wjeeper
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On the farm we got a lot of 'miles' out of a tractor tire by sewing across the hole in the sidewall with tie wire and putting a flattened coffee can inside the tire to keep the tube from extruding out the holes. Tractor tires are expensive on a small farm budget.
We use the same basic repair on ripped sidewalls all the time. Except instead of a coffee can we just apply a large patch over the area and run a tube. (then we quit running cheap chinese tires and haven't needed to in years)
Tubes can be a little trickier to find at places that service car/ truck tires. Find a place that sells ag or construction equipment tires, they use tubes on a regular basis.
So in an effort to save some space in my Tacoma, I'd like to carry just one full size spare, not two. In place of that, I figure I can carry a couple of inner tubes and tire spoons to break and reseat the bead.
Anyone have experience using tubes as a temporary repair method? Everything Google finds is related to bicycles and dirt bikes.
I think that carrying a spare and a tube is a great alternative to carrying two spares. I think its a really rare situation when you have two flats, let alone two flats that cant be repaired well enough in the field to get you to a tire store. As long as you know how to break down a tire manually your good to go. A high-lift jack is usually all you need to break the bead and a cheap set set of tire spoons will get the job done.
