Gona Cry

[Chaz]

Had my truck fully serviced, New exhaust put on MOT and road tax on the 26th September Not much change left out of £700. Just when you think thats it for another year I had a rotten screw go through the rear tyre today right on the outside edge 7mm of tread left as well. Looks like its going to be a new tyre thats another £100 plus

Chaz

[MudLifeCrisis]

Had one of mine repaired last year with nail right on edge of tread / sidewall .

No problems.


Brian

[solarman216]

Put a tube in it, no problem, Rick

[rustic]

Put a tube in it, no problem, Rick

I was told that this was now illegal, although my Dad's LR Series 2a always had them.
The older tubes made great swim rings in the sea.:thumb2

[briggie]

It is an offence to use a tyre which has any defect (not just illegal tread depth). The penalty for an offence is a fine at level 4 of the standard scale (currently upto £2,500), compulsory 3 point endorsement and discretionary disqualification. Each faulty tyre is a separate offence.

[lacroupade]

The corner of the tyre IS an area where most tyre companies don't like to effect repairs since its the highest area of flex.

It is NOT illegal to fit a tube in a tubeless tyre though.

So if you can persuade someone to vulcanise it as a secondary line of defence, a tube ought to do the job - but you need to be aware of the first sentence and keep a very close eye on the area where the screw went in.

[solarman216]

it is not illegal to use tubes, getting them can be the problem and next getting your local tyre Co to fit them, as they, like most firms today, only want to sell you new stuff, we always use tubes on bangers as tubeless fall off far to easily, Rick

[rustic]

I had a puncture once in the central area of the tyre made by a large galvanised fencing staple.
It produced 2 holes 8-10mm apart, this was a write off as they couldn't vulcanise 2 holes so close together and I was told then that a tube could not be fitted.

But now in the USA and in UK in the 60's -70's (Remploy did one in UK) you could buy the string kits, with a rasp, string and rubber solution to repair a puncture at the roadside without removing the tyre.
A good get you home solution, esp if you get 2 or more punctures at the same time. Seen that happen on the M42, when several cars were stranded after debris was left on the motorway.


Also if you have a slight cut in the tyre that exposes any of the fibres then that is also a write off.