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    Tyre Plugs, how many is too many??

    We had to fit 20 tyre plugs to a new tyre before we fitted it to the rim…….

    We than had to plug two more holes while inflating…..

    Yep, don’t store tyres on their side on a hardwood pallet……..as termites will bore through the rubber to see what’s on the other side. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes I would have believed it.

    Back to carting dirt tomoz….


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    Quote Originally Posted by W&KO View Post
    We had to fit 20 tyre plugs to a new tyre before we fitted it to the rim…….

    We than had to plug two more holes while inflating…..

    Yep, don’t store tyres on their side on a hardwood pallet……..as termites will bore through the rubber to see what’s on the other side. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes I would have believed it.

    Back to carting dirt tomoz….

    I don't know of any technical documentation stating the plug limit per tyre or even per square inch or centimetre.. But that looks too many!!

    That's annoying hey.

    We changed a 24.5x32 tyre yesterday, fun times... And woke up this morning to it dead flat, and I can't plug that one.

    Bah.

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    Holes in sidewall are not legal to repair.
    Must be in the main tread area.
    Up to you.
    Regards PhilipA

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    That is seriously wrong.. If they want to get there there they will..

    looking past the legalities of it all, if it is required to get you out of trouble then it is good.
    We were on a High Country trip many years ago and a side wall was staked, it required 6 plugs to stop any leak. We were on a seriously steep slope. Got us out of trouble without any risk to any of us.. Before any shock horror and oh no comments the tyre was scrapped and replaced.

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    looking past the legalities of it all, if it is required to get you out of trouble then it is good.
    Yes totally agree and have had a few in tyres for years. And have seen about 20 in a gash on sidewall, but I would be driving veeeeerrry slowly.
    Regards PhilipA
    PS I used to end up with several in my motorcycle rear tyre when commuting to central Sydney. all those tradies dropping screws out of their utes and then being flipped into the middle of the lane.
    Regards PhilipA

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    Quote Originally Posted by shack View Post
    I don't know of any technical documentation stating the plug limit per tyre or even per square inch or centimetre.. But that looks too many!!

    That's annoying hey.

    We changed a 24.5x32 tyre yesterday, fun times... And woke up this morning to it dead flat, and I can't plug that one.

    Bah.
    This one was. 29.5x25

    Changed the tyre while rim was still on truck….

    Skid steer loader certainly helped.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilipA View Post
    Holes in sidewall are not legal to repair.
    Must be in the main tread area.
    Up to you.
    Regards PhilipA
    This is on a Volvo dump truck carting dirt at site.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OldGuy View Post
    That is seriously wrong.. If they want to get there there they will..

    looking past the legalities of it all, if it is required to get you out of trouble then it is good.
    We were on a High Country trip many years ago and a side wall was staked, it required 6 plugs to stop any leak. We were on a seriously steep slope. Got us out of trouble without any risk to any of us.. Before any shock horror and oh no comments the tyre was scrapped and replaced.

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    $7000 tyre……

    Dump Truck does maybe 100hrs per year….

    It was worth seeing if 22 plugs in 22 holes, 2 blokes 1 day to fix and swap tyre…..if it gets us through this job it’ll be worth it….and maybe repairing the airstrip after the wet

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    Tyre Plugs, how many is too many??

    If it holds air over night it’ll be back in the pit, it’ll be interesting to see how the plugs hold up.

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    We finished our seeding program one year with about 6 threads in one hole in the sidewall of a 710R42 tubed tyre, don't ask me how THAT worked!

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