DIY foam filled no-flat tires?

[Kingcreek]

Anybody try this?
several youtube vids claim success for cart tires, mowers, etc
My specific need is a 4 wheel hose cart on pneumatic tires. It usually holds 200ft of 5/8 garden hose and only travels occasionally between the gardens and the greenhouse.
Thanks

 

[dieselmech86]

Yeah we had our local truck tire shop fill our front riding lawn mower tiresfor our shop yard with it. It is pricey but has held up for over a year now.

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[Kingcreek]

Some tire shops offer a superior and more expensive method even suitable for highway and commercial use.
I am considering trying the foam in a rattle can stuff. I'll take the axles off and drag it before I spend $100 or more filling tires on a $75 hose cart.

 

[lotsoftools]

I think you'd have to spin the tire a few times as you fill to make sure the foam distributes evenly. If you just spray it in through the valve stem it seems like it would concentrate on one side of the tire.

 

[garboui]

That new foam fencepost stuff might be a good PU foam to try for this. No experience with the product, just a spitball suggestion.

http://www.homedepot.ca/product/post-fix/832491

 

[kbs2244]

I have never had any peoblems after installing old fashioned tubes.

 

[rsanter]

Do not use that foam in a can meant for houses.
If you blow it into the tire through the stem some of it will set up and the rest will stay guey or uncured.
Once it runs out of moisture vapor in the tire it stops curing.
Heard this from someone that tried it in his hand truck tires. Then it was a big mess to clean up and clean out

Bob

 

[countryroad82]

We used to have foam filled tires on our backhoe at work. Had several flat spots in them it rode horrible! Finally had to put new front tires on and we left out the foam it rides like a dream now...... well for what it is anyway lol. Keep that in mind if it is going to be something that sits for awhile, you tend to get flat spots.

 

[Sureshot]

I read somewhere that someone stuffed those light tires with pool noodles. Apparently it worked.

 

[Kingcreek]

I read somewhere that someone stuffed those light tires with pool noodles. Apparently it worked.

That sounds worth a try, otherwise I'll probably go with tube or watch for some cheap solid lawnmower type wheels.

 

[rlitman]

I read somewhere that someone stuffed those light tires with pool noodles. Apparently it worked.

Interesting idea. Might work on a tire with air in it too.

I've had issues where letting the pressure on a handtruck (or wheelbarrow) tire get too low, it can collapse and have the bead pop off. I wonder if you could stuff enough pool noodle foam in there to make it act like a run-flat.

 

[shanker]

using a pool noodle between the tire & tube on a bicycle will almost cure all leaks from thorns....somehow they can't penetrate the compressed pool noodle how it work

 

[ekuhn]

We used to have foam filled tires on our backhoe at work. Had several flat spots in them it rode horrible! Finally had to put new front tires on and we left out the foam it rides like a dream now...... well for what it is anyway lol. Keep that in mind if it is going to be something that sits for awhile, you tend to get flat spots.

We fill our front backhoe tires not only to prevent flats, but to add ballast for the back end. The extra weight does help when transporting items with the stick.

 

[nonhog]

I used liquid starch from WalMart to seal my garden tractor tires.
Use to go flat in 1 day. Now since adding liquid starch its not gone low in weeks.
Suppose to be water soluble so easy clean up.

Not sure if that meets your needs but its working for my leaky beads.
I'd suspect it would seal minor punctures?

 

[Kingcreek]

I put a foam pool noodle section in until I remember to pick up a new tube. It's working ok now looks like a low tire instead of a flat one.

 

[Notgrownup]

I use rude on balancer sealer gel in my Harley tires....i thought of putting the foam in my wheelbarrow and garden trailer.....worth a try....

 

[Train]

Nonhog, can you elaborate on how you use the starch?

 

[Skyline]

I had a trailer for my lawn tractor that would constantly break the bead seals on its tire(s) when you went into reverse. Was a real PITA. I took the wheels and tires to my local tire shop, and they filled them with foam for me. As I recall, cost about $35/tire. But they never rolled off the rims again; worked perfectly. Obviously not a DIY solution, but clearly the right stuff can work very well.

 

[nonhog]

Nonhog, can you elaborate on how you use the starch?

Here, http://www.mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=187404&highlight=

 

[Train]

Thanks Nonhog.

 

[Train]

Typical. Looks like liquid starch isn't sold in stores in Canada.