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rotorwrench · 01-30-2023, 10:06 AM

This doesn't have much to due with cars but I'm adding it anyway. I live in mesquite country here in south Texas. My old Ford 850 tractor is designed for tube type tires. The rear ones aren't that big a problem but the fronts will go flat right away when cutting mesquite brush due to the nice long thorns on them. The tubes just wouldn't work with tire sealer so I took them out so that the sealer could be effective. It works for about two seasons before new sealant has to be added. A person can see thorns sticking out all over them and I leave them in there to slow the leak rate. They hold air pretty well considering but during the off season, I have to drive the tractor at least once every two weeks to residtribute the sealer in the tires or they will start to go flat.

All this sure is better than replacing or patching a tube every time a tire goes flat.

01-30-2023, 10:06 AM	#11
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 17,410	Re: Firestone bias ply run tubeless??? This doesn't have much to due with cars but I'm adding it anyway. I live in mesquite country here in south Texas. My old Ford 850 tractor is designed for tube type tires. The rear ones aren't that big a problem but the fronts will go flat right away when cutting mesquite brush due to the nice long thorns on them. The tubes just wouldn't work with tire sealer so I took them out so that the sealer could be effective. It works for about two seasons before new sealant has to be added. A person can see thorns sticking out all over them and I leave them in there to slow the leak rate. They hold air pretty well considering but during the off season, I have to drive the tractor at least once every two weeks to residtribute the sealer in the tires or they will start to go flat. All this sure is better than replacing or patching a tube every time a tire goes flat.