Sliced tread - grrrr

TomG · May 26, 2000

Thanks guys. Guess I'm lucky I've lived this long without knowing about boots. Of course, my tractor is at our house demolition site, and the contractor eventually will do me the favour of actually starting my job.

I suppose there will be nails everywhere, and it's very likely I'll quick boot education. Ah, life in the country, the nearest tire shop is only an hour away, but at least there's fewer blackfly there.

W5FL · May 26, 2000

If they are not already filled with water, put the recommended amount of tire sealant in them. They will fix themselves. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

gordon · May 26, 2000

Why do edges not being tapered hinder the patch? Does it cause it to tend to roll up? Thanks
Gordon

Bird · May 26, 2000

Gordon, using a piece of an old inner tube without the edges being tapered usually was not a problem, but remember most of my experience with using boots in tires was 40 years ago (with the last time being 1972 enroute to Alaska) and it was mostly on cars and pickups and some of the old tubes back then weren't the best in the world either and given enough time and flexing, sometimes the edge of the boot would chew into the other inner tube and you had another leak. The real boots that we used in the service station were big patches with tapered edges and had cords in them similar to the cords in the tires back then instead of just being rubber and they were a harder rubber than an inner tube. Of course the only time you used a boot instead of a regular patch was when the tire had broken or separated cords, usually an "X" break on the inside. If you're old enough to have used them, you know it also took a large chunk of lead to balance a tire with a boot in it, too. Or does anyone still use such things?/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bird