Sunday, June 26, 2016

ATV Tires

We got to the cottage and pulled the ATV from storage and rather quickly watched the LF tire go flat. Aired it up and it went flat again - turns out the tire was all cracked and rotted. I guess the life of a tire at altitude is about 13 years as the ATV is a 2003 model. The other three tires were not in much better shape.

I found rather quickly that ATV tires are pretty pricey and the cost to mount them is also cause for pause. Lots of shopping found Amazon to have the best tire prices and Walmart offers the best price to mount the tires ($5 each). The wonders of Amazon Prime had four new tires on our doorstep in just a few days.

We used the tractor bucket to lift the ATV to remove tires which helped make the job go a bit easier.

The ATV now has new tires and should be ready for several seasons of riding.



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5 comments:

  1. cumbresJune 27, 2016 at 6:50 PM

    Once you have a loader there are many more heavy things to lift then you could imagine.

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    1. JohnboyJuly 1, 2016 at 7:53 PM

      Agreed! We use the loader for moving firewood, spreading gravel, moving slash, lifting snowmobiles,moving decorative stone and moving snow. Quite handy to have...

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    2. JohnboyJuly 1, 2016 at 7:53 PM

      Agreed! We use the loader for moving firewood, spreading gravel, moving slash, lifting snowmobiles,moving decorative stone and moving snow. Quite handy to have...

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  2. The Menagerie MommaJune 28, 2016 at 6:39 AM

    Cool! See another use for the tractor. :)

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  3. Note from GrangerJuly 10, 2016 at 8:40 PM

    Tires--so necessary but too pricey. I'm glad you are all set with safe treads.

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