What's your Roadside Tire plug Kit

[Ole Slewfoot]

Prepping for a mission with a friend and his car trailer that would go flat, I sprayed some soapy on the tire, spotted the leak and plugged it. Checked my work and there was another leak nearby....ended up stopping when I'd used all 27 of my plugs.
We were both quite surprised it was one of the other tires that blew apart at 10pm on the Carquinez bridge. We weren't loaded up yet, so it was easy to chain up the gimped wheel and limp into Santa Rosa. We cruised some tire shops looking for a repairable bad tire. I guess the meth problem is serious up there, as most of the tire shops even lock up their bad tires!
Eventually we found one on a 15 Camaro wheel, but we were 6 lug. We put on a show at the local In n Out prying the tires off and stomping our rim into the new tire that only had one hole.
At about 11:30 we found the gas station next door had a plug kit, so we fixed the new tire and got back on the road. It ended up being a pretty lucrative trip, but my buddy ran the porcupine tire with 27 plugs a few more months.

Both shops I worked at installed plugs by the hundred without a comeback issue, and I don't hesitate to use them. It's so nice when you get out of the car and heat the dreaded hiss to know you have it handled, and bang on a plug BEFORE you run out of air.

 

[mobiledynamics]

Dynaplug Came in. Ordered it knowing the plug would be smaller. Handle/tool itself is very nicely made. But man, these plugs, if I'm lucky I'll only need one but as a WAG, going to need to use at least 2 or 3 minimum for general use.

 

[engineer2]

Timely thread! I was rotating my tires last week and found a nail in my chronic slow rim leaker.
They are close to the wear bars, so about time for new tires. I'll just plug it to get me by until I get new tires.
My ancient rope tire plugs are harder than a wedding ****. Soaked them in mineral sprits and softened them up.
Got it in, but air is still bubbling around it. I used a medical syringe an inject glue around it to get it to stop.
Shop for new tires and about every brand name with good snow specs is backordered.
The repair started leaking after a day, so It took it off and had it patched properly.
Then I found Honda TPMS sensors are backordered in addition to the tires I want.
At least the tire store repair buys me time.

BTW I quit buying road hazard after having a claim denied by a local chain. Wife curbed a tire putting a goose egg in the side. Sorry, not covered. Only punctures, not sidewall damage. Told them to take their road hazard and shove it.

 

[mogandave]

I have a spare and a phone...

 

[Dakotadadv8]

Blackjack.

 

[Blt2Lst]

Safety Seal got back to me. They said their plugs are about 6-7 years shelf life based on storage.

Wasn't aware of the shelf life of those plugs, now I have to go check the ones I have, they might be that old since I don't remember the last time I used them.

 

[mobiledynamics]

I kinda always approach -all things- as nothing is forever. Hell, when I buy frozen shrimp by the block, I even interpret/check batch code dates. Same with building materials, etc.....

The last thing I would want is strings that won't hold air for s### as it's been sitting in the car, waiting for the day to come when I need one, etc. I've only needed to plug a handful or LESS so far and I knew my strings were borderline 7-8 years old. At least they confirmed there is a shelf life