Front tire sealant

[ArlyA]

I had one front tire that kept going flat so I foamed them. Killed two birds with one stone. And Pete's Tire Barn even picked them up and dropped them off for no extra charge

Did they ship them somewhere? Not certain many folks live near Pete's Tire Barn.

 

[1428v]

x8 on Tireject. That stuff is fabulous and solved a long-running problem that multiple shops said could only be solved with new wheels.

 

[Aggie66]

Thanks everyone

If there are no briars, thorns, nails etc. in the tire, an old-fashioned inner tube is hard to beat.

Too much honey locust and mesquite

 

[Gord Baker]

I have a front tire on my Kubota MX5400 leaking. Any recommendations on tire sealants thanks

Take it to a tire shop. Fix the leak. Install a tube if necessary. DO NOT put any type of sealant inside unless you completely Foam Fill the tire.

 

[LouNY]

I hear people who like the foam filled tires, I have only experienced one tractor with foam filled tires. It was more then enough to convince me to never use them on a tractor, maybe on a lawn mower or a wheel barrow but not a tractor. They lost any semblance of absorbing a bump as well as considerable traction lose.

Also I have nothing against tire sealants, I'd rather see a tire patched well but some sealants will do a good job and save quite a bit of money and time.

I'll do sealants a long time before I'd even look at foamed tires, but that is just me and what I have seen and experienced.

 

[ArlyA]

I hear people who like the foam filled tires, I have only experienced one tractor with foam filled tires. It was more then enough to convince me to never use them on a tractor, maybe on a lawn mower or a wheel barrow but not a tractor. They lost any semblance of absorbing a bump as well as considerable traction lose.

Also I have nothing against tire sealants, I'd rather see a tire patched well but some sealants will do a good job and save quite a bit of money and time.

I'll do sealants a long time before I'd even look at foamed tires, but that is just me and what I have seen and experienced.

Ya, they make the ride rough and you can't adjust them.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

If you want to use sealant, liquid laundry starch works well. I use it it my riding mower tires that pick up a lot puncture vines. I would find the leak first then decide how to repair it. It might be better to repair with a patch or a tube. sealants don't work well on tire beads, valve stems and larger holes. I got a nail in a rear tire of my Kubota , I put a plug in it as a temporary repair , that was 20 years ago. It doesn't leak, every time I would look at it I would think I need to patch that, now the tires are worn out and need to be replaced.

What's a "larger" hole?

TireJect will easily plug a quarter inch hole.

SR

 

[ultrarunner]

Ya, they make the ride rough and you can't adjust them.

When I had tires foam filled there were 3 choices for density..

 

[tracdoc]

I've had good luck with the Gemplers products;
Flat Tire Prevention

My last slow leakers (this summer) i'm trying this; it's working good so far;
Amazon.com

I’ll echo LouNY on the sealant carried by Gemplers. The manufacturer is ULTRASEAL and they make 3 different versions, depending on intended use. You can buy any version/quantity direct, too.

Ultraseal Tire Sealant – Puncture Repair

ultraseal.com

Ultraseal is the fill employed in Humvees if that’s any endorsement. I used it in my PowerTrac and also use the road version of Ultraseal in all the tires of our trailers. Huge peace of mind that I won’t be dealing w a flat in the middle of nowhere or worse. The road version of Ultraseal is also ok to use in tires w TPMS.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

If there are no briars, thorns, nails etc. in the tire, an old-fashioned inner tube is hard to beat.

They may be hard to beat, but they're also a pain to install. And if there's any slippage between the tire and wheel, at a minimum the tire's outer bead needs to be broken and the tube rotated to match the hole in the rim again.

Just the other day I had a worst case example, where the valve stem had disappeared into the hole. With air in the tube it was easier said than done to break the outer bead and then fish the stem out.

I dislike tire tubes so much that I've made wire wheels airtight (not all that easy) just so they didn't need to have tubes in them.