New M 59 here

[Charlesaf3]

Foam fills the tires with foam - you can get it from professional tire places, though my dealer (Messicks) handled it for me. Costs a fair bit, but makes the tires puncture proof, and adds the most weight. Make sure to get the "soft" foam if you go that way.

Rim guard is a lot cheaper, gives you most of the weight, but no puncture proofing. Probably the way to go for most - I'm in the woods with poor access to tire repair, so I went lifetime.

[BigD23]

Originally Posted by Charlesaf3

Foam fills the tires with foam - you can get it from professional tire places, though my dealer (Messicks) handled it for me. Costs a fair bit, but makes the tires puncture proof, and adds the most weight. Make sure to get the "soft" foam if you go that way.

Rim guard is a lot cheaper, gives you most of the weight, but no puncture proofing. Probably the way to go for most - I'm in the woods with poor access to tire repair, so I went lifetime.

Your foam filled tires caught my eye...Living with quite a few (too many) hawthorn trees has caused me many a run to get tires fixed or green slime filled...I'm running a BX23 so my tires are a bit smaller, but could you share what the cost was to fill 4 of your tires? Will give me something to work off of when I shop around to get it done. Thanks!

Don

[Kytractor]

I found a local tire company that foam fills tires, but have not gotten a price yet. If you ever replace the tires , do you have to replace rims as well?

[MessickFarmEqu]

Originally Posted by BigD23

could you share what the cost was to fill 4 of your tires? Will give me something to work off of when I shop around to get it done. Thanks!

Don

Going rate is $1.25 per pound of foam. I'd figure $350-400 for a set of 4 BX tires.

[Charlesaf3]

Good question on the rims - I'd imagine you could chisel the foam off the rims, but thats 20 odd years down the road for me, so I'm not worrying about it.