel well.

Deer sheds hiding in the grass are hard on tires also.