I have a wheelbarrow with a small car-type tyre.

The wheel has gone flat - has a puncture.

How do I get it repaired? Kwik-Fit? Or will a set of bicycle tyre irons
and patches do the trick?

--
Simon

12) The Second Rule of Expectations
An EXPECTATION is a Premeditated resentment.

On 21/12/2012 19:18, usenet2012 wrote:

I have a wheelbarrow with a small car-type tyre.

The wheel has gone flat - has a puncture.

How do I get it repaired? Kwik-Fit? Or will a set of bicycle tyre irons
and patches do the trick?

You might need bigger irons than bicycle ones. Motorcycle place?
--
Phil Cook

On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:40:34 +0000, Phil Cook
wrote:

On 21/12/2012 19:18, usenet2012 wrote:

I have a wheelbarrow with a small car-type tyre.

The wheel has gone flat - has a puncture.

How do I get it repaired? Kwik-Fit? Or will a set of bicycle tyre irons
and patches do the trick?

You might need bigger irons than bicycle ones. Motorcycle place?

I gave up trying to fix a puncture on my tubeless wheelbarrow tyre,
which turned out to be glued fast to the hub, and went for the
"solid" type. My supplier (chosen because they're Welsh!) was
http://www.wheelforwheelbarrow.co.uk/. Might work out cheaper than
getting all the stuff to repair an existing tyre.

Cheers, Jake
=======================================
Urgling from the East End of Swansea Bay where sometimes
it's raining and sometimes it's not.

On 21/12/2012 20:11, The Original Jake wrote:
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:40:34 +0000, Phil Cook
wrote:

On 21/12/2012 19:18, usenet2012 wrote:

I have a wheelbarrow with a small car-type tyre.

The wheel has gone flat - has a puncture.

How do I get it repaired? Kwik-Fit? Or will a set of bicycle tyre irons
and patches do the trick?

You might need bigger irons than bicycle ones. Motorcycle place?

I gave up trying to fix a puncture on my tubeless wheelbarrow tyre,
which turned out to be glued fast to the hub, and went for the
"solid" type. My supplier (chosen because they're Welsh!) was
http://www.wheelforwheelbarrow.co.uk/. Might work out cheaper than
getting all the stuff to repair an existing tyre.

Cheers, Jake
=======================================
Urgling from the East End of Swansea Bay where sometimes
it's raining and sometimes it's not.

Solid are hard work on soft ground and mud

On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:29:44 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 21/12/2012 20:11, The Original Jake wrote:
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:40:34 +0000, Phil Cook
wrote:

On 21/12/2012 19:18, usenet2012 wrote:

I have a wheelbarrow with a small car-type tyre.

The wheel has gone flat - has a puncture.

How do I get it repaired? Kwik-Fit? Or will a set of bicycle tyre irons
and patches do the trick?

You might need bigger irons than bicycle ones. Motorcycle place?

I gave up trying to fix a puncture on my tubeless wheelbarrow tyre,
which turned out to be glued fast to the hub, and went for the
"solid" type. My supplier (chosen because they're Welsh!) was
http://www.wheelforwheelbarrow.co.uk/. Might work out cheaper than
getting all the stuff to repair an existing tyre.

Cheers, Jake
=======================================
Urgling from the East End of Swansea Bay where sometimes
it's raining and sometimes it's not.

Solid are hard work on soft ground and mud

I put "solid" in inverted commas. There is as much bounce in the tyre
as there was in my former pneumatic one and I have no problems with it
even when carrying a heavy load. In relation to the site I quote
above, check out their "superior" range.

Cheers, Jake
=======================================
Urgling from the East End of Swansea Bay where sometimes
it's raining and sometimes it's not.

In message , The Original
Jake writes
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:40:34 +0000, Phil Cook
wrote:

On 21/12/2012 19:18, usenet2012 wrote:

I have a wheelbarrow with a small car-type tyre.

The wheel has gone flat - has a puncture.

How do I get it repaired? Kwik-Fit? Or will a set of bicycle tyre irons
and patches do the trick?

You might need bigger irons than bicycle ones. Motorcycle place?

I gave up trying to fix a puncture on my tubeless wheelbarrow tyre,
which turned out to be glued fast to the hub, and went for the
"solid" type. My supplier (chosen because they're Welsh!) was
http://www.wheelforwheelbarrow.co.uk/. Might work out cheaper than
getting all the stuff to repair an existing tyre.

Having looked at them I am very tempted. Thank-you.

--
Simon

12) The Second Rule of Expectations
An EXPECTATION is a Premeditated resentment.

On 21/12/2012 19:18, usenet2012 wrote:

I have a wheelbarrow with a small car-type tyre.

The wheel has gone flat - has a puncture.

How do I get it repaired? Kwik-Fit? Or will a set of bicycle tyre irons
and patches do the trick?

Yes to both.
Depends on how ham fisted you are.

On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:18:19 +0000, usenet2012
wrote:


I have a wheelbarrow with a small car-type tyre.

The wheel has gone flat - has a puncture.

