can you run tubes in swampers?????????

[mudhog]

has anyone put tubes in swampers? we got a set of 35x15x16.5 tsl sx's for my son. we bought them at night and didn't notice the dry rot they have. he also took a turn in the neighborhood slow and broke a bead just going around the corner at about 23psi. now this is also on a 3/4 ton suburban. so to not have to worry about the dry rot or loosing a bead again we are wondering if tubes will work. these tires are also like new on tread so it would be a shame to not be able to run them

 

[454Sub]

I ran a tube in mine for years with no problems.

 

[82355]

I've done it. Had no problems other than when I spun a tire on the bead and ripped the valve stem out. In the tires defense, that one was accidentally lowered to 8 psi (Had the rest at 10), and it was slowly leaking all day, so I doubt it had 5 psi in it when it happened. Otherwise I felt they kind of worked as a poor man's bead lock.

Here are some old crappy cell phone pictures from when I replaced that tube.

Martin

 

[mudhog]

sweet sounds like we need to find some tubes then

 

[diesel4me]

Radial tubes can be used in either bias ply or radials and are a lot thicker,they are worth the extra money...be aware tubes aren't cheap like they once were,its not unusual to find them costing more than 30 bucks especially for larger sized tires--even a stupid lawn tractor 8" one is almost 20 bucks now!.....a used tire around here can be bought cheaper than a tube sometimes from used tire shops or salvage yards..

 

[hillbilly deluxe]

Cool way to salvage some otherwise un-runnable tires!