Flat Hand-Truck Tire

[BrentD]

I have a 2-wheel hand-truck (dolly/2-wheeler/whatever you call it) with small tires that are maybe 9" or 10" in diameter. I made the mistake of attempting to move a rather heavy piece of equipment before I realized that one of the tires was flat. Now I can't figure out how to get the tire to re-seat on the rim so I can air it back up.

I'd try the old starter fluid explosion trick, but I'm afraid the tire is too small to handle that pressure. Any ideas?

 

[Willl]

It's tubeless ?

 

[JB4310]

One of those ratcheting tie down straps, a really big hose clamp or a few larger ones put together, A rope with 2 eyes, (one on each end) wrapped around the middle of tire tread (around the circumference) so the eyes meet up, put a screw driver or other leverage device through the eyes and twist. The idea is to squeeze the middle of the tire so much that it forces the side wall out towards the rim, then blast some air in there, once the the beads set release the strap.

Or get a tube

 

[Chilly807]

I'm with JB on this one, the ratchet strap trick works well in most cases. Check the valve stem, the core may not be tight in the stem.

Chilly

 

[forgeblast]

just get a 4.00 tire on a rim from harbor freight. Those tires are small and a pain to get back on. or better yet get a flat free one.

 

[toy]

I have used versions of jb's method and it works. I have a rope hanging in my garrage for that purpose now. I had a rim on a lawn cart that you pull behind a mower and I had used fix a flat in it. I don't know if that was what caused it or not but a hole rusted in the rim and I needed to haul some stuff so I put a piece of valley tin over the hole and I took the valve core out and sprayed in some of that spray in foam insulation. It swelled that tire up in a hurry and I did the job that I needed done. I made one bad mistake though, when I went to lowes I bought a new wheel and replaced the insulation filled tire and rim, a real red neck would have had to seen how long that wheel would have lasted before he threw it away.

 

[glh]

I have a 2-wheel hand-truck (dolly/2-wheeler/whatever you call it) with small tires that are maybe 9" or 10" in diameter. I made the mistake of attempting to move a rather heavy piece of equipment before I realized that one of the tires was flat. Now I can't figure out how to get the tire to re-seat on the rim so I can air it back up.

I'd try the old starter fluid explosion trick, but I'm afraid the tire is too small to handle that pressure. Any ideas?

just try the old starter fluid explosion trick..
just put a very small amount i have done it many times
the tire will hold alot more then you are thinking
(just think of how much pressure is in the tire at the time of you using it to move that rather heavy piece of equipment)
i told a guyto put air in my dolly one time and he did then after i checked um one of um he had put over 50psi into it
but the strap will work good too

 

[Treemonkey1000]

My vote is just to replace both tires with the flat free type. Saves the hassle of when they go flat again. I did that on the wheelbarrow and don't regret it at all.

 

[Baby Grand]

Strap-n-Slime!

I have a 30 gal compressor that always had 1 or 2 flat tires until I slimed them.

The strap trick is new to me - sure wished I known about that one a few weeks ago when I was cussin' at the Craftsman tractor cart wheel. This place is a goldmine.

-Jim

 

[JB4310]

I like the expanding foam insulation idea wonder how long it would last or how much weight it could hold. Might be fine for hand truck or lawn trailer.

 

[CurlyDave]

My vote is just to replace both tires with the flat free type. Saves the hassle of when they go flat again. I did that on the wheelbarrow and don't regret it at all.

You may come to regret that yet.

Right now we are working on my house and have two wheelbarrows. Mine where I looked at a flat free tire, balked at the price and compromised on a slime-filled inner tube for about $15, and one that a contractor has with a flat-free tire several years old.

The barrow of choice for every worker is mine because it is much, much easier to push. For one trip of a few feet it doesn't matter, but for all-day use nothing beats a real pneumatic tire.

I suspect that the flat-free one do not age particularly well.

 

[BrentD]

Geez, that strap idea is so simple and elegant I don't know why I didn't think of that myself. I knew what needed to be done, but just didn't have time to think about how to accomplish it, apart from jumping on the tire, standing on the tire, trying to weight it down... Could always compress 2 sides, but not the whole tire. lol.

I should be able to get it aired back up as soon as I get home from work this evening.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Redneck in training]

Geez, that strap idea is so simple and elegant I don't know why I didn't think of that myself. I knew what needed to be done, but just didn't have time to think about how to accomplish it, apart from jumping on the tire, standing on the tire, trying to weight it down... Could always compress 2 sides, but not the whole tire. lol.

I should be able to get it aired back up as soon as I get home from work this evening.

Thanks for the help.

Remove the valve from the valve stem to get greater air flow during tire seating.

 

[ben2go]

Remove the valve from the valve stem to get greater air flow during tire seating.

You are very close with that comment.

Chuck the short blow nozzle in,remove the valve stem core,place the tire on edge with the stem at the bottom,gently push down on the tire until the bead gets as close as possible to the rim seat,put the blow nozzle in the valve stem and hold the trigger.It should seat.If not, try warming the tire in the sun,near a heater or with a heat gun and try again.When it does seat,install the core and air up.I worked around a lot of ***** that didn't take care of the equipment or even care that the were tearing it up.So I started doing maintainence on everything.

 

[aggiehortguy91]

Don't forget to let most of the pressure back out of the tire before you loosen the ratchet strap or you might get a painful surprise....don't ask me how I know, but it has taken me many tires to finally remember that little tip!

 

[Baby Grand]

I worked around a lot of ***** that didn't take care of the equipment or even care that the were tearing it up.So I started doing maintainence on everything.

Isn't it funny how in a team of guys working with labor saving equipment there's always one man who sees the value in the equipment. All the other guys "don't have time" for it - they have to punch out and go.

-Jim

 

[jenkinsph]

Isn't it funny how in a team of guys working with labor saving equipment there's always one man who sees the value in the equipment. All the other guys "don't have time" for it - they have to punch out and go.

-Jim

Yes, very true and these were the very employees' that I got rid of. If they can't take care of my equipment I don't need them.

 

[GPintheMitten]

I've used my leather belt before. Just loop the leather through the buckle and tug it tight, lean on the tire and air it up. Rope with a loop at one end works well too. Ratchet if it is stubborn.

 

[mojoinco]

Common shop tool boxes are that way too!
And it only takes one jerk to make it not work.