Sidewall gouge

I would prefer them un mounted if I was doing the job. As long as its a new tire. I can mount an outer tire faster without even removing the wheel from the chassis. On the side of the road time matters. Plus less wieght to carry.

Dont put some used section repaired garbage in front of me and expect me to mount it on the side of the road.

 

I have 22.5's on my trailer, and I need to move to 24.5's to match the truck. Aluminum wheels. Maybe one day you're in Texas, we can trade!!

 

You could but no need. If its just cut rubber. The strength is in the steel braided sidewall. If you can see steel braids, or feel them with your knife point, then they will eventually rust and weaken, think someone mentioned. In my experience that takes a long time to rust through ,and tire may be wore out by then anyway. On these crap container chassis tires they smear huge spots of rubber over larger cuts that who knows how deep cut was? They will not change it out for another tire. Oh, and usually after time ,the crap they smear on starts falling off.

 

If you will take a unmounted tire with you,store it in a box.
Otherwise it might be useless when you need it.

 

No.
When i still carried a spare,handling it was not a real issue.
We don't carry spares without rims.
But spares have become rare.
Either weight issues or the eternal steerwheel holder syndrome.

 

How so? You mean protected from the elements?

Shouldnt be much difference. Rubber ages weather its mouted or dismounted., No?

Theres thousands of 10-20 year old vehicles rolling the roads with mounted up dry rotten spares under them. Most still it good enuf condition to get you home, thier intended purpose.

 

Yes.
Put it dry and dark.
No rot.
Then if you don't use for 4 or 5 y ,you still have a tire you can trust.
And a box for a unmounted tire will not make much difference vs a tire rack weight wise.
As o/o you can go the extra mile for your equipement.

 

@Dino soar

If you decide to go unmounted in the rack. Put an innertube in the tire and inflate it. Keeps water and debris out of the tire and also keeps the sidewalls spread apart for easier mounting.

Your tire guy will thank you.

 

What was that movie where the the guy used black shoe polish to fill in the tire cracks so he could pass inspection to race? The last indian?