Today's Tip

Sonnenblumen

Tired of dealing with flat tyred wheelbarrows? :mad:

Here's a great solution using DIY expanding foam filler: unscrew wheel and remove tube. Replace wheel and drill small hole in tyre's sidewall. Insert nozzle of expanding foam and spray to fill cavity. No more punctures!:)

S

Just make sure that you use foam RUBBER not the same as the stuff used to fill gaps, it's not flexible enough!
After a few weeks you could end up with a wheel full of "crumbs":eek:

Do-more

Hey - I'm just surprised it wasn't a tip about insurance!

Lex Luthor

Do-more wrote:

Hey - I'm just surprised it wasn't a tip about insurance!

and it came from Sonnenblumen...his threads are normally pointless...:p

then again, how many people do you know with wheelbarrows?

beldin

Tried this a while back and not so great. The foam has a tendency to crush in the tyre resulting in flat spots. Maybe it is okay for very light work but if you are moving anything heavy the foam just wouldn't hold up.
Ended up having to rip off the tyre and get a new tyre and tube.

Alun

New wheelbarrows usually come with tubeless tyres, which easily come away from the rim and release gobs of air at the slightest excuse, resulting in a flat tyre. They're then almost impossible to pump back up again without all kinds of contortions and much swearing and cussing. Just pop down to your local tyre place and get a tube fitted, problem solved.

Sonnenblumen

Lex Luthor wrote:

and it came from Sonnenblumen...his threads are normally pointless...:p

then again, how many people do you know with wheelbarrows?

Well you should know, you drive a 4W wheelbarrow!

Lex Luthor

Sonnenblumen wrote:

Well you should know, you drive a 4W wheelbarrow!

rest my case....:rolleyes:

Endymion

whats with all the agro.

Hoagy

The latin name for Sunflower is helianthus annuus.

Almost perfect.

Sonnenblumen

Hoagy wrote:

The latin name for Sunflower is helianthus annuus.

Almost perfect.

Don't fret Hoagy ? I can see your next shepherd's delight coming up the mountain!:eek:

Irish Gardener

Hoagy wrote:

The latin name for Sunflower is helianthus annuus.

Almost perfect.

lol, legend.
Here are some interesting and very true sunflower facts.....

True to their name, sunflowers prefer full sun. They are likely to stretch for the sun and fall over from their own weight.

The larger sunflowers can be a little too rangy and coarse for smaller sites. They often are relegated to the back fence or used as temporary screens.

Sunflowers are supposedly allelopathic: their roots give off a chemical that inhibits the growth of other, nearby plants. Sunflowers grow best by themselves

Lex Luthor

Stop lads....my neck is killing me and you're making me laugh hard.

bring on the cats...

rooferPete

Hi Sonnenblumen,

A handy tip especially for Today or Tomorrow, chances of getting a tyre fixed on a Bank Holiday weekend is close to impossible.

Actually handy anytime, the customer won't be left thinking they are paying for labour to stand around kicking the wheelbarrow.

Ahhhhhhhh back in the good old days the barrow came with a solid wheel

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