UPS just delivered a rear lawn tractor tire, 4 ply, $54.95, free shipping.

I'm impressed at the quality, and shipping speed was good. I didn't have to drive 30 miles to the nearest store.

The old tire lasted 20 years. The side was split, and it had to be aired up a lot to keep air in it.

I thought about trying to put in a lot of sealant and foam padding in the old tire but decided it'd be more trouble and expense than it's worth.

This is a good quality tire and it's not smashed flat like the tire I got from Walmart last summer. The Walmart tire was smashed so bad it took a week of working with it to get it to expand, even taking out the valve stem and rigging it to put air in without a restriction. I don't foresee that problem with this tire.

I'll be able do some good mowing in the next couple of days. Every year at the end of summer I give about four acres a good mowing so when my neighbors set the pasture on fire it won't spread on to my land and burn the out buildings. Most years my neighbors manage to burn quite a few acres around here.

About 10 years ago they managed to burn down some abandoned houses across the road, not a tragedy, but it took 3 fire departments, one from the next state to put out the fire. When I looked out the window, saw all the smoke and fire trucks, I started getting worried.

We've had enough rain for everything to grow tall. Now with everything drying out it wouldn't take much for a fire 🔥 to get out of control.

On 11/14/17 6:05 PM, Space Cadet wrote:
UPS just delivered a rear lawn tractor tire, 4 ply, $54.95, free shipping.

I'm impressed at the quality, and shipping speed was good. I didn't have
to drive 30 miles to the nearest store.
The old tire lasted 20 years. The side was split, and it had to be aired
up a lot to keep air in it.

I thought about trying to put in a lot of sealant and foam padding in
the old tire but decided it'd be more trouble and expense than it's worth.

This is a good quality tire and it's not smashed flat like the tire I
got from Walmart last summer. The Walmart tire was smashed so bad it
took a week of working with it to get it to expand, even taking out the
valve stem and rigging it to put air in without a restriction. I don't
foresee that problem with this tire.

I'll be able do some good mowing in the next couple of days. Every year
at the end of summer I give about four acres a good mowing so when my
neighbors set the pasture on fire it won't spread on to my land and burn
the out buildings. Most years my neighbors manage to burn quite a few
acres around here.

About 10 years ago they managed to burn down some abandoned houses
across the road, not a tragedy, but it took 3 fire departments, one from
the next state to put out the fire. When I looked out the window, saw
all the smoke and fire trucks, I started getting worried.

We've had enough rain for everything to grow tall. Now with everything
drying out it wouldn't take much for a fire 🔥 to get out of control.


Next time post drivel like this in alt.short-story or alt.author-wannabe

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Travis wrote:
On 11/14/17 6:05 PM, Space Cadet wrote:
UPS just delivered a rear lawn tractor tire, 4 ply, $54.95, free shipping.

I'm impressed at the quality, and shipping speed was good. I didn't have
to drive 30 miles to the nearest store.
The old tire lasted 20 years. The side was split, and it had to be aired
up a lot to keep air in it.

I thought about trying to put in a lot of sealant and foam padding in
the old tire but decided it'd be more trouble and expense than it's worth.

This is a good quality tire and it's not smashed flat like the tire I
got from Walmart last summer. The Walmart tire was smashed so bad it
took a week of working with it to get it to expand, even taking out the
valve stem and rigging it to put air in without a restriction. I don't
foresee that problem with this tire.

I'll be able do some good mowing in the next couple of days. Every year
at the end of summer I give about four acres a good mowing so when my
neighbors set the pasture on fire it won't spread on to my land and burn
the out buildings. Most years my neighbors manage to burn quite a few
acres around here.

About 10 years ago they managed to burn down some abandoned houses
across the road, not a tragedy, but it took 3 fire departments, one from
the next state to put out the fire. When I looked out the window, saw
all the smoke and fire trucks, I started getting worried.

We've had enough rain for everything to grow tall. Now with everything
drying out it wouldn't take much for a fire 🔥 to get out of control.

Next time post drivel like this in alt.short-story or alt.author-wannabe
--
If youre offended by the things I say, imagine what Im holding back€¦

Stick it up your butt you stupid son of a bitch. I'm not holding back you ****ing idiot. This is a home repair group, supposed to be anyway, someone here might be interested in getting tires for their lawn tractor. The most work you've probably ever done was to change batteries in your dildo, and you found out finally that it doesn't take batteries.

