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05-31-2020, 05:24 PM
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Wheel barrow flat tires
I'm getting tired of replacing the wheel/tire on my wheel barrows, landscaping cart, power washer etc. etc. .... no matter what I do these things won't hold air after five years. Well ... some of them seem to last forever, another of the same brand won't last two years.
So fed up I'm actually going to try to dismount and fix a couple tomorrow .... but is there any better solution? Maybe something I can fill them with that will firm up like foam and make them semi-rigid? Thanks |
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05-31-2020, 05:55 PM
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Slime works for quite awhile, I've used it before in some of my lawn equipment tires.
And then there's inner tubes. And finally, expanding foam insulation, although I've never used it, plenty of videos on You tube drilling holes in the tire and filling it with foam.
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05-31-2020, 06:19 PM
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Have had luck with inner tubes.
Slime has not worked well for me. The key if you just use tubeless tires is to glass bead and paint the inside bead on the wheels prior to installing the new tires. Jon.
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05-31-2020, 06:41 PM
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I have used a tube in both my wheel barrels and have done well for me, only topped it off with air.
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05-31-2020, 07:29 PM
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05-31-2020, 07:36 PM
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Inner tubes are always my fix for that problem, works well.
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05-31-2020, 07:59 PM
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I replaced the tire/wheel on 2 wheelbarrows with the tires that don’t use air. They have a semi solid ring inside. Worked good for me. YMMV
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05-31-2020, 08:01 PM
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05-31-2020, 09:37 PM
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Tubes, problem solved.
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05-31-2020, 09:55 PM
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All of these that I have problems with already have tubes .... and I changed the Schrader valves too.
Might have to get me some of those solid tires. They seem to be a popular item. Thanks for the excellent suggestions folks. |
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05-31-2020, 11:20 PM
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Did this a while ago, now has solids, no air no flats. Cost may be a little bit more, but no worries.
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06-01-2020, 01:20 AM
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Hmm... wheelbarrows now have tubeless tires?
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06-01-2020, 06:55 AM
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Yes tubeless. I had one 4.5 cut ft plastic-vinyl wheelbarrow used around the house. Sat outside year round,tire was always a problem. So found tubeless tire at Tractor Supply been fine. Just did another Saturday for wifes little barrow,tire from HF. Havent done one on hd steel, concrete wheel barrow yet. My hd cub cadets front tires have tubes.
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06-01-2020, 08:04 AM
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The issue with keeping the tires up, is then you have to use the wheelbarrow!
Jon.
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06-01-2020, 09:10 AM
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When the 'speaker of the house' talks-orders you got to react!! Gulp!
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06-02-2020, 03:19 AM
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So ... while I was relaxing in the shop repairing the two flats ( found small punctures in the tubes) .... I remembered something I would use as a kid to fix flats.
They were patches that you clamped on to the tube with a small clamp and this metal plate that you would light on fire ... the plate had some kind of single use fuel in it that would heat up and "vulcanize" the patch .... they worked tremendously. Is that my imagination or did those exist? |
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06-02-2020, 08:11 AM
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They existed. The ones I remember were oblong in shape. After we were no longer able to get them, used to light the glue; basically served the same function.
Jon.
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"Good carburetion is fuelish hot air". "The most expensive carburetor is the wrong one given to you by your neighbor". If you truly believe that "one size fits all" try walking a mile in your spouse's shoes! Owner of The Carburetor Shop, LLC (of Missouri). Current caretaker of the remains of Stromberg Caburetor, and custodian of the existing Carter and Kingston carburetor drawings. |
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06-02-2020, 09:17 AM
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I am a contractor and nothing more frustrating then grabbing the wheel barrow with a flat tire out of the storage yard on the day of a concrete pour. I put solid tires on mine. The one I have looks just like a reg. tire, but is solid rubber. Its been so long I cant remember where I got it. Either at Tractor supply or maybe Northern Hardware. Never have to worry about a flat again.
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06-02-2020, 11:14 PM
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I did away with the wheelbarrow and got a four wheeled dump wagon that I can either pull by hand or, flip the grab handle around and hook to my riding mower. Being old I got tired of fighting to keep the wheelbarrow from tipping over.
I have had it for about 5 years without a flat tire yet. If I have a problem with any going flat I will put hard rubber ones on.
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06-03-2020, 01:55 AM
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I replaced the entire wheelbarrow with a solid tire model. One less headache.
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