patching radial tires?

mmidlam

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I have 18 inch load range E radial truck tires on the front of my loader tractor. I ran a 1 inch tree stub though the thread of one. Can a bias tire boot be used to repair the radial in this low speed application?
 
Put a regular radial patch over the hole first.Then apply the 'boot'.On a tractor,you could probably get by.However,radials have much more flex than a bias,so do not use a 'bias' patch on a radial that is on a vehicle.
 
I wouldn't want to load it up after having a 1" hole punched through it. Give it a year and it will be even worse as the radial ply starts to rust.
 
A good tire shop might be the answer, depends on how bad the damage is. I have seen some pretty badly damaged tires off of logging equipment repaired by a shop on the MN iron range that repaired tires for mining equipment.
Myself, I might just use the patch and boot suggestion! I have had patches put in truck tires that have a plug attached that you pull through from the inside and then cut off, had great luck with them.
 
A tire shop might repair a radial with damage to the face of the tire, but they have refused to repair damage to the sidewall of a radial - which I've had happen a couple of times.
 
Yep! It will work!
How long???? That you will find out.
I would try it if I could not afford another tire.Actuall have way back when I had to and on a car too... But repairs cost money too and used tires are pretty cheap!
 
Putting a boot over it glued down will hold for a while. It may hold a year or it may hold 10 or it may hold a week. Something like that at best is a gamble 1 inch is a pretty big hole. But I have patched hole that big or bigger and had them hold a long time
 
Old used road tires must be more expensive now. How expensive is another used truck tire compared to the cost of a patch, a boot, glue, the downtime from the old patched tire going flat tire at an in-oppertune time and the time to replace the tire a second time?

The downside of replacing the tire is the front tires may not match anymore.
 
Just replace the tire. The patch will be worth a good percentage of what the tire is worth with no guarnantee that it will last. It might go a year, a month, a day or an hour. A hot repair on that tire will cost significantly more than the tire is worth.

Rod
 
I worked in a large tire store for several years and this is what I can tell you from first hand experience.
Same patchs(different sizes) was used(with mfg's approval)in bias and radial tires. That was before special patchs were marketed for radial.
The only outright failures we saw in any tire with repairable punture was the result of tire busters setting fire to glue instead of waiting for it to dry.
All mfg's forbid patching shoulder or sidewall so we buffed off serial #s and allowed shop employees put them on thier personal vehicles where I don't recall a single patch failing.
Some people here are reccomending a "boot". I don't understand why you would boot a tubless tire. If the tire isn't worn or weathered,I would patch it without hesitation. I'm calling B.S. on much of what is put out by mfgrs and dealers about radial repairs.
 
Don't patch a tire, on the front end of the loader tractor. When you have it loaded, that bugger will blow, in the worst possible circumstance, and might roll you over! I know 18's aren't the easiest size to find, but a good casing will be cheaper, in the long run.
 

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