Almost hate to do it to you, but....?

[Lone Oak Landscaping]

I know the tire threads have been beat to death here but I have to ask .
Can slime be used in a loaded tire ?
Will it still give puncture protection , even with the liquid ?

Sorry to put up another tire thread , Just so you know I have been looking back at old threads for days and could not find it brought up ,even e-mailed slime a few days ago with no response .

 

[jinman]

I think the answer depends on when the tire is loaded. If it is loaded after the slime, then there should be no problem. If loaded before the slime, it won't work. There would be no way to rotate the tire and get the slime to penetrate the hole reliably with water, beet juice, calcium, or antifreeze interfering. Perhaps that's why tractor tires aren't even listed as an application on the Slime website.

 

[Bird]

I know the tire threads have been beat to death here but I have to ask .
Can slime be used in a loaded tire ?
Will it still give puncture protection , even with the liquid ?

Sorry to put up another tire thread , Just so you know I have been looking back at old threads for days and could not find it brought up ,even e-mailed slime a few days ago with no response .

I think you'd just be wasting your money. Depending upon the ratio of slime to the other liquid (I don't know what they're loaded with) it might slow a leak down a bit, but probably wouldn't even do that. My opinion; not necessarily a fact.

 

[PILOON]

"even e-mailed slime a few days ago with no response "

Not uncommon!

Never ceases to amaze me that some companies spend good $$'s to set up web sites and then don't bother to answer their Emails!

Must be a generation thing, and yet there are some that 'have made it' mainly due to the internet.

I too have waited days and even weeks for replies and often no reply.

One firm, a once famous name work boot mfg, even went so far as to remouve their mail links when I repetedly tried for a response! (but then even a written 'snail mail' went unanswered!) now they seem to be fading away from the market place.

 

[radioman]

i have made a comment before on slime and ill say it again - slime only gaurantee the slime to work for 2 years. whats the point of having slime if it will fall apart without a warning in 2 years ? Or do you need something that will work for a few days till new tire or permanant patch can be done ? I guess it depends on what you need to do. I used to have a walk behind tiller with a slow leak and i used the fix a flat just to keep the tire up to use the tiller for the season. It never fails, every spring i have to use another can. i didnt use the tiller much , just to prepare the garden bed so didnt see the point of fixing it for good.

 

[RobJ]

i have made a comment before on slime and ill say it again - slime only gaurantee the slime to work for 2 years. whats the point of having slime if it will fall apart without a warning in 2 years ? Or do you need something that will work for a few days till new tire or permanant patch can be done ? I guess it depends on what you need to do. I used to have a walk behind tiller with a slow leak and i used the fix a flat just to keep the tire up to use the tiller for the season. It never fails, every spring i have to use another can. i didnt use the tiller much , just to prepare the garden bed so didnt see the point of fixing it for good.

I think slime is a waste of money to. I have tried it. I put some (a decent amount) in an ATV a couple-three years back. I recently changed the tires...guess what...nothing was in the atv tire! You see a little residue, about it. And it never fixed the small leaks. Also tried on a riding mower. Didn't work. Just green colored water.

 

[schmism]

Ive used it to great success on keeping my tubless wheelbarrow tires aired up for more than 2 days. (going on months now)

I used some in my front tire on my CUT that was leaking around an existing tire plug. worked fine.

So IMHO slime does have its applications.... but for this one (loaded tire) im going to go with no.

 

[Soundguy]

I also wouldn't bet on it..

soundguy

 

[john_bud]

"Slime" is guaranteed to be slimy - optionally green

jb

 

[Lone Oak Landscaping]

I kind of had a feeling it would not work anyway ,just bieng lazy I suppose.

I always make sure I carry plugs and a small 12 volt compressor and hope I get lucky enough to catch a leak before it gets to low to pop the bead, not like I don't enjoy trying to get a tire on the rim durring a storm,you know how much fun that can be.