Truck tire sidewall patch???

[RustyA]

Put the spare tire on the road wheel and make the one with the repaired sidewall your spare rubber at the very least. If they used a patch/plug it is a patch plus a pull through plug which is the preferred method to repair LT 10 ply tires that are damaged within the face of the tread. If the damage is outside the last groove of the tread we refuse to repair them for liability reasons. I would never drive or tow with a repaired sidewall...not worth $200 in my mind.

 

[YLee Kioti]

This thread reminds me of the tundra forums where a 5th wheel overloads the vehicle by a thousand or more and the threads goes for pages on how to 'fix' the springs, air bags etc.

The safest for you and family is to bite the bullet and get a new tire.
Does that suck, yipper sure do!

In the back of your mind you will wonder when it will go and who all will it impact (no pun intended). On coming traffic passengers etc.

Same thought process if ever used for a spare.

use a IR digital thermometer and monitor tire temps and road temps in July or August.

The sidewall is designed to flex and absorb road imperfections within a given set of guidelines.

Hopefully this thread will end with a happy ending.

 

[N80]

Yes, this stinks. I wish my wife had not taken it in and gotten that plug. The initial hole was literally the size of a small needle. If the thorn had been pulled though from the inside it might have even sealed itself. Just such a shame for such a tiny puncture to cause a complete loss of the tire. (It took a week to loose 5 pounds of pressure...tiny hole).

Anyway, I'm going to get a new one. It is a good inch below tread level so fully in the sidewall. It caught the edge of a 'lug' in the sidewall that is so popular these days in off-road tires. I think it is all looks and no real function but it is what it is. If it had a smooth sidewall the thorn never would have gone in.

So, the other thing I need to do is rid my cabin driveway area of honey locust trees. Not an easy task. They grow like weeds.

 

[kc5dlo]

I just replaced 4 tires on one of my vehicles this week. When shopping online for the replacements, I noticed many of the tires i looked at had free 2 year road hazard included in the cost of the tire. Discount tire was one of the places I saw that. Made a mental note because I never purchase the road hazard. Might be worth a shot and see if the tires you purchased have the free 2 year road hazard.

 

[YLee Kioti]

Now I have to go learn about honey locust trees!

Wow those are some respectable size thorn...!

We have huasachi here, thorny trees that go through leather gloves like a hot knife in butter.

Sounds like we all have our country thorns to bear.....heh...heh...

On edit my BFG KO's are approaching replacement age. I do like the looks of those tires with the lugs protruding from the tread down towards the sidewall. Had considered them to be helpful in muddy conditions.

But now you bring a new twist, as much as I use truck to tow trailer into the pasture and still have remnants of thorns all over I'm thinking Hmmm snap what a place to get a flat. Thanks for sharing raises awareness now of my driving out there when cleaning up.

Guess I'll look into a tow bar and take tractor out there to load up trailer.

Hope it works out well for you.

 

[Redbug]

Although I have never used it, instead of plugging next time what if you pumped in some of that liquid flat fixer stuff. There are several brands out there. Put it in...pump the tire up and rotate around. The fibers in the liquid plug the hole.

 

[Jstpssng]

Although I have never used it, instead of plugging next time what if you pumped in some of that liquid flat fixer stuff. There are several brands out there. Put it in...pump the tire up and rotate around. The fibers in the liquid plug the hole.

I wouldn't advise using it if you intend to ever put a different tire on the rim. Tire companies hate it because it makes such a mess; and some will charge you extra to clean up your rim.

 

[QRTRHRS]

I would run a sidewall patched tire in a dually configuration on maybe a one ton if the truck was just for local use. For some sort of over the road situation, nadda. LOL, I can remember way back when the controversy over running bias ply caps on the front.

 

[4570Man]

I’d stick it on the back of my dually. It’s not worth $200 on a single rear wheel truck.

 

[N80]

Now I have to go learn about honey locust trees!

Wow those are some respectable size thorn...!

We have huasachi here, thorny trees that go through leather gloves like a hot knife in butter.

Honey locust is difficult to deal with. It puts up shoots from the root structure and it sends out roots way further than the reach of the branches. If you cut one down you can put brush killer on the stump and it will not grow up from the stump but it will still send up shoots from the root.

The thorns can be huge but the smaller ones are the sharpest. The cattle farmer next door gets frequent punctures in his tractor front tires and has even had puncture in the rears of one of his large ag tractors. The thorns will go right through the bottom of your boot too.

They do attract deer with their large sweet pods. I've seen deer gathered around them on a windy day waiting for the pods to fall.