[AT] Osage vs. Firestone

[Ken Knierim]

The slime in the tubes from Slime is a thicker goo than comes in the
bottles and yes, I currently have a set on my bike (front and back). It
generally works, but thicker tires also help as the goat heads that kill
tires are only so long and if you can keep them from getting to the vitals,
well, you're better off. In the case of the Osage (which I have zero
familiarity but suspect is similar to some forms of mesquite from the
descriptions), the spines are long enough to go through and leave a big
hole.

Solutions to vehicles with tires are (as mentioned): steel wheels, tracks,
solid tires, or tires thicker than the offending spines are long.
Self-sealing is good up to a point, but you do need to put air back in for
that lost before the tire reseals (and they reseal a LOT... slime does
work).

I also have heard of a better material than slime for use in bigger tires.
The demo showed a 1/4" drill going into a car tire and the gunk sealing it
again. I don't recall what it was.

slime uses cotton fibers and a green liquid that's somewhat viscous (and I
suspect, temperature affected). This other material uses some sort of
kevlar fiber and (I believe) a thicker goo to go with it.

The ultimate solution as far as I'm concerned is using a tracked vehicle.
And maybe a little fire to urge along the decomposition of the offending
spines after you bulldoze them up in a heap. :)

Here in the desert, everything wants to stick you, stab you or chomp you.
Tires usually get it first.

Ken in AZ

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:33 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
wrote:

> Ken, I believe that Slime actually makes their own brand of tubes now.
> I've seen them but don't know the details.  I wonder if it has slime built
> in somehow.  I've seen them in Tractor Supply and another local
> farm supply store.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Knierim
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 11:36 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Osage vs. Firestone
>
> As a user of Slime in bike tires,  I can attest to it's ability to reseal
> after puncture on tubes. We get what they call "goat heads" that mow
> through tubes on bikes. This stuff works well for sealing the myriad leaks
> that come from those. Not sure on tractor tires but suspect if it works
> half as well on them as it does on bikes, it'll treat you well.
>
> My $0.02
>
> Ken in AZ
>
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Charlie V <1cdevill at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Follow up
> >
> > Dean, it turns out there are numerous types of Slime, including tube
> > sealant and also tire sealant so that answers one question.
> >
> > Here is a link to their web page.
> >
> > http://slime.com/category/sealant/tire-sealant/
> >
> > Charlie V
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Those *@#&! osage orange trees... much as I can't help but admire their
> > > durability and defense mechanisms, I'd just as soon have fewer of them
> > > to
> > > deal with.   At some point in the five weeks since I put new front
> tires
> > on
> > > the JD 620, two tiny thorns managed to puncture one of them and leave
> me
> > > with a slow leak.   I couldn't even see them until I took the wheel off
> > the
> > > tractor and studied it up close, and even then couldn't find anything
> > that
> > > looked like a leak until I dunked the whole thing in water.   Guess I
> > > should
> > > be grateful for the many that apparently didn't make it through to the
> > > innertube but still left tiny little splinters in the new tire.
> > >
> > > It'll be many years, if ever, before I have the little osage trees
> > > beaten
> > > back to where I won't be mowing around/over them anymore.   Anyone have
> > any
> > > recommendations for/against something like Slime or Gempler's
> Ultraseal?
> > > Does that stuff work with tubed tires?
> > >
> > > Thanks very much--
> > >
> > > Dean Vinson
> > > Saint Paris, Ohio
> > >
> > >
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