Mowing Nails in Tires

[ABuddy]

Howdy,

I am planning on doing weed abatement on lots throughout California.

Most of the lots appear to be relatively flat with wild oats to be abated with a brush hog. There is also some scattereed debris on a small percentage of the lots. May be an occasion nail or sharpobject which I may not be able to see.

Any suggestions on the most practical method for repairing tubeless tires? I may need to fill the tires with water for traction and ballast.

Also, would you recommend to use the goop which can be injected into the trires to help fill leaks?

Thanks,

Bud

 

[Egon]

Use the goop.

Carry a repair kit and a cheap 12 volt compressor.

 

[Ironhand]

Slime works great in ATV tires if you can do without the ballast (both won't work).

 

[Carykong]

If you experience unusually high tire failure due objects like nails and thorns,I got my tires lined on the inside with extra rubber,about 3/8 inch. Inner tubes hold up much better.

 

[Soundguy]

I don't know the cost.. but what about 'balasting' the fronts with slime.. or a slime like alternative.. I know tsc sometimes sells it in bulk with a pump handle.

that or

get used aircraft tires for fronts

foam fill your fronts

got to tubes, and run thick boots as someone else mentioned


good luck

soundguy

 

[NWOH_Grizz]

A couple of years ago I had a flat on one of my ATV's while way out in a national forest. Put Slime in there, sealed the flat well. Ran it with the Slime in there the whole rest of the season. The following spring, went to dismount the tire and had a heck of a time getting the bead to break. Had to use a wide dull chisel, a 4 lb hammer, and some special words. The Slime had rusted the rim real bad. I was able to salvage it with a lot of wire wheel and sandpaper time, then tube it. The other three tires popped right off and the wheels were nice and shiny.

In my experience, Slime is good for an emergency fix, but not for long term use in tubeless tires. Probably OK for tubed tires.

 

[LoneCowboy]

there's a kit by blackjack and it's basically a patch kit from the outside. You ream it, shove the stuff thru and it holds the tire.
then run air off your truck. (it usually doesn't lose that much air to be honest)

yes, you will go thru tires.

 

[TripleR]

When cleaning up a section of our property we had a lot of Locust trees and couldn't keep the tires on our tractor or ATV patched, so we used a tire sealer, I forget the name, but it worked very well for a couple of years until the tires were about a third wood, a third rubber and the rest sealant.

 

[Soundguy]

I think I'd have to grab a set of old tires and rusty rims and foam them if I had to do alot of work in a thorn or nail ridden area..

soundguy

 

[whistlepig]

R1 rear tractor tires will take a tremendous amount of abuse without getting a flat. I used to mow vacant lots in the city for realtors. These vacant lots were a dumping area for all the houses around. I have popped several hundred beer bottles with my rear tires and never gotten a flat. Ran over about anything one could imagine. I tried Slime and the tire sealants on my small mowers and ATV's. This stuff really makes a mess inside the tires and rims and doesn't last forever. Sooner or later this stuff has to come back out of the tires.