Quieting noisy trash bin wheels

[Big Barn]

I can't imagine not having a newspaper to read in the morning. You and I are probably among the last to have papers delivered.

 

[yomax4]

Nice work. I did similar. Slime 1st. I remember the pesky neighbor kids ( prior to getting out of f'n town ) They had those cool electric cars, ATV's and tractors. The plastic tires were so loud on the blacktop culdesac it drove me nuts. I took an old inner tube and cut 6" tubes out of it and went out and pulled them all over. Stretched the tubes over the tires and the whole neighborhood lived happily ever after until I got the **** out of there. Don't non welding type people ever think of anything like this? Any of you would have done the same thing.

 

[square1]

Another trick (did this to all my kid's hard plastic wheeled ride on toys) is to glue cross sections of an inner tube to the ground contact surface of the hard plastic wheel. Use an inner tube that has a circumference equal to roughly 75% of the wheel circumference. Let them ride it for a while on the plastic to scuff it up, then use contact cement.

 

[Sodo]

My driveway is gravel, so not sure that would work. But yeah thats a simple way to quiet the wheels on pavement or concrete. All good suggestions. And Useful to maintain neighborhood quiet when you forget to take the trash out, then get outta bed @ 1AM....:shocked:

 

[crazyal]

If they go flat, scuff up the inside rim, add some bead sealer, and change out the valve stem core for a new one. 10min and they should never go flat again, unless you make them so.

They are two piece wheels and have an inner tube in them. Look closely you can see the bolts holding the two halves together. If they are going flat it's either a poor quality tube, a hole in the tube, or the valve core is leaking. After all you are paying a could bucks for them so the quality isn't that high. But a leak in a tube is very easy to fix. Just make sure that there's nothing inside the tire or on the steel wheel that's puncturing the tube.

Instead of using these wheels I've been using the wheel barrow wheels. I have a supply of them I bought new from a flee market for about $7 each. They are rated for 500lbs but aren't the flat free type. If there's room to use them I switch over. They also roll easier because they are larger. The hubs do stick out on both sides vs just one like the smaller wheels but it's never been a problem for me.

 

[crazyal]

Nice work. I did similar. Slime 1st. I remember the pesky neighbor kids ( prior to getting out of f'n town ) They had those cool electric cars, ATV's and tractors. The plastic tires were so loud on the blacktop culdesac it drove me nuts. I took an old inner tube and cut 6" tubes out of it and went out and pulled them all over. Stretched the tubes over the tires and the whole neighborhood lived happily ever after until I got the **** out of there. Don't non welding type people ever think of anything like this? Any of you would have done the same thing.

The kids where I use to live did this but not to make them quieter. They did it for traction. Those plastic wheels could barely climb anything without spinning. Once one kid got smart the rest quickly followed.