Great tires, came nicely packed in the box, and did not compress kzfaq.infoUgkx985f3iNjxHFMO6JoE7CSGActiIEyumFx . It fitted my craftsman riding mower just fine. It is a little narrower than my stock tires but so far it has held up and works great. No air leaks and traction was great in my hilly backyard. Installation was good and was not too difficult, highly recommended.

That's great, about 20 years ago I had a mate at work who joked about doing this with his bicycle tyres but I never thought I'd see anyone actually do it!! 😀

As a wheelchair user for over fifty years, I got tired of inflatable tires on my chair going flat, uneven pressure, and slow leaks. Then the chair manufacturers started offering solid foam inserts for tires. Best investment ever. Even when the tire is worn completely through, the foam insert keeps you rolling until the tire can be replaced. No more uneven ride like when the pressure is different on each inflatable tire or you cut a tire on glass and junk. Some don't care for them because of the added weight (it's only a couple extra pounds), or the slightly stiffer ride, which is a small price to pay for added security. Try dealing with a flat wheelchair tire when you're out shopping at the mall or out to dinner.

Nice money saving concept. I revitalized all 18 tires on my tractor trailer and saved close to $2900! Granted, my GVW reduced a bit from 80,000 to a tic over 32,000, but I'm more than willing to give up a little cargo carrying capacity to save a buck or two. Also, the first time I pulled into a TX DOT weigh/check station and the DOT officer asked why a had a bunch of foam snakes shooting out of my sidewalls, it took quite a bit of explaining and diagramming to reduce the citation count from 18 to just 5, 1 citation per axle. Not too bad, and I got to give the nice officer one of the best belly laughs that he'd had in years......

Dude, great video. Way to think outside the lines. Thanks for posting this.

Hey good job I always wondered how they foam filled tires thanks for showing it

Foam works well inside PVC too. I had an old Chev. pickup and a long (38') heavy, aluminum ladder I wanted to carry. I took a piece of gray PVC (electrical), probably either 1-1/4 or 1-1/2 in., wrapped the outside of it with carpet matting and duck tape, then stretched some bungee cords through it. I then placed it on the roof of the truck and fastened the bungee clips onto the rain gutters. Viola... front ladder carrier. For the Back, I used the same size PVC along with a couple of 90's and made what looked like a roll bar. I had to use a grinder to narrow down the ends of the roll bar to fit into the square holes in the top of the truck bed. When done, I stuck in the roll bar, put on the ladder, and the roll bar sank horribly in the center! I pulled it back out, got some clear rubber hose that would fit on the end of the tube used on a can of great stuff, fished the hose through the roll bar. Once through, I squeezed on the great stuff lever and slowly removed the hose while doing so, filling up the roll bar with great stuff. Couple of days later I tried again. The ladder didn't create any drop in the roll bar! Bungees on the front, bungees on the back, I used this setup for about 5 years with no problem whatsoever and as a plus, when I wasn't hauling that ladder I'd take the roll bar out of the rear truck bed holes and put it into the front bed holes and it looked like I had a roll bar on the truck!

Golly Jethro Clampet would be proud of that job!!!!

I don't know why, I found this very smart and hilarious hahaha lol.

I've got just the tire for this tip you've shared! Thanks

I have a tire that's been given me grief. Thank for the pro tip!!

I did this n then never had to worry about my tired on my mower.. works perfect

Did this to my yard cart 4 years ago. still good as new.

My experience with the spray foam is that it isn't very elastic and once you exceed it's load limit or hit something hard the foam compacts, doesn't return to shape and gives you one Knarly kidney shaking flat spot.

Did this with tires on my snowblower that has molded plastic wheels about 4 years ago. Due to the plastic wheels they constantly leaked flat.. Havent had a flat on the snowblower in 4 years.. I drilled 3 holes around the bead flange of the wheel on both sides so I could use some short drywall screws to hold the tire on the bead area essentially "beadlocking" the tires to the wheels, then drilled 3 holes in the tire surface to fill the tire from the holes with the filler tube on the great stuff just as you did.. No seep out from the bead seal surface this way but of course the wheels were never coming off the tires again..

Very creative idea

LOL Great concept....and a god awful mess...but fun none the less...thanks for the entertainment brotha! Woooo!!!

Who cares if it breaks down over time he was going to have to buy new tire or tube anyway for 20$ A can of foam was $2 not like he’s losing much if it makes 5 cuts are a hundred it made more then the flat tire , there are a lot of haters out there I’ll give the vid a thumbs up 👍 for creativity, initiative and how to make shit happen without breaking the bank

I was a 15 year old kid in 1955. An old man came into the gas station with a missing fan belt. I told him we dont have a belt but I can make a belt out of some trot line cord. I said it's 12 miles to Sedan ks. you might be able to make it there. A few days later he came back in. I said did you make it to Sedan. He said hell son it's still working..our Hupmobile had a door spring for a fan belt. For tires on my 38 chevy I would find a blown tire with good tread.cut the bead off a smaller tire and put it inside. Put in a tube and I was back on the road.

