I am proud of myself!

I can tell you from experience that, even at low pressure of ATV tires, those plugs hurt when they come shooting out at your face.

 

I almost always have pressure in mine when I plug them. Maybe 30-40 PSI though

 

Guess I've always plugged with air in the tire and it's a bugger. If I try it now with next to no air in the tire and the plug slides right in? Not sure if I'll be happy or mad

 

Should run right down to the end of the tire life. I have plugged drive that's lasted well over 50k so far

 

Good job Joe, you nailed it.

 

Nope, once bead is set, youre usually good, exceptions, wide singles, steer tires with tire on ground, the weight will deform tire and break bead seal

 

I like to patch with some air pressure 30 or so is fine, no pressure runs the risk of coming off the bead but if that happens I use ether AKA starting fluid to blow it back on but be careful you can get burned I have done paddle tires on buggies, big tractor tires and of course semi truck tires. I use a long stick to get the fire to the tire, 3 feet seems to keep me safe lots of videos on you tube on how to do it

 

This week I paid 35 dollars for a tire shop to patch a drive in mo.

 

We'd have about 30 of these bad boys on every single one of our tires on our old dump trucks. Never took a tire off to patch them. Plug her til she explodes.