Tire Dressing

[BusNit]

They have been working on the airless tires for a few years now. The issues I see aside from what he talked about on the video, is how would the AT [airless tire] handle a hard hit. I would think running over a 2x4 or brick would flex enough to break the rim. What about mud getting into the gaps? That would affect balance, ride quality and again, compromise the rim. I have seen this in use on a bobcat somewhere and thought about the dirt getting into the spaces. I guess it hasn't become an issue in that application where the machine is traveling at 3mph? Maybe they will put rubber caps on the sides since I know we, as Americans will not adopt to some crazy looking thing on our hard earned money spent cars...

[luvrbus]

Those airless tires are pretty tough they have been used on the skid loaders for years since 2016 ? ,I tried to buy a sent for my tractor and they couldn't come up with right wheels,since it takes a wheel made for airless tire

[windtrader]

There has been many discussions about tire material and durability. It is proven fact from the labs and research done by tire companies and the government that heat has the greatest impact on tires. Virtually all tire aging done in labs is done with heat, not UV. Which makes sense since the heat bakes all the lubricating oils out of the rubber a lot faster and stresses all the internal belts, bonding, structural stuff, etc.


That said, UV still does degrade the external tirewalls. Not sure how much surface cracking is due to heat vs UV but I'm still in the camp it helps enough to apply UV protectants, if nothing else, just for looks.



That bears out if you consider how much harder the Arizona sun is on tires than tires in Ohio.

[lvmci]

Stagehands especially in large venues or conventions use forklifts and other motorized vehicles to bring set pieces and camera platforms and even the camera boxes to raise our boxes up several levels to our platforms. They wrap the wheels in gaffers tape,  you know that as a sturdier duct tape. Those kind of tires would probably not require as much tire maintenance,  a smaller market, but maybe that would be what their looking at...