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<blockquote data-quote="Tony" data-source="post: 169660" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Well, the good news keeps coming in. I went out to fire up the tractor to make sure it didn't need anything for the season (other than the $200 service that I will need to do on it this season....) and I found an issue. </p><p></p><p>About 4 years ago, I got a piece of metal in the right front tire. It was just a thick wire, and the leak was slow. Sometimes it would go months before I had to air it up, sometimes a day. Just depended on how the tires feelings felt that day..... </p><p></p><p>Well, I knew the tire was flat (have not even started that tractor since about Oct of last year) so I went to the garage and turned the air compressor on and had already fired up the tractor and had it idling. And yes, I was very surprised that it cranked right up after all of this sitting! </p><p></p><p>The air compressor fills up and I grab my chuck and start putting air in the tire. I hear a leak.... I start to turn the tire (I used the bucket to raise the front end just in case it pulled the tire off the bead driving it over there) and air hits my hand. </p><p></p><p>I had a split in the sidewall of the tire.... No repairing that... So it's time to purchase some new tires which I did not plan to do for quite a while. </p><p></p><p>A genuine set of John Deere wheels and tires are about $300 just for the front. F-That!!! </p><p></p><p>Found some tires on Walmart sold by a third party for $136. And that is for a pair of tires. So I had the wife pull the trigger on that one and we should have them in a week. Now I just need to prepare myself for swapping the tires out lol. </p><p></p><p>The plan at this time is to replace both front tires, and keep the left front as a spare in case this crap happens again. Hope to never have this issue, but you know it will happen sooner or later. Not to mention I still need to spend that $200 on the 3 quarts of oil for the Yanmar Diesel engine, 4 gallons of hydraulic fluid for the transmission and different hydraulics like the 3 point and front bucket (hydrostatic transmission). Along with that oil, it also comes with the primary and secondary air filters, primary and secondary fuel filters, hydraulic filter and oil filter. Just that is $200.... Price you have to pay to make your life easier...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony, post: 169660, member: 1"] Well, the good news keeps coming in. I went out to fire up the tractor to make sure it didn't need anything for the season (other than the $200 service that I will need to do on it this season....) and I found an issue. About 4 years ago, I got a piece of metal in the right front tire. It was just a thick wire, and the leak was slow. Sometimes it would go months before I had to air it up, sometimes a day. Just depended on how the tires feelings felt that day..... Well, I knew the tire was flat (have not even started that tractor since about Oct of last year) so I went to the garage and turned the air compressor on and had already fired up the tractor and had it idling. And yes, I was very surprised that it cranked right up after all of this sitting! The air compressor fills up and I grab my chuck and start putting air in the tire. I hear a leak.... I start to turn the tire (I used the bucket to raise the front end just in case it pulled the tire off the bead driving it over there) and air hits my hand. I had a split in the sidewall of the tire.... No repairing that... So it's time to purchase some new tires which I did not plan to do for quite a while. A genuine set of John Deere wheels and tires are about $300 just for the front. F-That!!! Found some tires on Walmart sold by a third party for $136. And that is for a pair of tires. So I had the wife pull the trigger on that one and we should have them in a week. Now I just need to prepare myself for swapping the tires out lol. The plan at this time is to replace both front tires, and keep the left front as a spare in case this crap happens again. Hope to never have this issue, but you know it will happen sooner or later. Not to mention I still need to spend that $200 on the 3 quarts of oil for the Yanmar Diesel engine, 4 gallons of hydraulic fluid for the transmission and different hydraulics like the 3 point and front bucket (hydrostatic transmission). Along with that oil, it also comes with the primary and secondary air filters, primary and secondary fuel filters, hydraulic filter and oil filter. Just that is $200.... Price you have to pay to make your life easier... [/QUOTE]
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