Flat Free tire endures Living-Daylights beating

[mdvaden]

Just reposted a mini video online again, of a demo showing how a flat free tire can endure a beating.

Flat Free Tire Video (http://www.mdvaden.com/tires.shtml)

First used these tires on a wheelbarrow, and almost immediately swapped all my other tires too, including the handtruck.

Didn't see a video embed tag here, but it's embedded in that page link.

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[JosephLawnCare]

.........um ok? thanks

[mdvaden]

.........um ok? thanks

You are welcome.

The experiment answered some questions for me. I had no idea how the material would react to damage, whether it would just press back together or leave a cavity. The "flat free" description omits a lot of variables. Would it compress like styrofoam and leave a depression? But more or less, it retains the shape and expands back over the puncture again.

[JosephLawnCare]

You are welcome.

The experiment answered some questions for me. I had no idea how the material would react to damage, whether it would just press back together or leave a cavity. The "flat free" description omits a lot of variables. Would it compress like styrofoam and leave a depression? But more or less, it retains the shape and expands back over the puncture again.

I'm not being a dic, but dude, it's called solid rubber. When or why would a gutter nail ever be hammered into a wheelbarrow tire? these tires has been around for awhile.

[mdvaden]

I'm not being a dic, but dude, it's called solid rubber. When or why would a gutter nail ever be hammered into a wheelbarrow tire? these tires has been around for awhile.


Exactly. For those who have seen them for a while, and those who may know exactly what kind of rubber it is. Is it rubber? I've worked with rubber-llike materials that have compressed and not de-compressed before, just not flat free tires.

One brand is actually "micro-cellular polyurethane", and by that name, I'm not sure if that's rubber or not. Never called my truck tires "polyurethane" before. Just rubbber.

The reason - since you ask - that a nail would be put into them, is so anybody who has no knowledge of those or their material, needs not guess what the reaction is. People are born every day by the millions, so every day, millions of people have not heard of those tires for years.

Now your question ... you probably could have answered had you thought about that aspect.

Ever seen the show on TV where the guys test weapons and armour? LIke bows and arrows and suits of armor? So why do they do the experiments on nationally televised shows, about something as simple as chucking a spear into a bale of hay, or shooting an arrow into something? Those been around for "years" right?

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[Lawn Freak]

Thats pretty cool