Anyway, don't know whether this stuff is still available, or whether it is
possible to get it in the kind of width tat would be needed for a
wheelbarrow tyre, but it may be worth looking for.

A relative used to have a bike shop and sold stuff called 'slime'. 'Orrible
innit?
Filled the inner tube with goo so it couldn't puncture.
Also sold solid bike tyres (as seen on Tomorrows World), the inner core was
like a soft honeycomb. He said they were lousy on a bike as they were so
heavy.
DaveK.

davek wrote:
Anyway, don't know whether this stuff is still available, or
whether
it is possible to get it in the kind of width tat would be needed
for a wheelbarrow tyre, but it may be worth looking for.

A relative used to have a bike shop and sold stuff called 'slime'.
'Orrible innit?
Filled the inner tube with goo so it couldn't puncture.
Also sold solid bike tyres (as seen on Tomorrows World), the inner
core was like a soft honeycomb. He said they were lousy on a bike
as
they were so heavy.
DaveK.

The car-tire places will mend a puncture on a wheelbarrow, no
problem. Keep the bits well greased, though, as it may be some years
before you need to get the wheel off, and it's embarrassing to find
the bearings are rusted in ("Guilty, m'lud!").

I don't know about makes, but if it's to be a special present, splash
out on a heavily galvanised one from the builders' merchant. The much
cheaper plain black-painted ones are OK if they live in a shed and
are kept clean; but they're unlikely to become family heirlooms.

--
Mike.

A relative used to have a bike shop and sold stuff called 'slime'.
'Orrible
innit?

Yep that's the stuff, iirc I saw some in Asda at a reasonable price.

Filled the inner tube with goo so it couldn't puncture.
Also sold solid bike tyres (as seen on Tomorrows World), the inner core
was like a soft honeycomb. He said they were lousy on a bike as they were
so heavy.

Yeah I've seen them, I always wondered how bad they were to use on a bike,
would be the ideal solution on a wheelbarrow where weight and comfort
weren't such an issue, I would have thought.

Henry