OT: Extreme tire repair

[wierdscience]

I've seen this done on off road tires here, but never on an over the road tire. Man, those guys will fix anything😮

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV3UJUMIlr4

[old mart]

Highly illegal in the UK except for earth moving equipment that is never driven on public highways. Just imagine overtaking a truck when a tyre like that blows up.

[Willy]

The man definitely knows his craft, and for an off-road tire I'd have no issue with his repair.
But I sure as heck would run, not walk away from an on highway truck with a tire like that on it, even if it was a driver and not a steering axle application.
Especially over there where they pack more weight on a three axle truck than we do on six!

[dalee100]

Hi,

Well, he made it nylon re-enforced side wall instead of steel in that damaged area and then kind of revulcanized the repair to boot. I've seen worse recaps from factories that specialize in that.

Still, you ain't gonna get me to run 80,0000lbs down the road at 70mph on that tire as a single........

[Ridgerunner]

Company in Ohio has or had a product for repairs like that.

[tom_d]

Necessity, the mother of invention. When you gotta fix it 'cause a new one just isn't an option. From the looks of his tooling this is a common repair in that part of the world. Not sure if that's an on highway or off highway tire. Does it really matter in a region where there simply aren't any highways? From the looks of that truck at the 0:10 mark they don't have very many low overpasses either.

[wierdscience]

The man definitely knows his craft, and for an off-road tire I'd have no issue with his repair.
But I sure as heck would run, not walk away from an on highway truck with a tire like that on it, even if it was a driver and not a steering axle application.

Yep, he's good. There is another video where the guy puts a mould around a section of the tire he's repairing and casts a custom Lead shoe to match the tread for his press.

Especially over there where they pack more weight on a three axle truck than we do on six!

You ain't kidding, holy spring stack batman!

[RB211]

After WW3, we're all going to be doing the same thing

[wierdscience]

Company in Ohio has or had a product for repairs like that.

Those I have seen, but the tire in the video looks like a Tank round went through it.

[lugnut]

During and just after WWII, tires were not available to the general public. It was not unheard of the vulcanize a repair "Boot" into a damaged tire. Speeds and heavy loads were not as great as they are now. I imagine the introduction of steel belted tires reduced or even stopped the need to make repairs like that. During the mid sixties I worked part time in a tire shop and we applied a lot of boots into tires, most was farm tires but a lot of them got used on the hi-ways. There was not any law preventing they'er use on public roads.

[plunger]

This happened at my local petrol station. I had a yokohama tyre with side wall damaged fixed with vulcanization a few years back. I see now they have stopped sidewall repairs claiming its to dangerous and they risk getting sued.If you scroll down you will see the damage to the bakkie. This guy was lucky he did not die.
https://www.news24.com/wheels/cardoc...age-20201120-2

[old mart]

I only hope that the tyre was fitted with the repair facing inboard. Judging from the part of the world the work was being done in, I would recon it would be used on the highways for sure.

[PStechPaul]

Years ago (~1975) I found a bubble or blister on the sidewall of a tire on my van. It felt pretty soft and I figured it was just from a slow leak, so I used an awl to let the air out. It worked - immediately and forcefully. Lucky for me the awl flew about 10 feet away. I think this was a known problem with that tire model.

[rickyb]

I worked on the design of the first radial truck tires in this country. His fix will work for a little while. What you don’t notice is that there will be a tube to hold the air. Also there is so much imbalance at the repair that speed would limited by that alone. You also don’t see what it looks like inflated to 100psi. That is what I’d like to see. I predict a tread separation in the tires near future not a blow out from the side.

[projectnut]

I worked on the design of the first radial truck tires in this country. His fix will work for a little while. What you don’t notice is that there will be a tube to hold the air. Also there is so much imbalance at the repair that speed would limited by that alone. You also don’t see what it looks like inflated to 100psi. That is what I’d like to see. I predict a tread separation in the tires near future not a blow out from the side.

As a youngster I worked for Railway Express Agency (at that time REA Express) for a short period. The first vehicle I drove was a late 1950's Dodge 5 ton refrigerator truck with a vulcanized patch about that size on the right front tire. The thing was a beast to drive to begin with, but the imbalanced tire made it even harder. 55 mph was all but impossible without being shaken out of the cab. 35 mph was about all the faster you could drive and stay planted in the seat.

I was too dumb to question the repair, and didn't even think about it. One day a more senior driver needed the truck so I had no choice as far as using a different one. The truck was gone only about an hour before it returned with the driver steaming. The truck immediately went back to the repair shop for a new tire.