I did something similar......an old tractor had a badly rusted rim and I couldn’t find a decent replacement. So a friend and I removed the tube, made a few surgical cuts in the sidewall and filled it with concrete. We added old steel cable and a few lag bolts thru the sidewall just in case the concrete would crack. We had to use a chain and load binder to help flatten the tread but it worked ok. Had to use a loader to put it back on after a week of curing. Rode kinda rough and lost some traction but was a cheap fix. Took a few beers to help make decisions.

In my own experience. the foam would eventually crumble into dust, inside the tire. I found good success with a true flexible urethane foam, as long as low running speed was maintained to avoid heat buildup.

I have done this so many times, the first time was probably 20 years ago. I had my own small engine business mowers, tillers and so on, many customers with dry rot but good tread got the old foam fill repair. Don't bother trying fix a flat on them, it requires heat to set as in highway driving.

That spray foam would of expanded plenty without the extra little foam you put in there....that stuff really expands!!! As you found out..great idea 👍🏻👍🏻

Just had the same idea after having to buy new sack truck wheels and tyres at least once a year - fill it with builder's foam! Quick google and this came up first click. Will try your cut up bits of polystyrene trick, should stop it from crushing under heavy weights, you could probably use other things to back fill them first, rubber or inner tubes cut up maybe?. Once the foam fills all the voids should be fine. Good video.

My experience with that foam is that once you compress it, it turns to dust. I can see it working at first but with the weight of that mower pushing on the tire compressing it, I don't think it will last too long.

Chud, I'm speechless!!!Your a MASTERMIND!!!

I had just the same idea a month ago. I am glad that it works.

A mowing guy I know did all his tires on his hustlers back in the late 80's because of stickers in one apt complex and other things. Those tires weighed a ton when they were filled and eventually cracked the frame on his mowers. That air in the tires are the suspension system on a mower.

Great idea! What a mess though.

Good job man, I make similar style videos, lol your video auto played after mine, I liked and subscribed

The guy putting the spray foam and fixing that tire sure was a great idea

I did this to a yard trailer tire back in 2008! It was flat come spring so I aired it up and when I did it blew a 6" hole in the sidewall. I didn't put any pieces of foam in it, I just raised it off the ground and shot the foam in the hole and let it sit a couple of days. I used that trailer for another 5 years... then I trashed it because I'd used it up. The foamed tire was still holding well.

Famous last words: "watch this..."..... tink... BOOM !

O my sir 😂🤣😂 lol over thought coulda just shoved foam straw down the valve 🤣😂

kool idea seems to work like the duels as well

That potato harvester was really something to behold.

This looks like something out of a Duck Dynasty episode.

Why not cut the valve off then fill through one hole this stuff will expand enough to work.

😆 i only watched this to see how crazy it looked. Glad it worked for you but i will just keep adding air to my tire.

It looks amazing

I wonder if that stuff would add bouyancy to your pvc boat.

Use a ratchet strap around tire to help the bead seat on small tires.

This is hilarious! Thanks for posting. I realize the $40 for new tire and rim is a bargin. I was laughing from 4:40 until 5 mins after this video was over. Love it..

Makes good sense. Get that stuff on your hands and you'll be wearing it for a month.

Spray WD-40 on tire before applying foam for an easy clean up

I think I would have just bought some solid tires, and had been done with it.

...and it looks so professional, too.

I've been wondering for 15 yrs omg. Yes

Most of the reason for air filled tires is because they absorb bumps. Your solution will be hard as a rock.

Hold my beer, watch this.

Muy buen video y excelente idea, sobretodo para una emergencia, gracias por compartir

Nice trick! 👌

Now you need to paint a whitewall on the other tire.

Id do this myself but too many negatives. Foam stuck all over everything forever... the bead didn't seal meaning the tire can wobble and it just looks like hell. I'll give you though, it's functional and it won't be a problem again. I wonder IF... you used just 2 holes (so it can build up at least a little pressure and possibly get the bead up on the rim), coat the tire in 80 weight or grease to keep this shit from sticking to it. I was sure when I watched this that the foam would expand enough to seat it. This damned ZTR I have is the same way. If its a little low and I hit something with it, it'll pop it off the damn bead. MAN it pisses me off trying to get it seated again using rope and ether... just to mow, which I already hate doing.

Awesome video and be safe from the hurricane hope it does affect where you are. That KS for Sharing

'White line tyres' has a whole new meaning now!!😃😃😃 You could just spray the foam through the valve and put a cap on it.

Just make a wooden wheel on a band saw out of 2x6 or 2x8 cut an old tire into pieces and glue it on the wooden wheel for some cushion.

Will work good till the foam breaks down and turns into powder

Thank you for sharing, question what would be the result if you just fill it by air valve and do not drill all the hols, thank you and have a nice day.

Very innovative. New tool in my belt. Like.

Tubes are super cheap if you get them at a local shop.

Good luck getting that tire off of that rim...

That foam coming out of the valve stem without it being depressed is a clear indication that you have a large leak. Probably the valve stem center piece (the part that actually presses down) needs to be turned. I remember my uncle showing me that there is a tiny tightening tool that actually turns the center piece of the stem itself and tights or loosens it.

