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**rca987** · 01-27-2014, 09:10 PM

I always buy used tires for this reason. I'd rather lose a $30 used tire than a $180 brand new one.

**TopShotCustoms** · 01-28-2014, 01:42 PM

We buy military surplus tires, they used to have 35''x12.50''x16.5'' but all the new ones are 37'' so we will start buying those, full set is $600.00 and 90% tread
of coarse this only works if you have a truck big enough to run them. PLUGS PLUGS PLUGS you will get good at it, we are fortunate to have an air compressor with us most the time.
Jason

**Yunkman** · 01-28-2014, 04:26 PM

Does anyone use the starting fluid and a match to blow up tires that are off the bead? I started doing that with my skidsteer (had to do it today by the way) and it is a time saver and a back saver. Just make sure the vehicle is jacked up so the tire can inflate with the mild explosion that will take place and then apply air immediately. There are alot of instructional YouTube flicks on the topic.

**TopShotCustoms** · 01-28-2014, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Yunkman

Does anyone use the starting fluid and a match to blow up tires that are off the bead? I started doing that with my skidsteer (had to do it today by the way) and it is a time saver and a back saver. Just make sure the vehicle is jacked up so the tire can inflate with the mild explosion that will take place and then apply air immediately. There are alot of instructional YouTube flicks on the topic.

I do this changing out my truck tires but off the truck. works good to set the bead, but I have seen it done sense I was a lil kid one grand daddys farm. Not something to play around with for sure, that one extra squirt of starting fluid may be one to many..lol
Plugs have got me home many a time, then breakdown the tire and patch once safely back at the shop
Jason

**JohnC4X4** · 01-28-2014, 07:46 PM

I use the 10 ply on the truck and trailer
Never had a problem with a plug

Several years ago, On this trailer, I did have a tire I couldn't plug
Going down the road I was getting a speed related click click clicking
faster I went >> Faster the clicking was
Finally remembered to check it at the end of the day
This is what I found >> Tire still had over 60 pounds of air and I had picked up a couple cars that day

If you look close at the end of the bolt in the photo below you will see the shinny metal where it was hitting the trailer >> Hence the speed related clcik click click

**Yunkman** · 01-28-2014, 08:47 PM

I put a big old gash in my skidsteer tire this past summer and was so used to plugging it to keep going that I forgot it had a tube in it.

Needless to say..............the plugs (which were numerous) weren't doing much good. Age has its benefits...LOL