I discovered the glue trick when I rented a back hoe with 18 ply tires, during a building tear down. Managed to collect 16 nails in one tire, less in the other 3, so, by mid afternoon, I had a rented reach backhoe with 4 flat tires [big ones] and rendered un-serviceable. Rental contract said, I would be charged for picking up the tractor with flat tires [$$$$$$ expensive pickup] So, I went to FLAPS and stocked up on plug materials, pulled nails, plugged the tires, had a job air compressor to air them up. It worked, back in business in about 1 hr. I clipped the plug part sticking out of the tires and when rental was collected, it drove onto their delivery truck, rental company never complained, so saved my bacon. Tire pressure on the backhoe was 90 psi, so if it was going to leak, it would have.
On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 8:33 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I’ve been reading some things online, and I see where some people suggest > coating the reamer with glue as a way to get more glue into the opening. > Makes sense to me. > > -D > > > > On May 22, 2019, at 8:02 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > That's what I do, smoosh the cement on the plug material just before I > jam > > it in. From my experience, it helps make the coating on the plug cord > > material more liquid and "fills the hole better". > > > > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 4:50 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> I have a tube of vulcanizing cement as well. How should I apply it? Put > >> some on the plug? > >> > >> -D > >> > >> > >>> On May 22, 2019, at 12:56 PM, fmiser via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Dan wrote: > >>> > >>>> Should I let most of the pressure out of the tire before I pull > >>>> the nail out? > >>> > >>> No. It's easier to work on if the tire is stiff from internal air > >>> pressure. Not letting extra air out is especially valuable if the > >>> means of re-inflation is a hand pump. *smiles* > >>> > >>> Pull the nail out, use the reamer to make the hole big enough and > >>> to clean the rubber in the hole (I like the one with stepped > >>> diameters), and put a plug in. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
