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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mrs.Charlie" data-source="post: 135836" data-attributes="member: 25031">Hmm, ok, thanks.  I had to take it in to repair a flat, as apparently when I lent/rented it to a friend, they put tubes in it.  My tire guy said to run the tires at around 50psi. I had been using 60psi previously when I first got it.I have a farm, so mainly running it on dirt to transport bales of hay to the animals in the barnyards, paddocks and pastures, but also cement paddocks and cement floored barns for cleaning out manure.  60psi was working fine for me when I first got it.Also, he had it for 2 yrs, and the 3 conditions I gave him for use were;1. take the 2 front tires to a tire specialist and have them professionally re-seated and sealed, as I had recently gotten and installed Over the Tire Rubber Tracks to navigate sloppy snow and manure in the paddocks and I was a novice.  So, I had rolled the 2 front tires off the rims 3x and they were losing air slowly, so had to top them up prior to each use; which was maybe once per week at most, if that.2. It had to be stored inside at all times.3. I would still have use of it whenever I needed it.  So, to that end, I gifted him a Heavy Equipment Trailer that needed work, and he was to fix that up, without having to pay through the nose for float rides, since they lived 2hrs North of me (5 hr float ride).When I finally asked to use it again recently, 1. he had not fixed the trailer so I had to pay $850 for a float ride (most wanted $1000-$1200).  2. I discovered he only fixed the tires 3 days before I picked it up so he used the tires like that for 2 freaking years.  So, I used it for a few round bale moves, then finally got the main barn cleaned out so used it for 7 hrs one day.  2 days later it had a flat.  When I took it to the tire specialist and he replaced the tube he said the reason it went flat is because the tube wasn't installed correctly and it was folded and pinched between the tire and rim.  So, it seems he didn't even take it to a tire specialist, probably just some garage.Thing that gets me, is that he ran my machine for 2 yrs without fixing the front tires, and then when he had to put tubes in, didn't even tell me that so I knew what I was operating with.The tires never lost air when I got it, only after I got the tracks, and rolled the tires off the 3rd time. Question?  I wonder if the 1 tire needed a patch and both needed tubes BECAUSE he never re-seated and sealed the tires 2 yrs ago?</blockquote>

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