Tire Plugs

[dhcomp]

Guys,

What do you recommend in tire plugs? I've always steered away from them, but want a kit for our boat trailer tires. I keep getting holes in them, and have gotten tired of taking them in and getting them patched.

Is it a bad idea to plug tires like this?

 

[63chevyll]

I use some real good ones called Cemi Cure.

Ive tested them and they hold up real good,

Sidwalls on dirt track cars and no blow out

 

[oldtoyboyd]

I use some orange bowtie self vulcanizing plugs with a stretch installer

 

[longbedder]

They aren't something you'd want to drive your family around the interstate system on for a long time, but they are pretty dang valuable for trail machines or a temporary fix on a highway rig.

I'd personally replace a trailer tire that's been plugged and you're going to use a lot, but if you're just going a few miles to the boat launch and back I wouldn't worry about it too much.

I got my kit at 4wheelparts during some sale they had. I don't recall the brand...

 

[Orange85]

I use some real good ones called Cemi Cure.

Ive tested them and they hold up real good,

Sidwalls on dirt track cars and no blow out

These are all we use anymore. The stuff you get from hardware stores and stuff are pure garbage.

 

[dhcomp]

This trailer sees a lot of highway miles.....and sometimes faster than the CA 55mph limit.....

Guess i'll get it properly patched again.

Thanks!

 

[owenst7]

100% of the tires on all the trucks at any roofing company have probably >5 plugs in them at any given time. I have never heard of a plug releasing that took a hold in a tire. If it's not leaking after a day, it's permanent, and we frequently end up using cheap ones from wal mart.

That's considering that we frequently overload our tear off trucks and drive them on the highway every day, and my family has been roofing contractors for three generations now.

Nothing wrong with tire plugs, just keep a close eye on it for a while if it takes more than one or two or if it's in a radial sidewall. Works a whole bunch better if you let the air out while it's drying BTW. If you don't believe me, try putting some effort in to the prep and installing one on a junk tire. Come back a day later and try getting that sucker out. The rubber's not the structure of the tire, a tire is just a composite that uses cording/belting for reinforcement. The rubber only serves to be airtight. There's less surface area to fail with a plug than there is with a patch, and the plug has pressure from the tire itself squeezing it and increasing friction.

 

[86chevyk10]

Safety Seal all the way.

 

[bigjbear]

I use some real good ones called Cemi Cure.

Ive tested them and they hold up real good,

Sidwalls on dirt track cars and no blow out

Where are you buying them from?

I think one of the biggest things is to throw them away every couple years and buy some new ones. The only time I've had any problem is when I used some old ones I found in the bottom of my tool box.

Back when I made deliveries to the aluminum plant we would get a lot if stuff in the tires. They all had at least one plug.