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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

Charlie,
go to your nearest auto parts store(or even SprawlMart has it) and get a
16 oz tube of 'Slime' tire sealant - the cap contains a valve stem
'wrench', allowing you to remove the valve, then you just squeeze the
Slime in through the provided tube, replace the valve, air it up, and
spin the wheel to distribute the sealant.  It'll seal holes up to (I
think they claim) 1/4 inch.  
After dealing with constant flats in my ATV tires(it seems that my wife
never avoids a honeylocust seedling if she can help it), I've put Slime
in all of them, as well as in troublesome lawnmower and farm trailer
tires. Works like a charm.

Never heard of putting concrete in a tractor tire, though my neighbor
across the way had his filled with injectible foam.  No flats, but
boy, is it a rough ride, driving that tractor over uneven
ground.


At 04:32 PM 3/13/2007, you wrote:
> My
> wheelbarrow tire size 3.00 - 8 has gone flat. I replaced the inner tube,
> unsuccessfully.  
> I didn't enjoy replacing it, and it was still flat.
> I have heard of farmers filling their tractor tires with concrete.
> Of course for tractors that is a bad idea, as it adds great weight
> and
> increases soil compaction.  But how much weight could this add to my
> little wheelbarrow?  Is it as simple as mixing the concrete and
> putting it in the tire and putting it on the rim?  I know there are
> 'no-flat' tires sold but I couldn't find one in 3.00 - 8 and anyway they
> can $40 or more, too much.
> Charlie Paradise
>
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