How to Fix a Pesky Flat Tire on a Garden Cart
Planting and maintaining a garden can be tedious hard work, but it’s not always the gardening itself that makes garden maintenance as challenging as it often is. Sometimes, you can run into problems with the equipment that can make things even more tedious, and sometimes even frustrating. If you have been using a garden cart to make things easier for yourself and you’ve been dealing with a flat tire that you can’t seem to fix, you might be experiencing high levels of frustration. However, with these tips on how to fix a pesky flat tire on a garden cart, you should be able to finally fix the issue permanently.
Slime and Duct Tape?
Many people have experienced success with fixing their garden cart tires by opting for Slime and duct tape. The duct tape is used to hold the tire together until the Slime works on adhering to the tire in order to prevent any air from escaping. What is Slime? Slime is the brand name of a popular sealant product that is used on the interior or tires in order to prevent punctures from occurring or seal up any punctures that might exist. Slime can be purchased from any automotive supply store, and you might even be able to purchase it at some garden supply stores, as well.
Try Using a Tire Plugging Kit
Whenever you get a flat in one of the tires of your motor vehicle and it’s due to a nail or similar item puncturing the tire, then any tire repair technician will use a tire plugging kit. A tire plugging kit consists of various items used to quickly and efficiently fix a car or truck’s tires. In the past, people used liquids to repair their flats, but due to the fact that liquids often interfered with the TPS system, tire plugs were created as a more successful way of repairing flats.
Although the tires of your garden cart are significantly smaller than the tires on your vehicle, a tire plugging kit might be a smart way to finally fix your annoying problem. Using a tire plugging kit isn’t difficult, and here are the easy steps that you must follow.
The Steps to Follow
- To get started, you’ll need a pair of pliers, a tire plugging kit and some compressed air to refill your tire once it has been plugged.
- Next, you will need to locate the puncture, and since your garden cart tire is a lot smaller than those of your vehicle, it can be difficult to find it. However, you can try dipping the tire in some sudsy water and look for bubbles. You will notice bubbles surrounding the punctured area, which is easy to identify.
- Next, you will need to remove the item that punctured your tire, if it’s still present. It can be difficult to grasp the object, which is why a pair of pliers or even some side-cutters can make removing it a lot easier.
- Next, you will need to insert the reamer, which will likely take some effort. Once you’re done twisting and the reamer has done its job of creating an adequate hole for the plug, you will need to prepare the plug with the installer.
Steps for Plugging the Tire
- You are now ready to place the plug into the tire. If your kit includes some liquid cement, then you will want to apply some of it to the area to be plugged before applying the plug. Next, using the installer, place the plug into the hole and the installer should be in about 3/4 of the way.
- Remove the installer by turning it to a 90-degree angle before pulling it out. The plug should remain inside the tire.
- Use an air compressor to fill the tire with air. Using a PSI machine can make measuring how much air is inside the tire easier.
- Now, you are done, and hopefully, you won’t experience any further issues with the garden cart tire becoming flat. If you have more than one flat tire, then you will need to repeat the previous steps in order to fix them all.
Consider Replacing the Tires
If you have tried the previous two methods of repairing your garden cart flat tire, to no avail, then you should seriously consider replacing the pesky flat tire with a brand-new tire. You should be able to find the tire online rather inexpensively, and you might even get lucky enough to find a replacement tire for the garden cart locally. The cost to replace the tire should be nowhere near the cost of replacing a tire for a car or even a lawnmower, so it should be an easy and relatively inexpensive fix. Replacing the old tire with the new one should be quite simple, as well.
Replace the Entire Garden Cart
If you have tried all the previous methods of fixing the pesky flat tire on your garden cart and you haven’t had any luck finding a tire or either you don’t want to pay for a new tire, then you might want to consider replacing the garden cart itself. You wouldn’t necessarily have to purchase a brand-new garden cart, as you might have some luck finding a replacement cart at a garage sale, at a thrift store, or someplace else. If you prefer to purchase a brand new one to keep your chances of experiencing the same problem with a used cart’s tires to a minimum, then by all means, go for it!
Dealing with a pesky flat tire on a garden cart can be extremely frustrating, and it can take away from precious time that you could be harvesting, planting, weeding, watering, or some other important task. However, there are ways to permanently fix the garden cart tire so you no longer have to contend with it. If one method in this article doesn’t work, then it’s likely that another one will, so hopefully, this guide will enable you to fix your garden cart’s tire for once and for all, so you can spend your precious time working on more important tasks.
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