Someone might be interested to know when you take out a valve stem and rig it to fill the tire without a restriction that you can inflate a tire a lot easier, and get it to seat, but you're too stupid to even know what I'm talking about.

I don't know if anyone ever tried putting sealant and foam rubber in a tire but thought someone might tell me how it worked for them if they did. There are some videos on YouTube but it looks like gathering the sealant and foam to make it work would be more expense and trouble, but again, I hoped someone would tell me if they had done it.

Winter is fire season in a lot of places and it's a good idea to cut weeds, grass, and brush to keep fires from getting out of control, but you're too stupid to know about that either.

My neighbors are to lazy to take trash to town and throw away, so they burn it and start a lot of fires that get out of control. Your house has probably got trash a foot deep and that's when you've cleaned it in the last year. So drink some more booze and go back to sleep dumbass.

On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:46:36 -0600, "Space Cadet"
wrote:

Someone might be interested to know when you take out a valve stem and rig it to fill the tire without a restriction that you can inflate a tire a lot easier, and get it to seat, but you're too stupid to even know what I'm talking about.

I don't know if anyone ever tried putting sealant and foam rubber in a tire but thought someone might tell me how it worked for them if they did. There are some videos on YouTube but it looks like gathering the sealant and foam to make it work would be more expense and trouble, but again, I hoped someone would tell me if they had done it.

I have used "slime" on lawn tractor tires and it worked somewhat to
stop slow leaks. How did you mount your new tire. I have 2 I need to
mount.

wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:46:36 -0600, "Space Cadet"
wrote:
Someone might be interested to know when you take out a valve stem and rig it to fill the tire without a restriction that you can inflate a tire a lot easier, and get it to seat, but you're too stupid to even know what I'm talking about.

I don't know if anyone ever tried putting sealant and foam rubber in a tire but thought someone might tell me how it worked for them if they did. There are some videos on YouTube but it looks like gathering the sealant and foam to make it work would be more expense and trouble, but again, I hoped someone would tell me if they had done it.

I have used "slime" on lawn tractor tires and it worked somewhat to
stop slow leaks. How did you mount your new tire. I have 2 I need to
mount.

To put it on the tire is pretty easy. Just lay the tire on the side and put one side of the rim in by pushing down and rotating. That's the easiest side to do. Then flip the tire over and use two big screwdrivers to get in about two inches at a time going all the way around. Push your knees down on the tire to keep it from popping out, which can sometimes happen. The bigger the tire the easier it seems to be, although I haven't done a car tire.

There are so many mesquite trees around here, the little ones are difficult to see, that my two front tires have about twenty leather plugs in each of them. Those tires are only a few years old. Mesquite grow quick. I try to go around and cut them all before I mow, but can't always find them all.

On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:05:39 -0600, "Space Cadet"
wrote in

UPS just delivered a rear lawn tractor tire, 4 ply, $54.95, free shipping.

I'm impressed at the quality, and shipping speed was good. I didn't have
to drive 30 miles to the nearest store.

Thanks for the feedback.
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and having to visit 10 different news stands to pickup each one.
Email list-server groups and USENET are like having all of those
newspapers delivered to your door every morning.

wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:05:39 -0600, "Space Cadet"
wrote in
UPS just delivered a rear lawn tractor tire, 4 ply, $54.95, free shipping.

I'm impressed at the quality, and shipping speed was good. I didn't have
to drive 30 miles to the nearest store.
Thanks for the feedback.
--
You're welcome.
Thank you for your interest.

Web based forums are like subscribing to 10 different newspapers
and having to visit 10 different news stands to pickup each one.
Email list-server groups and USENET are like having all of those
newspapers delivered to your door every morning.

Space Cadet posted for all of us...



wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:46:36 -0600, "Space Cadet"
wrote:
Someone might be interested to know when you take out a valve stem and rig it to fill the tire without a restriction that you can inflate a tire a lot easier, and get it to seat, but you're too stupid to even know what I'm talking about.

I don't know if anyone ever tried putting sealant and foam rubber in a tire but thought someone might tell me how it worked for them if they did. There are some videos on YouTube but it looks like gathering the sealant and foam to make it work would be more expense and trouble, but again, I hoped someone would tell me if they had done it.

