Nails in tyres
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Is it just me but I seem to getting more nails in tyres nowadays then I ever did before. I reckon I get at least 4 a year. Just posting this cos I have just noticed 2 in one tyre. one I was aware of a few months ago and we decided not to remove it and plug it but have just discovered another to close to the edge of the tyre that legally cannot be repaired.
Been on any 'advanced' driving courses recently?
I reckon this is happening to folk like PHers more and more due to positioning for visibility on bends, which is of course quite a sensible element of these common sense driver training courses, but it gets you into the lower energy zones on road surfaces where those nails are just waiting to be picked up.
That and the fact that local authorities are now spending cash on anything but roads (including gutter sweeping etc) so the crap is out there longer and builds up more.
>> Edited by turbobloke on Saturday 25th February 11:59
I reckon this is happening to folk like PHers more and more due to positioning for visibility on bends, which is of course quite a sensible element of these common sense driver training courses, but it gets you into the lower energy zones on road surfaces where those nails are just waiting to be picked up.
That and the fact that local authorities are now spending cash on anything but roads (including gutter sweeping etc) so the crap is out there longer and builds up more.
>> Edited by turbobloke on Saturday 25th February 11:59
Scooby_snax said:
just discovered another to close to the edge of the tyre that legally cannot be repaired.
Don't take that for granted. Many can be repaired by a specialist hot vulcaniser.
They're difficult to find, but they're the guys who repair lorry/tractor and other bloody big tyres.
If you can find one, you'll have to leave the tyre with him for a few days. He waits until he's got enough tyres to fill a big oven, then bakes them for a few hours.
Last one I had done cost about £20. Worth it if you've got nearly new expensive rubber.
mybrainhurts said:
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Don't take that for granted. Many can be repaired by a specialist hot vulcaniser.
They're difficult to find, but they're the guys who repair lorry/tractor and other bloody big tyres.
If you can find one, you'll have to leave the tyre with him for a few days. He waits until he's got enough tyres to fill a big oven, then bakes them for a few hours.
Last one I had done cost about £20. Worth it if you've got nearly new expensive rubber.
Nope have only 1-2k miles left on the tyre so may as well get a new pair -thanks for your advice though
Whilst on the subject have any of you had experience of 'mobile tyre fitters'. Clearly they are cheaper as they have less overheads however my question mark over this service is that usually when I have a tyre changed at say Kwik Fit or similar it usually takes three of the operatives to wrestle with the tyre to get it off its rim as the tyres I use are low profile and have stiff sidewalls. So have posed the question to the mobile service if only one chap turns up will he get the tyre off by himself- of course they have said yes no problem.....anyway just wondered if anyone had a positive/negative experience of such a service
Yep, nails bad.
So are hawthrons sometimes, sidewalls are especially vulnerable.
Main reason I run softer tyres that wear out quickly. £35 a pop too, so not fussed if they get damaged that much. My tyres usually end their life prematurely through an egg from a pothole, or a nail or similar, and thats within 12 month life.
Imagine what some people have in their tyres for months or years on end on shopping cars!
Scary!
Dave
So are hawthrons sometimes, sidewalls are especially vulnerable.
Main reason I run softer tyres that wear out quickly. £35 a pop too, so not fussed if they get damaged that much. My tyres usually end their life prematurely through an egg from a pothole, or a nail or similar, and thats within 12 month life.
Imagine what some people have in their tyres for months or years on end on shopping cars!
Scary!
Dave
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