Thread: Small equipment tyres always flat- solutions?

Nitrogen

I’ve replaced my wheelbarrow wheel with a solid rubber one. Same for the hand trolley.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Nitrogen

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Originally Posted by John_D4

I’ve replaced my wheelbarrow wheel with a solid rubber one. Same for the hand trolley.

Ditto, Solid tyres , haven't had a flat on the wheelbarrow in 3 years, They are the only solution.


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How do the solid barrow tiles go when you say have a load of ‘crete or firewood and have to bump the barrow up a small step - I split the height of steps with lumps of wood or a ramp but often find I’m using the bounce in the tyre to get up??

My frustration is the water drain / Dump valve On my compressor takes about three weeks to close - just before the tank fills so to put a squirt in the barrow Or Zero tyre the air compressor uses about 63kWh of Juice for one quick blast of air!! !!!



S

I used some polyurethane spray foam (Bunnings filler shelf) on a gap around window (on the prevailing wind side) in a small shed I'd built a while back and then looked at the tyre on my old wheelbarrow. Flat. Shook the can... empty.

Might get around to trying it one day. Like you, I get annoyed at constantly inflating tyres before using the equipment. When I saw the foam expand and fill the gap around the window and then set I figured it might be worth a go. I think if I did do it, I would pull the tube out and just fill the tyre cavity up. Trim any excess if it emerges and hope for 'roundness'.

I dosed all these small tubes/tyres with Slime Tyre Sealant. Seems to have largely solved the issue for me.

There are companies that will foam fill them.
We used to get Industrial Sweeper tyres foam filled to make them puncture proof.

Try a forklift tyre place like Tyrefill Pty Ltd Melbourne
Not sure of price so it may not be economical..........



Colin