I have used "slime" on lawn tractor tires and it worked somewhat to
stop slow leaks. How did you mount your new tire. I have 2 I need to
mount.

To put it on the tire is pretty easy. Just lay the tire on the side and put one side of the rim in by pushing down and rotating. That's the easiest side to do. Then flip the tire over and use two big screwdrivers to get in about two inches at a time going all the way around. Push your knees down on the tire to keep it from popping out, which can sometimes happen. The bigger the tire the easier it seems to be, although I haven't done a car tire.

There are so many mesquite trees around here, the little ones are difficult to see, that my two front tires have about twenty leather plugs in each of them. Those tires are only a few years old. Mesquite grow quick. I try to go around and cut them all before I mow, but can't always find them all.

How do you inflate it without the valve stem? Please provide further
details.

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Tekkie

On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:46:56 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

Space Cadet posted for all of us...



wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:46:36 -0600, "Space Cadet"
wrote:
Someone might be interested to know when you take out a valve stem and rig it to fill the tire without a restriction that you can inflate a tire a lot easier, and get it to seat, but you're too stupid to even know what I'm talking about.

I don't know if anyone ever tried putting sealant and foam rubber in a tire but thought someone might tell me how it worked for them if they did. There are some videos on YouTube but it looks like gathering the sealant and foam to make it work would be more expense and trouble, but again, I hoped someone would tell me if they
had done it.

I have used "slime" on lawn tractor tires and it worked somewhat to
stop slow leaks. How did you mount your new tire. I have 2 I need to
mount.

To put it on the tire is pretty easy. Just lay the tire on the side and put one side of the rim in by pushing down and rotating. That's the easiest side to do. Then flip the tire over and use two big screwdrivers to get in about two inches at a time going all the way around. Push your knees down on the tire to keep it from
popping out, which can sometimes happen. The bigger the tire the easier it seems to be, although I haven't done a car tire.

There are so many mesquite trees around here, the little ones are difficult to see, that my two front tires have about twenty leather plugs in each of them. Those tires are only a few years old. Mesquite grow quick. I try to go around and cut them all before I mow, but can't always find them all.

How do you inflate it without the valve stem? Please provide further
details.

He is only talking about seating the bead. You put the stem in to
inflate to the proper pressure but usually by the time the bead is
seated you will still be letting air out after the stem is screwed in.
If you watch a tire store mount these they use a tank that blows
massive amounts of air in next to the bead and pops the tire out onto
the rim. You can also use the "starter fluid" method.
I was mostly curious about mounting a tire without a machine. I was
always afraid that the wrong tool would ding up the rim or the tire.
Back in the tube days that was not as important since the bead was not
holding the air.

On 11/15/17 2:16 PM, wrote:

He is only talking about seating the bead. You put the stem in to
inflate to the proper pressure but usually by the time the bead is
seated you will still be letting air out after the stem is screwed in.
If you watch a tire store mount these they use a tank that blows
massive amounts of air in next to the bead and pops the tire out onto
the rim. You can also use the "starter fluid" method.
I was mostly curious about mounting a tire without a machine. I was
always afraid that the wrong tool would ding up the rim or the tire.
Back in the tube days that was not as important since the bead was not
holding the air.


We've used ratchet straps at work to help seat beads on skid steers.
Tightening the strap around the tire circumference pushes the beads out
towards the rim.

posted for all of us...



On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:46:56 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

Space Cadet posted for all of us...



wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:46:36 -0600, "Space Cadet"
wrote:
Someone might be interested to know when you take out a valve stem and rig it to fill the tire without a restriction that you can inflate a tire a lot easier, and get it to seat, but you're too stupid to even know what I'm talking about.

I don't know if anyone ever tried putting sealant and foam rubber in a tire but thought someone might tell me how it worked for them if they did. There are some videos on YouTube but it looks like gathering the sealant and foam to make it work would be more expense and trouble, but again, I hoped someone would tell me if they
had done it.

I have used "slime" on lawn tractor tires and it worked somewhat to
stop slow leaks. How did you mount your new tire. I have 2 I need to
mount.

To put it on the tire is pretty easy. Just lay the tire on the side and put one side of the rim in by pushing down and rotating. That's the easiest side to do. Then flip the tire over and use two big screwdrivers to get in about two inches at a time going all the way around. Push your knees down on the tire to keep it from
popping out, which can sometimes happen. The bigger the tire the easier it seems to be, although I haven't done a car tire.

