d'oh!

[mendodave]

I knew it would happen, eventually.

I nailed a pruned rhododendron while going around digging them up with my tooth. just under a half inch hole in the rear tire. Is that too big to plug?



Fortunately I have a set of spare wheels....

MenD'oh Dave

 

[davesl708]

Yes. to big to plug. Patch on the inside and a tube.

 

[Thomas]

Tube it,better to be safer than sorry.

 

[mendodave]

Tube it,better to be safer than sorry.

just thought of a tube myself, thanks...

glad that is an option

david

 

[pap71]

Put a patch on first or the tube will try to come out the hole.

 

[boggen]

ditto with needing to place a patch on first on the inside of the tire. a larger patch, maybe even a little thicker might be wanted. and then tube tire.

had a tire dry rot on me. and over a day the tube pushed out or should say ballon'ed out a few feet in diameter and finally popp'ed. the larger patch = help hold the patch in with tube, and thicker patch = help keep something coming through and puncturing tube at later time.

 

[dragoneggs]

Put a patch on first or the tube will try to come out the hole.

Agree tube it... Les Schwab for about $25 but yep you need a healthy patch on the inside first.

 

[Citydude]

ditto with needing to place a patch on first on the inside of the tire. a larger patch, maybe even a little thicker might be wanted. and then tube tire. had a tire dry rot on me. and over a day the tube pushed out or should say ballon'ed out a few feet in diameter and finally popp'ed. the larger patch = help hold the patch in with tube, and thicker patch = help keep something coming through and puncturing tube at later time.

Not poking fun at you Boggen, but darn, just reading about the slow growth of a tire tube to a giant ballon and its sudden demise brought me to tears laughing. I guess I watched too many cartoons as a kid

 

[300UGUY]

You might call a local tire company that does ag tires. They sometimes can do a "vulcanizing" repair, it will be a plug that goes in there. I'd still boot it.

 

[boggen]

Not poking fun at you Boggen, but darn, just reading about the slow growth of a tire tube to a giant ballon and its sudden demise brought me to tears laughing. I guess I watched too many cartoons as a kid

*rubs chin* *chuckles* ya you pretty much got it. it went from simple tire to large growth on tire. never would of imagined a tube would do that. but it did. much like some cartoon! *shakes head in dis-belief*