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Replacing wheelbarrow tire?
I need some way to replace the tire on the wheelbarrow before Saturday,
because I am bringing home 700 lbs. of chicken feed on Friday (stocking up before my surgery because I won't be able to drive afterward and will be stuck at home for ages). I went to Northern Equipment Co and they sold me a new tire and told me a tire company could change it for me. Three tire companies (and three snide comments from tire co. employees) later, I REALLY need the darn thing fixed. Without feedback. I have arthritis and can't do something like this myself. I also need air in the tires of the hand truck, but can get air in tires much more easily (apparently) than I can get a tire replaced. Where on earth do people go to get things like this done? clueless in SW Apex.... -- laurie brooke adams (Mother Mastiff) mastiffs at mindspring dot-com ***If a DOG could choose whether to just be beautiful, or to be sound and healthy TOO, what do YOU think the dog would choose?*** (C) 2002 My words are my own. If you want to use them, ASK ME FIRST. Dark egg breeds: Welsummer, Marans. Also Exchequer Leghorns. Chicks only, accepting reservations now for 2003 |
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Replacing wheelbarrow tire?
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:08:01 -0400, "Laurie Brooke Adams \(Mother
Mastiff\)" wrote: I need some way to replace the tire on the wheelbarrow before Saturday, because I am bringing home 700 lbs. of chicken feed on Friday (stocking up before my surgery because I won't be able to drive afterward and will be stuck at home for ages). I went to Northern Equipment Co and they sold me a new tire and told me a tire company could change it for me. Three tire companies (and three snide comments from tire co. employees) later, I REALLY need the darn thing fixed. Without feedback. I have arthritis and can't do something like this myself. I also need air in the tires of the hand truck, but can get air in tires much more easily (apparently) than I can get a tire replaced. Where on earth do people go to get things like this done? Laurie, I just did the same replacement last weekend. At Home Depot I found several choices and went with an already-mounted tire and wheel filled with urethane foam. It was just over $20. Five minutes with a 1/2" socket wrench and it was good to go. The new ball-bearing wheel fit perfectly on the existing axle. I use my wheel barrow only occasionally and so I didn't want to worry about keeping air in the tire. I don't really know about long-term reliability of this kind of tire but it seemed to be the best choice for me. If I were you I'd take the tire back to Northern and go to HD. -- Regards, George Alan Esworthy "The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people." -- Justice Louis Brandeis |
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Replacing wheelbarrow tire?
On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:36:48 GMT, George Alan Esworthy wrote:
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:08:01 -0400, "Laurie Brooke Adams \(Mother Mastiff\)" wrote: I need some way to replace the tire on the wheelbarrow before Saturday, because I am bringing home 700 lbs. of chicken feed on Friday (stocking up before my surgery because I won't be able to drive afterward and will be stuck at home for ages). I went to Northern Equipment Co and they sold me a new tire and told me a tire company could change it for me. Three tire companies (and three snide comments from tire co. employees) later, I REALLY need the darn thing fixed. Without feedback. I have arthritis and can't do something like this myself. I also need air in the tires of the hand truck, but can get air in tires much more easily (apparently) than I can get a tire replaced. Where on earth do people go to get things like this done? Laurie, I just did the same replacement last weekend. At Home Depot I found several choices and went with an already-mounted tire and wheel filled with urethane foam. It was just over $20. Five minutes with a 1/2" socket wrench and it was good to go. The new ball-bearing wheel fit perfectly on the existing axle. I use my wheel barrow only occasionally and so I didn't want to worry about keeping air in the tire. I don't really know about long-term reliability of this kind of tire but it seemed to be the best choice for me. If I were you I'd take the tire back to Northern and go to HD. But if you really really want it mounted, then go to a lawn mower repair facility. Cary Mower and Saw did do them 5 years ago. I had inner tubes put into some tubeless hand truck tires. I tried NTB and they said they just were not equiped to handle such small diameters. They pointed me to lawn repair. -- Wes Dukes |
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Replacing wheelbarrow tire?
I've done both the wheelbarrow and garden tractor-type tires myself, by
CAREFULLY using my largest screwdrivers and once a Wonderbar. It really isn't as hard as you'd think. If there's a trick, it's getting the new or repaired tire to seal around the rim for inflation. If you don't use a tube, you can force the tire outward to get a starting seal by wrapping clothes line around the deflated tire, inserting a screwdriver as a lever and twisting it to compress the tire. This forces the beads out to the rim and lets you get started inflating it. CAUTION- once the beads "bite" the rim, remove the clothes line rope before continuing to inflate the tire. -- Tom Gauldin, Las Vegas NV NEW EMAIL NEW PHONE (702) 263-8804 voice/fax "Wes Dukes" wrote in message |
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Replacing wheelbarrow tire?
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:08:01 -0400, "Laurie Brooke Adams \(Mother
Mastiff\)" wrote: I need some way to replace the tire on the wheelbarrow before Saturday, One time I carried too heavy a load in mine and got a flat. My officemate was going to WalMart for new tires the next day, so I brought it in and she took it there. They gafawed, and made jokes, but they happily fixed it and didn't charge anything. (Welll, my officemate has a really good way with those mechanic guys. Maybe they wouldn't have fixed it for me. ha ha) I think it wasn't actually flat, but had come loose from the rim and lost its air. Good luck Kira |
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Replacing wheelbarrow tire?
Wish I would have know that....I trashed my wheelbarrow several years
ago b/c I balked at the price of fixing it. The tires were as much as my wheelbarrow. Mine came loose from the rim.....Next time I see one laying in the trash, I'm snagging it.... Brad On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 18:49:43 GMT, !! (Kira Dirlik) wrote: On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:08:01 -0400, "Laurie Brooke Adams \(Mother Mastiff\)" wrote: I need some way to replace the tire on the wheelbarrow before Saturday, One time I carried too heavy a load in mine and got a flat. My officemate was going to WalMart for new tires the next day, so I brought it in and she took it there. They gafawed, and made jokes, but they happily fixed it and didn't charge anything. (Welll, my officemate has a really good way with those mechanic guys. Maybe they wouldn't have fixed it for me. ha ha) I think it wasn't actually flat, but had come loose from the rim and lost its air. Good luck Kira |
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