With plenty of talc there isn't normally a problem with wearing holes in the inner tube - pretty much all light truck tyres are the tubeless type nowdays but anything with split rims has to run them with a tube and punctures don't seem any more frequent.
On or around Fri, 19 Aug 2005 08:15:30 +1200, EMB enlightened us thusly:
yer tempting me. This country and especially the PtB are getting increasingly naff.
Mind, I've no doubt EnnZed has PtB as well..
On or around Fri, 19 Aug 2005 08:18:30 +1200, EMB enlightened us thusly:
chap in the filling station ran his toy 4x4 obliquely into their
2-brick-high retaining wall around the flower bed alongside the road, in the course of misjudging his parking. Neatly demounted his tubeless front tyre, with a loud fwushh noise. I was most restrained, I didn't laugh a bit until I'd pulled away and he couldn't see me.I've seen it done on a kerbstone on the pavement by a little car once, too.
Election on the 17th Sept so they're all telling lies and making promises that they won't keep as quickly as they can. The incumbent Labour crowd have just launched a vote buying policy whereby people with kids earning anything up to about twice the average income will pay naff all tax. Unfortunately we earn far too much and only have one child so there's no change for us - but the alternatives to vote for will cut taxes right back and bring in a scadload of user pays charges. So I'm understandably a bit disenchanted with the PtB both at present and the potential future ones.
IMO it's still a pretty good place to live, and whilst I'm bleating about petrol costing $1.40 (about 55p) a litre I'm still glad I'm not paying UK prices. My dad's currently holidaying somewhere near you and from what he's said the cost of living in the UK is a lot higher than it is here. Come for a visit if you want - there'll always be somewhere for you to stay.
Hi, I run the old s1 disco steel wheels on my S3 SWB with 235 All Terrains, and have had no problems. I prefer these wheels and tyres as I can use them on a number of vehicles and they work well on road and off road.
For off road work where tyres need to be run at lower pressures, there is a body of thought that says that tubless are better. Tubed tyres, at lower pressures have "heat generated" punctures or blow outs. For desert work I always carry a spare tyre or 2 as it is relatively easy to replace a tubeless tyre.
Being a modern wheel, it is much thicker and I have therefore fitted the extension wheel studs from Zeus Engineering (Exeter). This gives an extra 12 mm of length and increases the options re available wheels that can be used on the Series vehicles.
If you have an early series vehicle check if you have the non metric studs (9/16 ") as oppossed to the later 16 mm studs.
Cheers
Phillip
On or around Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:00:12 +1000, Phillip Simpson enlightened us thusly:
only if you have a compressor, IME. or did you mean "tubed"? Tubeless ones are sometimes a bastard to get off the bead and often won't go back on without a good air supply, sometimes require the valve core removed to get extra airflow.
On or around Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:05:08 +1200, EMB enlightened us thusly:
Our lot keep doing that sort of thing, too - of course, if you're like me, single and no kids, there's sod-all on offer.
hehe. small matter of finding the fare... I don't think you can still work your passage on a tramp steamer...
Actually, I think if you have the right skills you can - I believe such berths are always available for qualified medical practitioners! Possibly marine radio operators as well. JD
There was an item on breakfast TV saying that Austrailia is looking for 20,000 skilled immigrants.
They also had an item about prison over-crowding.
And they did it with straight faces........ ;-)
Richard
Hi Austin, for most of the people I travel with, a compressor is standard equipment on their vehicles so not such a problem. On a serious trip we always have a bead breaker or similar.
To address problems of capacity when refitting tubeless tyres there are a number of various bush techniques that can be used. These range from using over inflated spare tyre through to onboard air reservoirs built into rock sliders etc etc.
Cheers
Phillip
or, for the totally derranged, lighter fuel......... (don't try this one at home kids).
Richard
They can be difficult to reseat the bead, a ratchet strap round the tread normally spreads it enough to make a seal, otherwise use the icelandic technique with butane :-).
AJH
so ChelseaTractor was, like...
Before you dismiss the idea, I have silver modulars on my S2a with standard S2 studs, and the nuts don't quite come flush with the studs - the studs ideally would need to be about ¼" longer. However, I have run like this for about a year now, and I regularly check the wheel tightness, and they seem to be staying on OK.
Like many places Australia has for a generation run an interest rate regime that discourages long term planning, particularly by business, and now they are finding that savings made by not doing any training or hiring new graduates are coming home to roost as the 'baby boomers' start to retire. JD
And the same is happening on the NZ side of the Tasman too.
In message , EMB writes
Very true EMB
The gommet thing "feral" is only need to convert TR13 Valve stems
Also of interest that standard Defender steel rims are now coming out of the factory in a welded construction so that they can run tubeless.
All the recent tyre upgrades I have done for my local Main Agent have come on tubeless steel rims. Which is good news for the series boys.
Although on my Defenders I run tubes as am fed up with the tyres coming off the rims in deep gullies.
On or around Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:33:37 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd enlightened us thusly:
... AKA Icelanders ...
On or around Sat, 20 Aug 2005 06:44:18 +1000, JD enlightened us thusly:
seems a lot like this country, to me.
On or around Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:50:51 +1200, EMB enlightened us thusly:
trouble is, they declaim that there are no skilled people, yet are only interested in hiring people with paper qualifications *and* several years experience.
I could, for example, do pretty much any classical mechanicing and I could soon learn the modern electronic stuff given the opportunity. But no bugger would employ me, 'cos I've not got the bits of paper.
trouble is, they declaim that there are no skilled people, yet are only interested in hiring people with paper qualifications *and* several years experience.
I could, for example, do pretty much any classical mechanicing and I could soon learn the modern electronic stuff given the opportunity. But no bugger would employ me, 'cos I've not got the bits of paper.
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Ask the community — no account required