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Tin Roof said:
My oldest son is 30. I’m confident she’s in the perfect age range for me to enjoy pictures of her tata’s. That range being 21-75.
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Sophia Loren is 89. Ann Margaret is 82. I’d take a gander if either of them offered me the opportunity.

Raquel Welch was 82 when she shuffled off this mortal coil. Are you saying you’d have had no interest in 82 year old Raquel Welch’s tits?
 
Gbkeith said:
Sophia Loren is 89. Ann Margaret is 82. I’d take a gander if either of them offered me the opportunity.

Raquel Welch was 82 when she shuffled off this mortal coil. Are you saying you’d have had no interest in 82 year old Raquel Welch’s tits?
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I’ve obviously made a mistake. I’m going to edit my range to 21-94.
94 is my cutoff though, out of respect for my grandmother who is 95.
 
I had kids and grandkids over all weekend so didn't accomplish much.

Did pull the fuel sending unit to clean the melted wires off it and test the ohm range. And it is bad. Dead for bottom half of the tank travel.

New one is $170. Can't find the OEM Ohm range to know which universal to order. What I could measure was 2-15 ohms and that makes no sense. Just another reason to scrap it all. Can't see putting a used one in.

But I will call a couple more yards today and see how that goes. Used parts wouldn't bother me so much if I was just flipping it.

The intake hose is another one. 2.25" one end, 2" on the other. Goofy double bend. Not available new. But I think that one is pretty easy to make. So we will see.

going to order filters today too.
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I have been calling as I get time today.

So far the most common answer is, "I think I gotta couple out there, I will have to meander out there and have a look, I'll get back to you"

Of course it is raining so I wouldn't imagine i will hear anything before tomorrow.

And why is it that salvage yard guys always sound so grouchy? Like pissed off at the world.

Sure I get that they deal with some pretty off the wall people, but not sure I ever met a salvage yard guy with joy in his voice.

When I put the call out for tires a couple weeks ago, I am still getting responses from friends and such.

Have a guy offering me 2 brand new 13x24 recap grader tires. Bandag caps. First time casings. 11x24 is the factory ag tire size. will fit my rims fine.

Of course they are meant for much heavier loads and more torque than I will put to them. But I am wondering if they will have enough traction?

Maybe they won't tear up the yard as bad? Maybe they will be too hard and stiff to get traction?

Kind of hard to pass up really. We use bandag for all of out trailer and drive caps. Bandag is located pretty close by and waiting to hear what my truck tire guy says about them but I imagine this would be the last set I would ever put on or need.

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Tiha said:
I have been calling as I get time today.

So far the most common answer is, "I think I gotta couple out there, I will have to meander out there and have a look, I'll get back to you"

Of course it is raining so I wouldn't imagine i will hear anything before tomorrow.

And why is it that salvage yard guys always sound so grouchy? Like pissed off at the world.

Sure I get that they deal with some pretty off the wall people, but not sure I ever met a salvage yard guy with joy in his voice.

When I put the call out for tires a couple weeks ago, I am still getting responses from friends and such.

Have a guy offering me 2 brand new 13x24 recap grader tires. Bandag caps. First time casings. 11x24 is the factory ag tire size. will fit my rims fine.

Of course they are meant for much heavier loads and more torque than I will put to them. But I am wondering if they will have enough traction?

Maybe they won't tear up the yard as bad? Maybe they will be too hard and stiff to get traction?

Kind of hard to pass up really. We use bandag for all of out trailer and drive caps. Bandag is located pretty close by and waiting to hear what my truck tire guy says about them but I imagine this would be the last set I would ever put on or need.

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That little tractor is going to get shit for traction anyways. Maybe those heavy ass tires will help weight it down.... if nothing else you can always blame the tires.
 
2big bronco said:
That little tractor is going to get shit for traction anyways. Maybe those heavy ass tires will help weight it down.... if nothing else you can always blame the tires.
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I think he said they are 12 ply, The factory is like 6 or 8. I probably wouldn't have to put air in them. LOL

or I can fluid fill them I suppose.
 
