Who plugs tires?

[scootr]

Anyone tried or seen the new style plugs, that are a silicon coated screw, that you screw into the hole?

I have not but I can add this. I ran many off road creations in the desert. Some were sand buggies, dirt bikes, and others were just VW pans with a motor and cage. Flat tires were an every day event. I carried an assortment of pan head sheet metal screws that worked great for sealing punctures on the spot. Some of those screws remained in place for the life of the tire.
Pull out a nail or a stick and thread in a screw. So seems these would work just fine.

 

[paulsharvey]

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[scootr]

Or $6 worth of screws

Amazon.com

 

[DarkBlack]

I’ll stick with gummy worms

 

[WinterDeere]

I’ll stick with gummy worms

That was my gut reaction, as well. But I can see how these screw things might work well. It’ll be interesting to see data on how well each holds over 3-5 years, on average.

 

[ning]

That was my gut reaction, as well. But I can see how these screw things might work well. It’ll be interesting to see data on how well each holds over 3-5 years, on average.

I'd think that you'd want something that would flex about the same amount as the tire around it - I'd be concerned about the threads of the screw gradually chewing up the sides of the hole.

 

[slingworks]

Worked mail routes for a few years. Average around 100 miles about half on gravel. Flat tires are a given. Always ran 10ply truck tires at lower pressure. Was/is not uncommon to end up with a few plugs in each tire. Sometimes up to 10 or 12. I always used rope plugs, they were the easiest to use and seemed to last the life of the tire. Sometimes being more durable than the tire itself. I could also stack them if the hole was really bad. any more than 3 or 4 would blow out though. Like I said, that's with reduced pressure. 25psi or so. Always carried a can of glue and a few packs of rope plugs!

I would never suggest using more than one rope plug in a hole though if I were running at full pressure.

 

[drizler]

My last adventure and plugs having used them for about 53 years quite successfully was a plug gun. That’s similar to the ones the shops were using in the 60s and 70s Bias tires. It’s one of those that you load the mushroom into the barrel and squeeze like a caulking gun until it pops out the end. Well two years ago I ran over a commercial building panel screw that put a nice almost quarter inch hole right in the tread of my F 150’s tire. I tried the ropes. I’ve used forever and even some slime but it kept leaking. That’s when I thought of trying the plug gun having not seen one since the early 70s. I shot that thing in which does have a mushroom head thinking I wonder how this will go. Fast-forward two years, held there better than all the rest of them and the tires are pretty well worn out now I put air in that tire once in two years.
I’ll also say it was the most painless thing to use I’ve ever tried. No hassles beyond reaming out the hole a little. If the head of the gun fits into the hole in the tire, you’re all good.

 

[DarkBlack]

My last adventure and plugs having used them for about 53 years quite successfully was a plug gun. That’s similar to the ones the shops were using in the 60s and 70s Bias tires. It’s one of those that you load the mushroom into the barrel and squeeze like a caulking gun until it pops out the end. Well two years ago I ran over a commercial building panel screw that put a nice almost quarter inch hole right in the tread of my F 150’s tire. I tried the ropes. I’ve used forever and even some slime but it kept leaking. That’s when I thought of trying the plug gun having not seen one since the early 70s. I shot that thing in which does have a mushroom head thinking I wonder how this will go. Fast-forward two years, held there better than all the rest of them and the tires are pretty well worn out now I put air in that tire once in two years.
I’ll also say it was the most painless thing to use I’ve ever tried. No hassles beyond reaming out the hole a little. If the head of the gun fits into the hole in the tire, you’re all good.

Like this?

https://www.amazon.com/GRAND-PITSTOP-Puncture-Repair-Mushroom/dp/B08BNPMS87

 

[DarkBlack]

No idea why my post needs “approval”