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01-20-2012, 09:27 AM
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Quickest Way to Fix a Flat Tire
Assume you are in the middle of nowhere and your tow vehicle or your trailer picks up a nail and goes flat. What's the quickest way to fix it to take you to the next town? I was thinking of buying this and keeping it in my vehicle. Any feedback or other products?
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01-20-2012, 09:44 AM
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Best thing to carry for a tire repair kit, The fix aflat cans are a hazard..
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01-20-2012, 10:52 AM
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Best way to fix a flat is to have a spare. Since you're talking about a trailer and not a motorcycle, I don't see any reason not to have a spare tire & jack loaded on the trailer.
Do you really want to risk your cargo on what amounts to a band-aid?
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01-20-2012, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Loomis
Best thing to carry for a tire repair kit, The fix aflat cans are a hazard..
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this is it! fast and secure
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01-20-2012, 11:48 AM
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Yeb...this is it. 
Those cans work but are not a perm repair, too bulky to carry & the tire guy will charge you extra $ for getting that goop off the inside of your wheel when it comes to getting a new tire.
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Best thing to carry for a tire repair kit, The fix aflat cans are a hazard..
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01-20-2012, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Loomis
Best thing to carry for a tire repair kit, The fix aflat cans are a hazard..
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Just to make sure, these will inflate a trailer tire? Do I need to jack it up?
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01-20-2012, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by kuroshio
Best way to fix a flat is to have a spare. Since you're talking about a trailer and not a motorcycle, I don't see any reason not to have a spare tire & jack loaded on the trailer.
Do you really want to risk your cargo on what amounts to a band-aid?
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My trailer often carries two bikes even though it's supposed to be for one bike so it's jam packed. But I do see your point...maybe I just need to buy a spare tire and somehow squeeze it in and use my tow vehicle's jack to jack up the trailer.
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01-20-2012, 12:14 PM
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I don't remember having good luck with fix-a-flat with high speeds. It would just want to leak again. Perhaps plugs have improved with vulcanization, but they would always pop out at 130mph for me. Rapid deflation of the rear tire is fun. Working with fix-a-flat goo when changing tires is memorable. Patches always held in my experience.
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01-20-2012, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Loomis
Best thing to carry for a tire repair kit, The fix aflat cans are a hazard..
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By far the safest. I've pluged a tire and put fix-a-flat in it. But I wouldn't just use fix-a-flat or that green goo stuff.
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01-20-2012, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by dattaway
I don't remember having good luck with fix-a-flat with high speeds. It would just want to leak again. Perhaps plugs have improved with vulcanization, but they would always pop out at 130mph for me. Rapid deflation of the rear tire is fun. Working with fix-a-flat goo when changing tires is memorable. Patches always held in my experience.
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The OP is in reference to a trailer tire.
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'11 BMW S1k Kyle exhaust, PCV w/Kyle map and Auto-tuner, Ohlins 30mm cartridge kit-TTX MKII shock, Sato rearsets, PAIR blockoff, Frame and Axle sliders, Puig screen, Pazzo levers, Yosh case covers-tidy tail, Accossato quick turn throttle, Watsen LEDs.
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