Filled front tires

Tired of punctured tubes due to mesquite everywhere. Not much of a problem on rear, but front...
Replacing OLD front tires, cracked and hunks of the ribs breaking off. Was thinking about options to reduce the flat problem while at it, if feasible.
Been reading some old posts on the rubber foam filled option. Besides the rough ride, seems the biggest issue is cleaning the crap out if you ever need to replace the tire.

Question: Why couldn't the foam be filled into a tube in the new tires?
Seems like this would solve the problem of having to clean that crap off.
 
Question: Why couldn't the foam be filled into a tube in the new tires?
Seems like this would solve the problem of having to clean that crap off.

Yes the tube would fix the "crap" problem but getting the expanding foam into the tube is the challenge.
 
(quoted from post at 14:07:43 08/03/21) Tired of punctured tubes due to mesquite everywhere. Not much of a problem on rear, but front...
Replacing OLD front tires, cracked and hunks of the ribs breaking off. Was thinking about options to reduce the flat problem while at it, if feasible.
Been reading some old posts on the rubber foam filled option. Besides the rough ride, seems the biggest issue is cleaning the crap out if you ever need to replace the tire.

Question: Why couldn't the foam be filled into a tube in the new tires?
Seems like this would solve the problem of having to clean that crap off.
hen time comes, replace tires & wheels.
 
New tires will help.... a few ounces of tireject in them should solve your problems

You can also put thorn guard strips between the tube and tire
 
Bjtz02 -

How is the foam usually inserted into a tubeless tire? Tire stem - right?

How is the foam usually inserted into a tube tire? Tire stem, right?

- Joe -
 
Drill another hole in the wheel for a second valve stem opposite the original one. Add a
second valve stem to the tube. Fill the tube with foam, using the second stem a vent.

Easy-Peasey!
 
There may be a special wheel foam with a special foam fitting but filling a tire/tube with expanding foam off the shelf is not that simple. The foam needs an
outlet as the tire/tube is filled. I have only seen this done successfully after holes were drilled through the tire so the foam could expand and fill the
tire/tube. Just trying to save someone else a self inflicted headache. I guess I never tried to find a professional to do this but most of us like to do our own
work.......
 
OK - I thought that this was something everybody of our age group should easily grasp - but - here goes with "Foaming a Tubed Tire 101":

To fill a tube with foam insert / install the [b:e43c77719a]uninflated tube[/b:e43c77719a] (talcum powder inside the outer tire first is optional) inside the 'old' tire. Pull the tube's tire stem through it's (oversized by design) hole in the rim and secure the stem in place with a tire valve tool - while finishing the mounting of the "outer" tire onto the rim.

Do not put air inside the tube - leave it completely deflated exactly as it came out of the box.

Remove the tire stem core and screw on the foam delivery system of choice and then fill / inflate the tube inside the outer tire with the raw foam [u:e43c77719a]according to manufacturer's directions[/u:e43c77719a]. Then put the cap back on the tire stem.

The "trapped air" inside the "outer tire" will escape out of the tire stem hole as the tube inflates because the hole is a little larger than the inner tube tire stem.

When the tire needs replacing bore a hole, side to side completely through the tire, tube and foam and then use a Sawsall and then a utility knife to carefully cut the the old stuff off, prior to doing the process all over again.
 

In motocross and enduro racing we use solid foam inserts in the tires to pretty much guarantee no flat tires. The only drawback to them is, if you are driving on hot pavement, the heat buildup will ruin them. They also make these inserts for ATV's and UTV's, so there might be an appropriate size available for the N...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrCTzAKpcmE
 

I plan on cutting the centers out of some front rims and welding them to 16" tubeless rims . You have to work on the off set or the tires will rub . I have lots of cheap used 8ply tires that I plan on using 1/2 gallon of slime or I could easily plug . It doesn't need to be pretty or 100% straight for less than 10 mph in the field .
 

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