Farmall C wheel replacement

BIGR · Dec 13, 2008

I picked up a '51 Farmall "C", nice shape hasn't run in 5 years. Working on that. The rear tires have calcium in them, I think. One rim is rusted out, other one is decent. Picked up 2 good rims from Dale in Idaho from an ad I posted on YT. Tires are pretty decent. The local tire guy will change the rims out for $50.00 each but he's not real comfortable with the calcium. Any easy ways to get the calcium out and what do you do with it? Thanks!

Anonymous-0 · Dec 13, 2008

BIGR,IT sounds kind of pricey but certain area's like to get in your pocket.You should be able to get the calcuim pumped out for $10 or so for a little 36" tire.Go to a farm tire store or call to see what they will do it for.After you get them pumped out pour gasoline around the bead wait a couple of min an a couple of wack's with a tire hammer should come loose. I'm not a tire man but deal with 50 yr old tires on my old tractors from time to time.Good luck Gene

Hugh MacKay · Dec 13, 2008

Bigr: To get rid of calcium, get a barrel, 3 are better. lay tire and rim on top of barrels with valve stem down, pointing into one of the barrels. Let it drain into a barrel, as it drains out put a 6" block under tire, opposite side from valve stem. Walk away and forget it for 3 days, it will drain out. If you have a way to add air, you can speed up the draining.

Put the barrels of calcium in a back shed. great for dust control in summer or ice control in winter. Don't worry about harming vegitation, it takes a lot of calcium that strength to do any damage. I lost the entire contents from a 20.8x38 in one spot, middle of a corn field. Two weeks after corn was up, one couldn't find the spot. At harvest time it couldn't be seen. The next year I seeded the field to alfalfa, still couldn't see the spot. That 20.8x38 probably had 5 times the calcium chloride you 11.2x36 will.

Once you have the calcium out, follow the direction given by Gene.

mkirsch · Dec 13, 2008

What you need is a local tire guy who does tractor tires. That guy will have the equipment to quickly and efficiently remove the fluid from the tires, and replace it if you so choose.

J.J. from Afton · Dec 13, 2008

Like others have you should be able have a service company come and empty the tires on site for around $10. Had the two 18.4x30s on my 560 standard emptied last summer and new valves for that, and they each had almost 100 gallons of chloride in em.

-Jordan

Hugh MacKay · Dec 13, 2008

Jordan: $10. really, it's a miracle. You wont get it done for that in my neck of the woods. You'd be lucky to get off with a $100. service charge plus time.

kopeck · Dec 13, 2008

(quoted from post at 15:55:49 12/13/08) Jordan: $10. really, it's a miracle. You wont get it done for that in my neck of the woods. You'd be lucky to get off with a $100. service charge plus time.

I needed to drain two Super M tires and they fellow I talked to figured it would be close to $200 by the time he was done. He said it wasn't that it was hard, just that it took quite a bit of time, and at $65 bucks an hour it doesn't take a whole lot for that to add up (I had to start paying him when he left his driveway).

We just jacked up the rear end and let them drain out onto some brush.

K

RickB · Dec 13, 2008

I can't get anyone to answer the phone for $10.

LMack · Dec 13, 2008

Some of us have to deal with chemical contamination on our day job. Calcium Chloride would not be considered an environmental contaminant and actually helps with sodium removal when applied at reasonable rates. I agree that it would be a waste just throw it away. Try collecting it and using it to keep the walk and drive free of ice. It is an excelent de-icing agent. If you want to read about it try the link. I prefer to use antifreeze (environmentally frindly antifreez) in tires just because of the corrosion problem. LMack
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ArleninOr · Dec 13, 2008

Hugh, don't know what kind of calcium you lost out of your tire but when mine emptied in the hay field 2 years ago we still have a bald spot. About 30 ft by 10 ft. Even took a rake and small hand tiller and replanted seed this fall and nothing is coming up.Will try again in the spring.

J.J. from Afton · Dec 14, 2008

The man who took care of them for me runs his own tire business and is never one to overcharge, one of few resonable, friendly guys left around here. Last month I drove a relatives 574 into town to get a valve on one of the back tires replaced and just that was almost $10.

-Jordan

Hugh MacKay · Dec 14, 2008

Jordan: There is a big difference between changing a valve stem and pumping chloride. I can change a valve stem in my back yard in less than 10 minutes.

I've seen equipment that can pump chloride from or into most tires in 20. So in and out plus 3/4 hour for changing tire and cleaning rim, your looking at 1-1/2 hours per wheel. With the investment involved in that equipment plus a mobile service truck, if he's not charging $65. per hour he's going broke.

J.J. from Afton · Dec 14, 2008

I know theres a big difference. I was just point it out.

He didnt charge me for coming to town where the tractor was cause he was already going to somebody elses farm just outside town, So he just came early and stopped on his way. So he charged for fuel to run his pump and a little for labor thats why it was only $20. (sorry that was a typo in my other post)

It was just having the tractor in the right place at the right time.

-Jordan

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