run flat inserts..anyone use them on steer tires?

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  1. DeepSouthRollin

    DeepSouthRollin Light Load Member

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    Seems like a good idea.
    The military uses them.
    Please share your thoughts on why good or bad.
     
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    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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  4. Ridgeline

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    Have them, they are sitting in my shed, that should tell you something.
     
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  5. DeepSouthRollin

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    The last thread was hijacked and morphed into a conversation about flatbeds and dumps and scrap hauling.
    With no real usable info about the inserts.
     
  6. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    Just because the military uses them doesn't mean they're good, you're talking about government spending and it's the one thing they do really well.
     
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    That you like flat tires? Lol.
     
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  8. DeepSouthRollin

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    Not only the military, but a whole bunch of "important" folks get driven around all over the planet, everyday, in vehicles with run flat tire systems. And by important folks, I mean that either they have the money to buy that protection, OR someone else thinks that they are important enough to pay for that level of protection.
     
  9. rolls canardly

    rolls canardly Road Train Member

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    Military run flat is a metal, I think it's magnesium, insert inside the tire .
    The Pa. State Police use a self sealing goo inside their run flat tires.
    Two - the same, but different - things; or 2 ways to solve the same problem.
    I believe I have seen the military inserts up for bid on "Government Liquidation .com" website.
    There's no way to use them, unless you have wheels that bolt together like HMMWV's.
     
  10. Doing_flatbed_nc

    Doing_flatbed_nc Medium Load Member

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    Because scrap yard drivers need run flat steers.
     
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