Our tractor club is mating a Gibson A with a Cub hood, steering post and steering wheel for little kids to sit on for pictures. There won't be a functioning engine so it just needs to be able to roll on and off a trailer. The tires and rims we have are in pretty bad shape and we thought we could maybe foam them rather than spending a lot of money on new tires and tubes. Youtube talks about using Great Stuff expanding foam injected through several holes in the tire. Just wondered if anyone has experience doing this and suggestions you would offer. Otherwise, we'll try it on a front tires and see what happens.
Foaming Tires
- Thread starter Bob McCarty
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I thought about and researched using hardware store purchased expanding foam for farm only trailer tires. Internet research, the foam doesn't hold up.
For your use, give it a try. If the foam breaks down you are not out a lot of money.
I have one foam filled front tire on my 154 that is holding up well. Was on the tractor when I purchased it years ago. Assume it was foam filled by a farm tire dealership.
For your use, give it a try. If the foam breaks down you are not out a lot of money.
I have one foam filled front tire on my 154 that is holding up well. Was on the tractor when I purchased it years ago. Assume it was foam filled by a farm tire dealership.
staninlowerAL
501 Club
JMHO, I experimented with an 8 inch trailer tire and hardware store foam and did not get satisfactory results, probably because of my lack of knowledge and limited equipment. Injecting through the valve stem did not allow the foam to completely fill the tire, while attempting to fill the cavities by puncturing these areas and filling them still left some voids. The foam set up very hard so I consider the experiment a failure. On another application at my former workplace we used foam filled tires on forklifts for years and it was a very satisfactory experience. I'm sure the difference was the type foam used and installed by a professional tire service shop. Good Luck with yours. Stan
ScottyD'sdad
501 Club
I tried foaming tires on my wood splitter (auto tires). with poor results. Just the weight of it being barked, flattens the foam, so it doesn't leave you with a round tire. Hardware expanding foam.
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Don McCombs
501 Club
From what I can gather from previous research, the tire foam cures much slower than the Great Stuff, allowing the tire to fill completely. The Great Stuff goes in the valve, expands and cures rapidly, blocking additional uncured foam from getting into the tire.
Greenthumbfarms
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Re use the tires and put new tubes in. I agree that the foam will not hold up been thete, done that.Bob McCarty":w41wamp6 said:
There is special tire foam but a tire shop has to put it in, usually your local shop sends the tires (on rims) off to be filled and gets them back a week later. I've had luck with that rather than hardware store expanding foam.
Gary Dotson
501 Club
Great stuff didn’t work for me, either. I tried it on a pair of 4” rear tires on a 3 point finish mower. But then again, I didn’t drill holes in the tires. I just pushed the tire away from the. Rim to inject the foam. I was not able to get a consistent fill. As soon as I made a couple passes mowing, the tires started going wonky.
Greenthumbfarms
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We had it done to some heavy 3pt tillage rippers on the farm, one kepy kicking tires off the rims. Going on 3 years with the professionally filled tires and no complaints. They weigh a lot, so we made special studs to mount them.CharlieK":27sw2qhg said: