I'm in the middle of my annual haying frenzy, a day or two of cutting hay, waiting a day or two, glued to the weather channel, rake and bale, get it in the barn. If the weather holds.
Not a high buck, modern process, most of the equipment dates to the 1970s (the raking tractor is a 1948 Ford 8N) and we bring in less than a thousand small squares, but it's enough for the sheep, goats, horses and whatever else my sister finds at the sales barn... I came out today to find the sun shining and a flat tire on the old 3rd or 4th-hand New Holland ground-drive rake.
Ok, it's been neglected... Hmmm, what to do. A quick perusal of the used tire pile failed to produce a 165x 13 tire... but it's a tubeless tire... Somehow I coaxed the bead to reset and magically, it appears to be still holding air. Just for safety, I put in a partial bottle of Slime stopleak and got my raking/baling done.
But now the dilemma. If this was 1985, I could head to any wrecking yard for a used 13" tire from a Honda Civic or Toyota or whatever, but when was the last time you saw a 13" radial tire? A glance at the other wheel revealed an even older weather-checked but intact tire, a tube-type 5.60x15. That might even be original? But where would I find an affordable VW Beetle sized tire? And the mismatched sizes isn't an ideal situation. Stay tuned...
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Hello :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e01E_YYGnpI
Räder auf neu machen: einfach auf 14 Zoll umschweissen.Die Mitte heraus trennen und in eine andere Felge einschweissen
the 14" conversion is also a possibility. The bolt circle seems to be 5", maybe I can find one readymade!
The youtube video is very peaceful. Love it.
I feel ya, brother: my hay rake has 14" wheels...try to find a 14" used tire!
Similar issue looking for 13" tires for my Sunbeam Alpine. I found lots of 13" and 14" tires available, but only for trailers, which likely won't help you either because by the time trailer tires come up for sale it's because they look worse than the ones on the hay rake.
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