On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 06:04:25 -0800 (PST), stryped
wrote:

On Feb 5, 4:06Â*am, " wrote:
On Feb 4, 3:37Â*am, stryped wrote:

I have a trailer with 215/70/15 inch tires. Two of the tires
constantly goes flat over a period of about a week. I went to tractor
supply and bought a 14/15 passanger radial tire tube yesterday.

Is there a good way I can take this tire off at home and install the
tube and tire without a professional tire changer? I have done it on
the small 4.80 wheels, but nothing this big.

Ir is this impossible and I am asking for trouble?

I used to just put one of those Slime type sealants in for leaks like
that. Never had a problem but probably ****ed of the guy that had to
change the tire.
Karl

Speaking of slime, would it be a good idea to add this to the tube
before installing the tire? The tire "appears" in good shape although
I dont know the age of the tire.


Not hard to find out. Look at the "dot" stamp on the tire. ALL highway
tires MUST have a DOT number. It's the last 4 digits. Before 2000, it
was a 3 digit code, with, say,121 being either the 12th week of 1971,
1981, or 1991.
Since 2000 they have gone to a 4 digit code, so 5101 would be the
second last week of 2001and 0108 would be the first week of 2008.


Also, I have been reading alot about "liquid tire balancers". I have
also read that it is possible SLime would work the same way to
"balance" the tire. Is this true?

The trailer is hardly ever used but it is frustrating when I have to
go down in the field to get it and two tires are flat. I got a 4x4
stuck trying to pull it to the house during rainy weather to bring it
to the house to air up the tires.

I already bought the tube but I wish I would have thoguth of the slime
stuff. May have been easier.

I will say I have had good luck with tubes in trailer tires.