Bullet Holes in Tire

[BobInMN]

If a guy was to have a .22 cal bullet hole through the sidewalls of a new trailer tire do you think he could just throw a couple of patches inside the sidewalls and put a tube in it? Just wondering, you know, if something like that was to happen.

 

[Daver1963]

if something like that was to happen.

If someone was to take aim at something like that maybe they could hit the treaded area where the tire could be patched and not need a tube.
Seriously, I would think that the sidewall patched, even with a tube, would not be very safe and the pressure of air and weight would not be safe.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I would not use it. Around here the tire shops will not touch sidewall damage.

Chris

 

[k0ua]

It just seems like such an unlikely event, it is hardly worth mentioning. Maybe take it to a tire repair shop and ask them?.. You know just saying... hypothetically.

 

[bcp]

I would repair and use it ONLY IF I or someone could use it on an implement, farm wagon, or other slow off-road use.

Bruce

 

[/pine]

It's expensive but it may able to be vulcanized...?

 

[BrandonR]

Broken structure in the sidewall, the tire is no longer fit for highway use in any way.

 

[k0ua]

Broken structure in the sidewall, the tire is no longer fit for highway use in any way.

That was what I was thinking too, but he said trailer, and I wasn't sure if he meant farm trailer or highway trailer. If it was some old farm trailer/wagon of some kind, pulled behind a tractor and never taken on the highway, then probably OK.. A highway trailer, then not so much.

Of course it is all hypothetical discussion anyway..It is not like he actually shot his tire or anything like that:shocked:

 

[brin]

I have to differ some....if the sidewall is patched, with a boot, from the inside the pressure wouldn't be a problem...so in the hypothetical event the sidewall of a tire was penetrated by a mysterious 22 cal. bullet ...a patch inside with the addition of a tube would satisfy me enough that I would pull the trailer...:confused3: Hypothetically of course...

 

[handirifle]

Boy, glad its not me having this hypothetical discussion. Bad enough when I have to eat crow over 4 brand new looking but 4 yr old traier tires. "No problem, they will be fine" till 100 miles up the road one shreds itself.

I wouldn't trust anything on that tire on highway. Would probably live a long life on a rarm trailer with a tube in it. My tire shop told me they are not allowed to vulcanize patches any more, not on sidewalls ever.

 

[wolftree]

I suppose if someone hypothetically drove through downtown Detroit, they might have need of repairing bullet holes in trailer tires. I would not use this said tire on any highway vehicle after said repairs though.

 

[Soundguy]

farm / offroad use? sure.. internal patch and tube.

road? never any sidewall repair...

 

[Code54]

I'm with Soundguy!

 

[CurlyDave]

As an engineer I can tell you that tires do not work the way most people think they do.

Air pressure inside the tire does not directly carry any weight. The weight is carried by the sidewalls. The air pressure makes the sidewalls more stiff and therefore able to carry the weight.

Since the sidewall carries the weight, I would never use a patched sidewall on any public roadway. Off-road, on a low speed farm trailer or wagon, OK, but no public roads for me.

 

[powerpace]

I'm with CurlyDave on this one. Sidewall damage is asking for trouble at highway speeds. For offroad use it's still trouble and not worth the difference in cost of repair and time as opposed to new tires.


Next time use a hillside as a backstop for your targets. Just kidding of course.

 

[buickanddeere]

Most here are looking at the minor air leakage concern. The important issue is the cut/torn/ruined sidewall belts.

 

[Coyote machine]

If it MUST go on a roadway trailer it should ONLY be used as an emergency spare. Otherwise it would work as an offroad farm trailer tire. Trailer tires are NOT the same as car/ truck tires. Their sidewall structure is much stiffer than car/truck tires and most on road failures are due to underinflation as a result of the operator not being able to see the usual low air bulge associated with regular tires. Then the low air tire goes down the road and heats up and failure occurs due to low air and sidewall failure.
Get a new tire. Check air pressure before any trip and at each tire including the spare.