On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:25:13 -0500, the infamous Gerald Miller
scrawled the following:

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:41:34 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:00:10 -0500, the infamous Gerald Miller
scrawled the following:

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:03:03 -0500, Wes wrote:

Leon Fisk wrote:

Anyone try putting Slime in the tires?

Wes

I have one of those cheap wagons with similar wheels.
Suppose to be good for 1000 lbs or something, snort! Anyway,
tightening up the valve cores did wonders to slow down the
leakage. Only have to air them up a couple times per year
now.

I put some slime in my 20 year old walk behind snowblower tires. Tubeless and age
cracked. I'm hoping it helps. So far, leaks down fast but I haven't actually made a pass
down the 200 foot driveway. That should coat them well if nothing more.

Wes
Why in h**l do they use tubeless tires on snow blowers, wheelbarrows
etc.? After a few years, rust penetrates the bead area and the only
remedy is an inner tube which then lasts until the outer casing rots
off. Both my snow blower (1985) and wheelbarrow (older) still have the
original tires with inner tubes installed. It is not like these are
high speed, heat sensitive uses, at least not in my case!

Does everyone here FEEEL for Gerry? How about a group "Awwwwww!"?
gd&r

Let's see, a new tube costs $4USD. A new wheel, bearings, tire, and
tube assembly costs $5 or $10USD. What to do? What to do?

Our HF is your Princess, right? Seek and ye might find, sir Ger.
I do have a spare tire for my wheelbarrow from Princess Auto - cost $2
about 4 years ago, haven't needed to install it yet.

"Good shew." he said, in his best Ed Sullivan voice.


OTOH, Tires for
the snow blower will cost me $35 each. As to changing to a less
expensive size - you wanna come take the old wheels off the axle?
Bring your cutting torch cause they are permanently rusted in place!

Sounds like a self-inflicted wound due to lack of maintenance to me,
sir. Shameful!

P.S: What's a "snow blower"?

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