Re: Trailer tyres - inner tubes ?

[NT]

> > I bought a second hand small trailer some time ago - used it a couple > > of times for lightweight work but yesterday put some heavy logs in it > > only to discover that one tyre in particular would only just hold up > > enough to get me home. > > > It seems to be leaking past the wheel seal so presumably that's > > corroded. =A0It's an old mini size wheel and I see I can get inner tube= s > > for those - are these legal for trailers as I understood that inners > > were now banned? =A0I'm clearly going to have to look for new wheels, > > but I need the trailer now to carry more logs, and inners would solve > > the problem in the short term. > > > Thanks > > Rob > > "short" term bodge? tyre seal in a can - =A33-5 > > Jim K

surely inner tubes would solve it long term

NT

[robgraham]

Thanks Jim - any one particularly recommended as there seems to be a number on the market ? A quick fix for 1/4 mile runs to collect logs is all that is required for the moment as the tyres aren't in their first flush of youth and need replacing.

I might well take up the suggestion also over the summer to clean up the wheels myself.

Rob

[damduck-egg]

Real cheap if you have some lying about and defiantly a bodge, but before all these tyre sealants became easily available I used a thick mixture of wall paper paste instead. Recommend some salt in the mix as well otherwise it can freeze and you end up with a lump in the wheel which would make it unbalanced. Really needs a foot pump to inject it easily, dismantle and fill cylinder with goo and then reassemble.

G.Harman

[grimly4]

Or use latex - same as what's in a can of goo. I converted my bicycle to tubeless on the rear wheel by diy-ing tyre goo.

[Steve Walker]

Inner tubes in tyres or on wheels not designed for them can quickly wear through and then blow-out - as friends of mine found when they hit the central reservation of the M62, at speed, travelling backwards!

SteveW

[hugh]

Tubeless tyres can have internal ribs which will rub on an inner tube and wear it out PDQ