How do I get it repaired? Kwik-Fit? Or will a set of bicycle tyre irons
and patches do the trick?

Having had to repair the tyre on our barrow (I say 'our' advisedly as
it was a birthday present for SWMBO) every year as the result of thorn
punctures someone, possibly here, recommended the use of Slime.

Slime is a wonderful product, expensive but worth every penny IMHO.
One application and we have had no punctures at all in the last 5
years.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slime-SL-SDS.../dp/B000C11PYW

--
rbel

In message ,
lid writes
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:18:19 +0000, usenet2012
wrote:

I have a wheelbarrow with a small car-type tyre.

The wheel has gone flat - has a puncture.

How do I get it repaired? Kwik-Fit? Or will a set of bicycle tyre irons
and patches do the trick?

Having had to repair the tyre on our barrow (I say 'our' advisedly as
it was a birthday present for SWMBO) every year as the result of thorn
punctures someone, possibly here, recommended the use of Slime.

Slime is a wonderful product, expensive but worth every penny IMHO.
One application and we have had no punctures at all in the last 5
years.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slime-SL-SDS.../dp/B000C11PYW

Ahhh yes, Slime. I've used it in bicycle tyres but my brain didn't
transfer the idea across. Halfords sell Holts Tyreweld but oddly in a
Q&A their staff don't recommend it for wheelbarrows??

http://tinyurl.com/dy5nryt

--
Simon

12) The Second Rule of Expectations
An EXPECTATION is a Premeditated resentment.

I have a wheelbarrow with a small car-type tyre.

The wheel has gone flat - has a puncture.

How do I get it repaired?

I take all my gardening puncture repairs to Kevin at D and D Tyres
in Nantwich. I have about 15 tyres on the ground surrounded by thorn hedges.
At between £5 and £10 per visit it is just not worth all the faffing about
with
home remedies, I have found.

Regards and All the Best
Pete

In message , Pete
writes


I have a wheelbarrow with a small car-type tyre.

The wheel has gone flat - has a puncture.

How do I get it repaired?

I take all my gardening puncture repairs to Kevin at D and D Tyres
in Nantwich. I have about 15 tyres on the ground surrounded by thorn hedges.
At between £5 and £10 per visit it is just not worth all the faffing
about with
home remedies, I have found.

a bit far from Kent though :-)

--
Simon

12) The Second Rule of Expectations
An EXPECTATION is a Premeditated resentment.

On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:54:56 +0000, usenet2012
wrote:


Having had to repair the tyre on our barrow (I say 'our' advisedly as
it was a birthday present for SWMBO) every year as the result of thorn
punctures someone, possibly here, recommended the use of Slime.

Slime is a wonderful product, expensive but worth every penny IMHO.
One application and we have had no punctures at all in the last 5
years.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slime-SL-SDS.../dp/B000C11PYW

Ahhh yes, Slime. I've used it in bicycle tyres but my brain didn't
transfer the idea across. Halfords sell Holts Tyreweld but oddly in a
Q&A their staff don't recommend it for wheelbarrows??

http://tinyurl.com/dy5nryt

Another (admittedly minor) advantage of the Slime is that there is
virtually none of the usual very slow deflation that occurs during the
course of time. Instead of topping up the air a couple of times a
year it is now once every two years!
--
rbel

In article , rbel wrote:

Another (admittedly minor) advantage of the Slime is that there is
virtually none of the usual very slow deflation that occurs during the
course of time. Instead of topping up the air a couple of times a
year it is now once every two years!

Quite often, the original tyre is tubeless. You can usually fit
a tube inside it, and that is a near-permanent solution. The
main risk of slime is that you may jam the valve.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In message , writes
In article , rbel wrote:

Another (admittedly minor) advantage of the Slime is that there is
virtually none of the usual very slow deflation that occurs during the
course of time. Instead of topping up the air a couple of times a
year it is now once every two years!

Quite often, the original tyre is tubeless. You can usually fit
a tube inside it, and that is a near-permanent solution. The
main risk of slime is that you may jam the valve.

Remembering to always park the wheel with the valve at the top minimises
this risk IME.

--
Simon

12) The Second Rule of Expectations
An EXPECTATION is a Premeditated resentment.

On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:54:56 +0000, usenet2012
wrote:

Imended the use of Slime.

Slime is a wonderful product, expensive but worth every penny IMHO.
One application and we have had no punctures at all in the last 5
years.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slime-SL-SDS.../dp/B000C11PYW

Ahhh yes, Slime. I've used it in bicycle tyres but my brain didn't
transfer the idea across. Halfords sell Holts Tyreweld but oddly in a
Q&A their staff don't recommend it for wheelbarrows??

http://tinyurl.com/dy5nryt

As a schoolboy 50 years ago I found old fashioned wall paper paste did
a similar thing on my Bike,perhaps it was an idea I should have
followed up but when you are swiping dads decorating material you tend
to keep quiet about it. Saved endless repairs from cycling along a
Devon lanes to school. Only snag was in winter when the mixture would
freeze so the wheels would have a bump at the bottom.

G.Harman