There are so many mesquite trees around here, the little ones are difficult to see, that my two front tires have about twenty leather plugs in each of them. Those tires are only a few years old. Mesquite grow quick. I try to go around and cut them all before I mow, but can't always find them all.

How do you inflate it without the valve stem? Please provide further
details.

He is only talking about seating the bead. You put the stem in to
inflate to the proper pressure but usually by the time the bead is
seated you will still be letting air out after the stem is screwed in.
If you watch a tire store mount these they use a tank that blows
massive amounts of air in next to the bead and pops the tire out onto
the rim. You can also use the "starter fluid" method.
I was mostly curious about mounting a tire without a machine. I was
always afraid that the wrong tool would ding up the rim or the tire.
Back in the tube days that was not as important since the bead was not
holding the air.

That is what I was referring to. In his post he stated he didn't use a valve
stem and used another method? to seat the bead. I was just being
inquisitive.

Of course there is always the possibility I did not read or comprehend it
correctly; I have done it before...

--
Tekkie

On 11/16/2017 12:33 PM, Tekkie® wrote:
posted for all of us...


On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:46:56 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

Space Cadet posted for all of us...


wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:46:36 -0600, "Space Cadet"
wrote:
Someone might be interested to know when you take out a valve stem and rig it to fill the tire without a restriction that you can inflate a tire a lot easier, and get it to seat, but you're too stupid to even know what I'm talking about.

I don't know if anyone ever tried putting sealant and foam rubber in a tire but thought someone might tell me how it worked for them if they did. There are some videos on YouTube but it looks like gathering the sealant and foam to make it work would be more expense and trouble, but again, I hoped someone would tell me if they
had done it.
I have used "slime" on lawn tractor tires and it worked somewhat to
stop slow leaks. How did you mount your new tire. I have 2 I need to
mount.
To put it on the tire is pretty easy. Just lay the tire on the side and put one side of the rim in by pushing down and rotating. That's the easiest side to do. Then flip the tire over and use two big screwdrivers to get in about two inches at a time going all the way around. Push your knees down on the tire to keep it from
popping out, which can sometimes happen. The bigger the tire the easier it seems to be, although I haven't done a car tire.
There are so many mesquite trees around here, the little ones are difficult to see, that my two front tires have about twenty leather plugs in each of them. Those tires are only a few years old. Mesquite grow quick. I try to go around and cut them all before I mow, but can't always find them all.
How do you inflate it without the valve stem? Please provide further
details.
He is only talking about seating the bead. You put the stem in to
inflate to the proper pressure but usually by the time the bead is
seated you will still be letting air out after the stem is screwed in.
If you watch a tire store mount these they use a tank that blows
massive amounts of air in next to the bead and pops the tire out onto
the rim. You can also use the "starter fluid" method.
I was mostly curious about mounting a tire without a machine. I was
always afraid that the wrong tool would ding up the rim or the tire.
Back in the tube days that was not as important since the bead was not
holding the air.
That is what I was referring to. In his post he stated he didn't use a valve
stem and used another method? to seat the bead. I was just being
inquisitive.

Of course there is always the possibility I did not read or comprehend it
correctly; I have done it before...


* I suspect he meant that the valve CORE was removed . My tire guy does
that even though he's using a pretty fancy machine . Whoever it was that
mentioned using a ratchet tie around the tire , that works well to
spread the beads and I've used that trick many times .

* --

* Snag

On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:41:55 -0600, Terry Coombs
wrote:

On 11/16/2017 12:33 PM, Tekkie® wrote:
posted for all of us...


On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:46:56 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

Space Cadet posted for all of us...


wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:46:36 -0600, "Space Cadet"
wrote:
Someone might be interested to know when you take out a valve stem and rig it to fill the tire without a restriction that you can inflate a tire a lot easier, and get it to seat, but you're too stupid to even know what I'm talking about.