I had a tire fixed with a tube by a local tire shop..cost 11 bucks.that was three years ago.no mess no drilling holes

Alternate title: How To Ruin A Tire And Make A Mess In The Process

In 10 mows you will need a new tire AND wheel!

cleanest job ever lol nice idea

Nice work

Cutting and breaking up those foam pieces is the same a nails on a chalkboard to me. Ahhhh,....I'm cringing!

why not just fill it through the valve stem

Go to Home Depot flooring department, get a bottle of Latex Flooring Primer. Pour couple of ounces inside tube, add about 2 psi to force liquid into small leaks, while spinning wheel.Ready to air up in about 6 hours. I see I'm not the only one who tried the foam route.lol.

I used to work at a mowing place in HS. Occassionally we would have to go pick up equipment from the Amish owned repair shop, usually just regular maint items for the mowers and parts for the trim & blow stuff. Zeros were just getting big then (1999-2001 era). There was always a stack of zero front wheels in their shop needing to have new tires put on, or have the rubber replaced as a result of an off-rim situation. But we never did, ever. And ours didnt for 2 reasons. 1: Owner insisted all wheels be pre-slimed. Nothing crazy, just enough to stop a nail punctute. 2: This is the most important thing.... We didn't run the mowers like everyone else. Every other zero turn user/owner besides my boss uses the zero the wrong way. They turn around at the end of each cut row and do a reverse pass on the next strip, this is inctedibly hard on the small front tires, as when they are forced to spin around it puts tons of pressure on the sidewall and bead area. After so many turns like that, and with age they just let go of the rim. The zero tire issues are not a fault of the machine, but a fault of the operators who dont know how to properly cut with them... Zeros are made for index mowing, not stop & turn like a riding mower.

Your rims are all corroded that's why it's not making a seal. Foam didn't even seal the tire correctly around the rim. Probably rides like crap too

U put wayh to much holes and foem in there

I did the same thing on a troy-bilt tiller with tubed wheels. tires kept going flat on a job. ruined the bead tilling on flat tires after buying expensive tires and tubes from manufacturer. I filled with foam similar to this method. after the foam hardened i scraped off the excess and wire brushed the rest off. i sprayed a flat black paint on side walls of tires.

great idea!

You made to many holes. It would of filled fine with only 2-3 holes.

Did it wrong

Great Stuff foam compresses and doesn't really bounce back. It also eventually breaks down to dust. This is likely used only as an affordable short-run fix.

Good idea to add small blocks to fill it in before the liquid foam

Doesn't work.. The foam is when cured a non-flex material. When touched or damaged it crumbles into flakes. Using it will turn the foam into sand/crumbles and fall out. Extremely messy as well..

WAY COOL ; THAT'S GOD OL' creative CRITICAL THINKING 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬

This is perfect for flat car tires

FYI...you can cover tire with masking tape before filling tire with foam...trim holes in tire flush where foam came out with hack saw blade....use black pen to disguise foam holes.

You overdid the foam. Since it was already oozing out every opening, there was no reason to continue. It expands a LOT.

This shit is a pain to get off your arms

Two helpful tips: 1. Use a rag to wipe a small amount of clean engine oil on the sidewalls of the tire, before using the sprayfoam. - When the foam expands, it won't stick to the tire. 2. If you accidentally get spray foam on something that you value (such as your gold Rolex, or your wife's wedding dress) just use a little bit of acetone to dissolve the foam, then wipe with a clean cloth. (Make sure you have plenty of ventillation when using acetone, to prevent brain damage.)

Clever and fun

stupid idea

i thought of this idea years ago. Always wondered if it would work.

I get flat frees tires on everything I buy typically .. I remember mowing a whole month with a flat on zturn.. Horrible.. flatfrees.. Been so durable

thanks for posting

Thank you for not being mean there are lots of jerks and haters out there.

you are a genious!

They make real deal tire foam, less mess.

the issue with foam in tires is the foam is not rated for weight. Just running it over a flat lawn will eventually crush the foam even if uniformly around the tire and turn it to powder. Being the crushed up foam in total will take up less volume in the tire compared to expanded foam the tire will run flatter and flatter. But in a pinch I've been known to do worse.

Well I'd love to hear how it's holding up. Thanks

The only chance of it working is if the tire is strong enough to support the weight. The small gap foam will support more weight than the big gap. I have a 8 inch tire I got at a flea market that is so old and hard it doesntneed air pressure. Works fine on my wheel Barrow. I think it probably was a trailer tire in a past life.. when I welded the wheel Barrow center in I heard the tube lose its air. It didn't matter. There are foams that work. I've been thru the Great Stuff routine.

I am wondering, perhaps those army light tank or atv the use foam too to prevent tyre from punture cause by bullet..

Just an FYI... you can buy expansion foam in a can, specifically designed for cars, so all you need to do is screw it onto the valve stem, and spray !! It fills with a little air and the foam. It's just designed to "get you out of trouble"... but for your job it would be fine. And there would've been Zero mess !!, no drilling, no extra foam pieces..(which was completely unecessary by the way when you are already filling with a foam !!) It is very common now in most European cars as they aren't giving you a spare tyre anymore...Merc, BMW Audi etc...