rubber tire wear on pneumatic tired mills

[shinnlinger]

Hi,

I have a Turner mill that uses trailer tires as band wheels.  The drive tire has a groove in the middle of it that I attribute to running too much tension when I first got it.  This tire would pass a DOT inspection and the mill works fine,  but my mill partner is concerned and wants to roatate the tires or replace them.  Personally I dont think it is an issue, but I fighured I would ask up here.

Should we be concerned?

Thanks

[logwalker]

I would fire it up and use my 4x24 belt sander to reshape the tire back to spec. You would of course remove the band first. A lot easier than rotating and you would still have the groove.
Joe

[bandmiller2]

Up tite and in the groove ,sorry couldn't resist.If shes cutting fine I wouldn't worry you have alot of tred before the cords.Centrifugal [sp] force tends to keep the bands tite.Hows the tire pressure ,what do they recomend ?? Frank C.

[Toolman]

Did you contact Bill Turner? I bought one of his hydraulic mills about 6 months ago and found him to be very helpful . I've had some minor issues which he provided good help with. I'd give him a call. If you need his number contact me through forum.

[bck]

The first thing that comes to mind is how is it cutting, and you said its cutting fine. The way I see it is its doing what you want it to so it aint broke, and if it aint broke dont fix it. 
I would only worry about changing them if it was cutting bad.

[shinnlinger]

bck,

I agree, If it was my call I wouldn't touch it, but my partner is a bit more persnickity than I am and he thinks it is a problem.  I hope I can talk him out of tearing the thing apart right before I need to mill something.

I will share all these responses.

Toolman,

I did talk with Bill Turner a few years ago and he does seem like a good guy,  MAybe I will bug him.

Does your mill have pneumatic tries?

[Lud]

Centrifugal vs. centripetal?May the Force be with you.  cast your vote!

Thinking about putting some of that green ooze in my spare tire mill as pressure seems to be dropping a bit.

Any thoughts?

[Toolman]

Shinnlinger,

yes, I have the pneumatic tires. I have about 300 hrs on them. I have'nt experienced any unusual wear. Did you check the air pressure? I check pressure once in a while. I havent lost any pressure since I had the mill. Another possibility is that maybe not enough tension on blade, causing some slippage, which could cause premature wear. I use enough tension so that blade is into tire about 1/16 ". There should be just a slight valley when looking across tire.

[timberfaller390]

is your partner worried that the tire is going to pop? or just that it needs fixed just "because"

[Toolman]

Hey Lud,

I'm not sure that would be a good idea. I would be concerned that the balance would be thrown off. I could be wrong, but it's something to think about.

[Tim L]

If it works fine , run it . Bill Turner is great to talk to .Maybe your partner should call him just for peace of mind. If you have a trailer model those are the same tires .

[Lud]

Toolman,
               The stuff spreads out in an even layer because  of centrifugal force.  You don't fill it , just a good slug.  Gets sucked into any leak.   Shouldn't be a balance issue.