I don't know if anyone ever tried putting sealant and foam rubber in a tire but thought someone might tell me how it worked for them if they did. There are some videos on YouTube but it looks like gathering the sealant and foam to make it work would be more expense and trouble, but again, I hoped someone would tell me if
they
had done it.
I have used "slime" on lawn tractor tires and it worked somewhat to
stop slow leaks. How did you mount your new tire. I have 2 I need to
mount.
To put it on the tire is pretty easy. Just lay the tire on the side and put one side of the rim in by pushing down and rotating. That's the easiest side to do. Then flip the tire over and use two big screwdrivers to get in about two inches at a time going all the way around. Push your knees down on the tire to keep it from
popping out, which can sometimes happen. The bigger the tire the easier it seems to be, although I haven't done a car tire.
There are so many mesquite trees around here, the little ones are difficult to see, that my two front tires have about twenty leather plugs in each of them. Those tires are only a few years old. Mesquite grow quick. I try to go around and cut them all before I mow, but can't always find them all.
How do you inflate it without the valve stem? Please provide further
details.
He is only talking about seating the bead. You put the stem in to
inflate to the proper pressure but usually by the time the bead is
seated you will still be letting air out after the stem is screwed in.
If you watch a tire store mount these they use a tank that blows
massive amounts of air in next to the bead and pops the tire out onto
the rim. You can also use the "starter fluid" method.
I was mostly curious about mounting a tire without a machine. I was
always afraid that the wrong tool would ding up the rim or the tire.
Back in the tube days that was not as important since the bead was not
holding the air.
That is what I was referring to. In his post he stated he didn't use a valve
stem and used another method? to seat the bead. I was just being
inquisitive.

Of course there is always the possibility I did not read or comprehend it
correctly; I have done it before...


Â* I suspect he meant that the valve CORE was removed . My tire guy does
that even though he's using a pretty fancy machine . Whoever it was that
mentioned using a ratchet tie around the tire , that works well to
spread the beads and I've used that trick many times .

When you buy those internet tires they usually come wadded up in
shrink wrap and they don't really spread out that well even with the
strap. I have a couple "relaxing" in the garage as we speak, waiting
for them to be round again. That tank blow thing works pretty well
tho. They have about 3 cubic feet on 150# air that they dump all at
once inside the tire and it spreads them out nicely.

Terry Coombs posted for all of us...



On 11/16/2017 12:33 PM, Tekkie® wrote:
posted for all of us...


On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:46:56 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

Space Cadet posted for all of us...


wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:46:36 -0600, "Space Cadet"
wrote:
Someone might be interested to know when you take out a valve stem and rig it to fill the tire without a restriction that you can inflate a tire a lot easier, and get it to seat, but you're too stupid to even know what I'm talking about.

I don't know if anyone ever tried putting sealant and foam rubber in a tire but thought someone might tell me how it worked for them if they did. There are some videos on YouTube but it looks like gathering the sealant and foam to make it work would be more expense and trouble, but again, I hoped someone would tell me if they
had done it.
I have used "slime" on lawn tractor tires and it worked somewhat to
stop slow leaks. How did you mount your new tire. I have 2 I need to
mount.
To put it on the tire is pretty easy. Just lay the tire on the side and put one side of the rim in by pushing down and rotating. That's the easiest side to do. Then flip the tire over and use two big screwdrivers to get in about two inches at a time going all the way around. Push your knees down on the tire to keep it from
popping out, which can sometimes happen. The bigger the tire the easier it seems to be, although I haven't done a car tire.
There are so many mesquite trees around here, the little ones are difficult to see, that my two front tires have about twenty leather plugs in each of them. Those tires are only a few years old. Mesquite grow quick. I try to go around and cut them all before I mow, but can't always find them all.
How do you inflate it without the valve stem? Please provide further
details.
He is only talking about seating the bead. You put the stem in to
inflate to the proper pressure but usually by the time the bead is
seated you will still be letting air out after the stem is screwed in.
If you watch a tire store mount these they use a tank that blows
massive amounts of air in next to the bead and pops the tire out onto
the rim. You can also use the "starter fluid" method.
I was mostly curious about mounting a tire without a machine. I was
always afraid that the wrong tool would ding up the rim or the tire.
Back in the tube days that was not as important since the bead was not
holding the air.
That is what I was referring to. In his post he stated he didn't use a valve
stem and used another method? to seat the bead. I was just being
inquisitive.

Of course there is always the possibility I did not read or comprehend it
correctly; I have done it before...


* I suspect he meant that the valve CORE was removed . My tire guy does
that even though he's using a pretty fancy machine . Whoever it was that
mentioned using a ratchet tie around the tire , that works well to
spread the beads and I've used that trick many times .

* --

* Snag

I think you are most likely correct. Just trying to figure out the "secret"

--
Tekkie