Is a Spare tire chained to catwalk legal?

GYPSY65 · Feb 27, 2021

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I repair done correctly will not cause any more of a problem than will naturally happen to a tire anyway.
The only times a repair may fail is
1) if they are not the right repairs like a string plug or a puncture hole was not filled when patched. That is what is called an RMA certified repair. If someone doesn’t know what that is then they have not properly been trained and don’t have the right materials to do the job.
2) a major structural damaging impact or run low on psi happened due to the puncture. A good inspection can figure that out.
3) repaired in an area that a manufacturer would deem scrap or unservicable on that particular tire.

Being in the tire industry for 27 years I have been through tons of training on repairs do and dont’s.
I repair my own and friends i’ve trained on repairs come by my home shop and do their own repairs all the time and pay for the supplies not the labor. The equipment and supplies aren't cheap but it assures it is done right and better for that piece of mind.
If your trucking environment requires tons of tire repairs investing in the training and supplies will pay off and save lots of money and tires from being thrown away needlessly.
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I agree with training etc. and that may work in your World but in this case. ( not ripping on you ) The guy was at a shop and bought a cheap tire
My guess that 80% of anyone working at these shops are not going to care if they did it 100% correctly or much less even know if they did it wrong in the first place

BackwoodsGA · Feb 27, 2021

Always chained mine.

Bill51 · Mar 2, 2021

Cannot count how many times I ran a steer tire that had been patched.

Dang, I rode that bicycle everywhere when I was a kid.

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