Wheelbarrow Tires

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Kubotafan

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I have a wheelbarrow and since new the tires keep loosing air. Is there a simple solution or should I just put tubes in them?
 
   / Wheelbarrow Tires #2  
Either a tube or I have had good success with slime. You can get it most anywhere.

http://www.slime.com
 
   / Wheelbarrow Tires #3  
It probably only goes flat on the bottom, so just put that on the top and you should be okay. :D

......or try a can of fix-a-flat. Why not?

But first, check that it's not leaking from the valve first (the ol' spit test). Or blow tire up , flip it over and put some soap water on the treads and around the bead. Leaking air will blow bubbles, and there's your problem. This is a good way to find if the tire picked up a nail, or is leaking around the rim, etc...
 
   / Wheelbarrow Tires #4  
Tubes for me. Easier than finding and fixing the leak.
 
   / Wheelbarrow Tires #5  
Put Slime in it. You'll never have to worry about it again.
 
   / Wheelbarrow Tires #6  
I have a wheelbarrow and since new the tires keep loosing air. Is there a simple solution or should I just put tubes in them?

A tubeless wheelbarrow tyre? Are you sure ? Never seen one of those myself, although I haven't bought a new wheelbarrow for years. Everything I have with small/narrowl wheels has tubes.

That said, I wouldn't waste time with slime in a small wheel. Put in a tube.
 
   / Wheelbarrow Tires #7  
buy a solid tire -- no air needed -- TSC sells 'em.
 
   / Wheelbarrow Tires #9  
buy a solid tire -- no air needed -- TSC sells 'em.

That's what I did, and have never regretted it. Got tired of fixing flats here where Locust and Osage Orange make a lot of thorns. The solid tire doesn't not ride as nice as the air filled tire in my estimation. But now that I have a FEL, the wheelbarrow isn't used that much...thank goodness.
 

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