Tiha said:
When I put the call out for tires a couple weeks ago, I am still getting responses from friends and such.

Have a guy offering me 2 brand new 13x24 recap grader tires. Bandag caps. First time casings. 11x24 is the factory ag tire size. will fit my rims fine.

Of course they are meant for much heavier loads and more torque than I will put to them. But I am wondering if they will have enough traction?

Maybe they won't tear up the yard as bad? Maybe they will be too hard and stiff to get traction?

Kind of hard to pass up really. We use bandag for all of out trailer and drive caps. Bandag is located pretty close by and waiting to hear what my truck tire guy says about them but I imagine this would be the last set I would ever put on or need.
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What is wrong with the rear tires you just put on it? Looked like to me they would last for years. Hard to wear out tires on a low HP, lightweight tractor, unless you road it a lot.
The tires that you put on it look like they'd have better traction than these.
 
skyhiranger said:
What is wrong with the rear tires you just put on it? Looked like to me they would last for years. Hard to wear out tires on a low HP, lightweight tractor, unless you road it a lot.
The tires that you put on it look like they'd have better traction than these.
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They are dry rotted really bad. They both had useable tubes in them already. They seem to be holding pressure for now but there are some funny bulges after I aired them up. The cracks are big enough I am sure they will let dirt and garbage inside and damage the tube if I work them at all.
Or geez if I put any torque to them they may just peel off. LOL

They were free, I was in a hurry to get the tractor mobile so I just took the first thing that came along. Had no intention of keeping them if I was able to get the tractor running.
Just needed something to move the tractor around with and they are working great for that.

Just had this other offer pop up today and trying to decide if it would be a mistake or not. Otherwise I will run what's on there till the tubes pop.

The last thing I want is to be trying to air up tires with 10 inches of snow on the ground and only 5 degrees out. Because you know that is when it would happen.

If you blow the picture up you can kind of see. This was the better of the two, but pictures don't do the dry rotting justice.
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Tiha said:
They are dry rotted really bad. They both had useable tubes in them already. They seem to be holding pressure for now but there are some funny bulges after I aired them up. The cracks are big enough I am sure they will let dirt and garbage inside and damage the tube if I work them at all.
Or geez if I put any torque to them they may just peel off. LOL

They were free, I was in a hurry to get the tractor mobile so I just took the first thing that came along. Had no intention of keeping them if I was able to get the tractor running.
Just needed something to move the tractor around with and they are working great for that.

Just had this other offer pop up today and trying to decide if it would be a mistake or not. Otherwise I will run what's on there till the tubes pop.

The last thing I want is to be trying to air up tires with 10 inches of snow on the ground and only 5 degrees out. Because you know that is when it would happen.

If you blow the picture up you can kind of see. This was the better of the two, but pictures don't do the dry rotting justice.
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Ahh, ok.
Looks like front tires might need to be a higher priority than rear tires.:lmao:
 
skyhiranger said:
Ahh, ok.
Looks like front tires might need to be a higher priority than rear tires.:lmao:
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lmao, yes the right front is horrible. But they are foam filled. So they are good for now. Not sure what to do when I get there, will I have to cut them off the rims? Never done a foam filled before.

My truck tire guy says AG tire guy says no to those caps on my light little tractor. He said he had some, I think firestone all traction take offs and he could give me a couple. Not sure, he is stopping by tomorrow to give me details.

The way he explained it as those tires are so hard and stiff it would be like driving on bald tires. I would never get any bite out of them without adding 10k in weight.
 
Just bear in mind that fwa tractors are just like 4x4 vehicles. They don't like different sized tires.
 
Tiha said:
lmao, yes the right front is horrible. But they are foam filled. So they are good for now. Not sure what to do when I get there, will I have to cut them off the rims? Never done a foam filled before.
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Yeah I would guess you have to cut them off. I can’t think of any other way you could get them off the wheels.
 
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