Are you sure your newly purchased car has a temp or spare tire back up?

[Creamer]

I’ve found that a shovel makes a pretty good tire lift. Not that that’s going to help you on the side of the road. Someone has already said it but sitting on a bucket and using your arms and legs works pretty good. Not that you’re likely to have a bucket either. I guess if you can’t lift the tire you could adjust the height just right so it’ll slide in like you’d do with a tractor tire.

I never thought about that one but I like it. I never liked getting under a jacked up car to lift the tire with my legs.

 

[PILOON]

On topic, LOL, my tractor and tire story.
Came back from blowing snow and 1 hour later was shocked to see my right rear , like way down.
Now they are loaded with juice and to make things worst very checked and no longer made*.
Juice was actually leaking onto the ground.

Panic is setting in, I can't take to dealer as no truck and my trailer is under a pile of snow.
A trucking tire shop will come to do a field repair but cost is over $200.
Also there is no way I can heft a loaded tire onto the trailer. (also it is -20 out there)

I connect the compressor and air it up (and that was 5 days ago), I have plowed/blown snow for some 8-10 hrs since and the tire is still nicely inflated.

I know my only real solution will be to foam the rears and for sure I want that $200. fee to go to foaming rather than a service call.

My only conclusion is that the air pressure is keeping the leak closed, that or the beet juice sort of self seals a puncture. (And it was a real leak as I could see juice coming out around the rim as I aired the tire)

*Tires are 9.5 X 18 R3's.

 

[Creamer]

On topic, LOL, my tractor and tire story.
Came back from blowing snow and 1 hour later was shocked to see my right rear , like way down.
Now they are loaded with juice and to make things worst very checked and no longer made*.
Juice was actually leaking onto the ground.

Panic is setting in, I can't take to dealer as no truck and my trailer is under a pile of snow.
A trucking tire shop will come to do a field repair but cost is over $200.
Also there is no way I can heft a loaded tire onto the trailer. (also it is -20 out there)

I connect the compressor and air it up (and that was 5 days ago), I have plowed/blown snow for some 8-10 hrs since and the tire is still nicely inflated.

I know my only real solution will be to foam the rears and for sure I want that $200. fee to go to foaming rather than a service call.

My only conclusion is that the air pressure is keeping the leak closed, that or the beet juice sort of self seals a puncture. (And it was a real leak as I could see juice coming out around the rim as I aired the tire)

*Tires are 9.5 X 18 R3's.

If the leak was around the rim higher air pressure may seal it at least temporarily. But it may get you through the winter. The cold, i.e. -20 makes the rubber stiffer and less able to fill in roughness that is probably caused by rim corrosion. the higher air pressure will push the rubber harder and the beet juice may have had some pulp that helped. Either way don't panic as you may get by fine and as soon as the weather breaks it will be OK but you have been warned.

If it was a crack in the tire higher pressure will only open it more.

 

[PILOON]

If the leak was around the rim higher air pressure may seal it at least temporarily. But it may get you through the winter. The cold, i.e. -20 makes the rubber stiffer and less able to fill in roughness that is probably caused by rim corrosion. the higher air pressure will push the rubber harder and the beet juice may have had some pulp that helped. Either way don't panic as you may get by fine and as soon as the weather breaks it will be OK but you have been warned.

If it was a crack in the tire higher pressure will only open it more.

Think you have it.
Considering that the ballast is 'beet juice', which is a sugar by product, it is actually possible that it is 'glued' shut (for the time being).
Used it yesterday and still holding up.

While badly weather checked, there are no breaks.
Rims are rust free as when they installed the 'new' (joke) tires they completely wire brushed and painted the rim interiors while I stood by watching. Rims were squeaky clean so not rim/rust generated problem.

Reminds me of a car tire slow leak once. The culprit was a 3/4" pin sized brad that they never could find for a long time as it would hide between a thread. That was maddening as I had to inflate every week or so.

 

[kenmac]

Me too. I have been a loyal Discount Tire customer for years after I bought my first set of tires from them and I saw they used a torque wrench on the lug nuts. And there prices are good. :thumbsup:

My wife had tire issues once upon a time. Long story short, the idiots had left a couple of the lug nuts OFF the tire and the ones on the studs were loose.

I have not had many flats in my years but I have had a few. Changing the tire sure beats having to wait for a tow truck to show up.

Later,
Dan

I buy my tires from discount tire. Their prices are about the lowest around. I Have them shipped to my house where I mount and balance them.
I also torque my wheels with torque wrench