Leave it in or take it out

37chief · May 18, 2015

While mowing today I ran over a board with a nail. My first thought was to pull it out. I left it in, and finished mowing, with this piece of wood nailed to my front tire. In the past I pulled the nail out. That is a instant flat tire. Getting close to having my gas powered compressor in the back of my puck up. Stan

pete 23 · May 18, 2015

While the guys were shingling the old farm house a couple years ago, some one using the riding mower to pull the little trailer ran over a board with a nail. Tire flat so I pumped it up, found the hole and inserted a nice nail in the hole for temporary repair. It's still in the tire and I don't really have to air it up any more than a couple times a season, like all the other tires anyway. Have to take care of that one of these days.

GregCO · May 18, 2015

Tubeless tire? If so it may hold for a bit while you finish up. Years back I picked up a nail in a tire driving through Utah in the middle of the night. I pulled it out and ran a screw in it and it held great all the way home. You will have to fix it right eventually.

Greg

DeltaRed · May 18, 2015

Leave it in till you finish the job.But cut it off short.

JML755 · May 18, 2015

Geez, wish I had your luck with screws. I've tried that a couple of times with no luck. Air just leaked through the threads. Maybe if I had some sealant to put on, it may have worked.

JMOR · May 18, 2015

(quoted from post at 20:55:41 05/18/15) Tubeless tire? If so it may hold for a bit while you finish up. Years back I picked up a nail in a tire driving through Utah in the middle of the night. I pulled it out and ran a screw in it and it held great all the way home. You will have to fix it right eventually.

Greg

an one with the added by me screw for years. Tubeless only, though.

Ray · May 18, 2015

I found one of these Deer antlers in my tire.I was able to make it home before it went flat.Broke a chunk out of my plasic fender though.

Alan K · May 18, 2015

At first I thought that was a cornstalk lol.

Bruce from Can. · May 18, 2015

Corn stalks are almost that hard now a days.

SweetFeet · May 18, 2015

Found a nail in the front tire of my car about six miles from home.

Left it in there and drove home really slowly: click.........click..........click..........click. Made it though.

Alan K · May 18, 2015

Several years ago I did a small amount of disking with my ZA MM after the corn was combined. I kept hearing this crunching noise. The tractor was actually being supported somewhat by the cornstalks then would drop down on some of them. I agree they are tough.

Eldon (WA) · May 18, 2015

(quoted from post at 16:31:47 05/18/15) While mowing today I ran over a board with a nail. My first thought was to pull it out. I left it in, and finished mowing, with this piece of wood nailed to my front tire. In the past I pulled the nail out. That is a instant flat tire. Getting close to having my gas powered compressor in the back of my puck up. Stan

I've learned to leave them in. If I remember, I throw the air tank in the truck as well as a spare front tire. Been lucky so far with the rears.....knock on wood.

Geo-TH,In · May 19, 2015

I found a 12v compressor in my dumpster. Tenant threw it away. I removed the end that plugged in to the cigarette lighter, put an extension cord on it so I can agitator it to the battery. Works good enough for me if I have to air up a lawn mower tire and I'm away from the shop. Only needed it a few times. I have a portable 120v compressor I could put in the back of the truck if I knew I would need to air something up too. It has a good size tank.

Depending on where the nail is, leaving it could damage the tire more. I had the side wall of my front tire extensively damaged. Ended up replacing the tire.

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