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Do I need a new tire after a flat?

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Gary said:
My personal record is 3 mushroom plugs in one rear tire. That tire was cursed.
I always remove the tire.......sand the area on the inside where the hole is, and patch with mushroom plugs from the princess. I've done close to 10. Never had a leak or failure *knocking on wood*.
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What are these mushroom plugs everyone is talking about, I haven't seen one. Can you please share a link?
The kit we used to fix the flat was the bacon strip types.
 
Norcorider said:
What are these mushroom plugs everyone is talking about, I haven't seen one. Can you please share a link?
The kit we used to fix the flat was the bacon strip types.
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Take tire off. Clean/rough up surface. Pull off plastic and/or add glue around hole. Use mushroom stump to pull patch tight to tire (patch inside, stem towards outside). Press mushroom cap tight. Cut off stem. Remount tire.

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I think I've had a rear with at least 2 spots with string patches last the rest of the life of the tire. They were half used by the time the patches went in.
 
Gary said:
Couple weeks ago, my wheelbarrow tire needed a new tube. That f'n thing put up more of a fight than any motorcycle tire I've swapped.....no lie.
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Yup. Easier to just buy a new wheelbarrow.
 
Scuba Steve said:
You can buy a flat free wheelbarrow tire from Amazon they are solid and much better.

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I got one of those from somewhere a few years ago when I was sick of replacing my tire due to sun damage and age. The wheel barrow is almost 40 year old, so it's gone through a few, and is also in need of a new bucket/tray. Once that's replaced, only the legs and braces will be original. Anyway, my point was that those solid/filled tires are a bit smaller than the air-filled (or at least the one I bought was), which makes it a bit harder to push.
 
Lyndsay said:
I got one of those from somewhere a few years ago when I was sick of replacing my tire due to sun damage and age. The wheel barrow is almost 40 year old, so it's gone through a few, and is also in need of a new bucket/tray. Once that's replaced, only the legs and braces will be original. Anyway, my point was that those solid/filled tires are a bit smaller than the air-filled (or at least the one I bought was), which makes it a bit harder to push.
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Foam filled are a little harder to push than pneumatic but the same size. Foam is worth it for me. Pneumatic always seems to have a flat when you need it. Foam stays ready to go for a decade or longer (keep it out of the sum when stored). I havent used a solid tire on a wheelbarrow in decades (thing rubber ring around steel wheel).
 
GreyGhost said:
Foam filled are a little harder to push than pneumatic but the same size. Foam is worth it for me. Pneumatic always seems to have a flat when you need it. Foam stays ready to go for a decade or longer (keep it out of the sum when stored). I havent used a solid tire on a wheelbarrow in decades (thing rubber ring around steel wheel).
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When’s the last time anyone used just a steel wheel lol

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GreyGhost said:
Foam filled are a little harder to push than pneumatic but the same size. Foam is worth it for me. Pneumatic always seems to have a flat when you need it. Foam stays ready to go for a decade or longer (keep it out of the sum when stored). I havent used a solid tire on a wheelbarrow in decades (thing rubber ring around steel wheel).
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I've changed / fixed a few wheelbarrow tires and they are a complete PITA. Save yourself from endless headaches, or drinking to excess, and buy one of those foam / airless tires.
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