No Air Tires!

[GTNator]

If you think about it, having a tire than can never go flat is pretty cool. 100 years after we've been making cars, still if you drive over a nail, you get a flat tire no matter how expensive your car is. If/when this works, it'll be huge imo.


From wheel to tweel: GM partners with Michelin on airless tire

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/04/from-wheel-to-tweel-gm-partners-with-michelin-on-airless-tire.html

 

[iamdub]

It was only a matter of time. They're fairly common on mowers and even heavy equipment:

 

[Denali4181]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

 

[swathdiver]

Mine've never gone flat!



Then we upgraded to solid rubber:



Then we wanted more traction:

 

[Big Mama]

Saw a diy where a guy had a flat mower tire so he removed the schrader valve drilled holes in the tire filled it with expanding foam insulation and knocked off the foam that came through the holes. Top that

 

[89Suburban]

All nails and screws should be marked so they can be traced back to the owner.

 

[BG1988]

Mine've never gone flat!



Then we upgraded to solid rubber:



Then we wanted more traction:

broken wagon axle. would you like to try and fix it?

sorry you died from dysentery

 

[BG1988]

All nails and screws should be marked so they can be traced back to the owner.

they can trace it back to the owner just like the FBI can trace a 20 year old battery back to it's owner

Saw a diy where a guy had a flat mower tire so he removed the schrader valve drilled holes in the tire filled it with expanding foam insulation and knocked off the foam that came through the holes. Top that

mowers are not the same as cars

WEIGHT issue but you are better off making a tire from a tree log


it's renewable and is safe for the environment

 

[Rocket Man]

So when your tread wears out you have to replace the wheels AND tires? Seems expensive and wasteful.

 

[GTNator]

So when your tread wears out you have to replace the wheels AND tires? Seems expensive and wasteful.

I thought of that too, but maybe they don’t wear out. How cool would that be?


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