Spare tire vs Tire Sealer?

[crager34]

I have a Wal-Mart $8 tire plug kit and a compressor. Not much you can do if you get a puncture in a sidewall, other than having a full size spare. I am not saying it doesn't happen, but in the 15+ years I have been wheeling, I have not had a flat on the trail. On the street with nails and glass, and crap.. yes.

[Kenny]

Also keep in mind that most of those "sealers in a can" don't like heat.
(I think the green stuff at wal-mart is ok)
So having one in your cab area in the desert might not be fun...

[tomdietrying]

craiger,
A couple of years ago Tone Monday aka Tone (former VX ower) came back to Moab with his Mercedes SUV. While on the trail, he got a slice in his side wall, and he didn't have a spare. The only other people on the trail were fellow VXers, so we couldn't give him our spare. The bolt pattern was different. Anyhow, Todd Addam, he's leading the VX Run in Moab this year, suggested stacking 5-6 plugs on top of each other. He saw it done once, but never tried it himself. Well, to make a long story short Tone was able to drive his Mercedes out of the back country back to Moab.

So the moral of the story is even if you do not have a spare plenty of tire plugs may do the trick.

Peace.
Tom
012009

[Petos]

Joe Black - thanks a lot, will order this set It has jumpstarters in case of dead batteries, and I needed that too (too much TV screens in my car keep draining the battery in my VX )
cheers
Petos

[Joe_Black]

While running the VX at an ERS rallysprint a few years ago I got a sidewall puncture in a brand new Yokohama Geolandar MT+ and was able to repair with Slime. I basically dismounted the wheel and tire then after filling with Slime and air just laid the tire with the side down that had the sidewall puncture. It's been great ever since, but all they were used for is rallycross and a little off-roading.



The proper way to fix a sidewall puncture is to remove the tire and apply a vulcanizing patch to the inside of the tire after prepping the area by proper cleaning and scuffing, preferably with a power scuffer. It's still not considered "safe" by the DOT, but for the most part is quite functional.

[crager34]

craiger,
A couple of years ago Tone Monday aka Tone (former VX ower) came back to Moab with his Mercedes SUV. While on the trail, he got a slice in his side wall, and he didn't have a spare. The only other people on the trail were fellow VXers, so we couldn't give him our spare. The bolt pattern was different. Anyhow, Todd Addam, he's leading the VX Run in Moab this year, suggested stacking 5-6 plugs on top of each other. He saw it done once, but never tried it himself. Well, to make a long story short Tone was able to drive his Mercedes out of the back country back to Moab.

So the moral of the story is even if you do not have a spare plenty of tire plugs may do the trick.

Peace.
Tom
012009

Excellant!! Good to know.