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Is there a cheap, easy way to eliminate the flat tires on my wheelbarrow and lawn mower?

I have considered trying to shoot in some GREAT STUFF expanding foam. Not entirely sure how to ensure even fill.

i use the green slime in everything on the farm. even my tractor tires in front. too many mesquite trees have been cleared in the pastures. my wheelbarrow has 1/2 a qrt in it. but you do have to spin it around to coat it well.

Times 2 on the green slime! Wheelbarrow and small tractors get it as S.o.P., larger tires I squirt in Fix a Flat, I've just about eliminated flat tires 'round our place.

Times 3 on SLIME! I'll often see a bit of green "ooze" on the garden tractor/mower, and it's always a big locust thorn. If you pull one out you've got to be ready to rotate the wheel to cover it with SLIME or it may go flat on you - voice of experience. I don't pull them often any more.

MOST home depot type stores sell tires that dont have air inside...they are filled with a soft foam material.

Originally Posted by robot

MOST home depot type stores sell tires that dont have air inside...they are filled with a soft foam material.

...or Tractor Supply. Both solid rubber and foam filled, as a complete tire/wheel combo.

Had all my lawn tractor tires filled at the local tire store with their brand of foam and have not had a problem since. Cost was about ten bucks a tire, but so worth it to never have to worry about the blasted blackberry thorns..