Foaming tires?

[trail twister]

Any one foam the tires on lawn and garden equpment? How have they held up over time?


I have pivot tires on my big walk behind mower and one keeps going flat over time. during the Winter it went flat and I could not get it to hold air to seal the side walls to the rim.Fought with it most of the day to try to get the side walls to seal. then decided Just ti install a tube. Getting the axel out finished up the rest of the day.
I still have to do a bunch of clean up to the axel so I can reinstall it. was able to get it out far enough to get the rim and soft tire out.

Really thought just foaming both and bew done with it.

Al

 

[Silentrunning]

I have never used the foam but I have put tubes in several tires that wouldn’t hold air. If those larger tires go flat and the bead breaks, they can be a real bear to inflate.

 

[Meadowlark]

Absolutely I use it on all my equipment including the smallest tires on gardening equipment. Tubes do not work nearly as well as foaming agents. I send my tires that need it out to a tire shop that has "the right stuff" and they do the installation for a small fee.

Few things are as frustrating as flat tires on garden equipment and farming equipment. Even my troy built tiller came with flimsy tires that always went flat. Problem solved with foam indefinitely. I've been running some for several years now without a single failure. I believe when properly installed with the right stuff, they will last a lifetime. No more flats.

 

[Chuck]

I have a lot of brush with big thorns. When I cut this brush there are always little branches and twigs that break off and then when I used my wheelbarrow it would invariably get a flat. I tried putting in a tube. Same thing, a flat. Tried foam. No flats in a long time.

 

[trail twister]

Thank you for the replys. My experince is all th esmall tubes are made in China. Like every thing else from there made to fall apart in short time.

Al