help with studded tires

[hellbound547]

i have a set of worn out tires and i was goin to screw drywall screws out through and cut an old tube to cover up the screw heads and the put a good tube in and use it this winter. do you think it will work?

 

[braapbraap01]

f*ck yeah dude give it a try.

 

[coreyownz]

nope i wouldnt bother u need tires with good tread and screw em in the knobs..

 

[coreyownz]

or take snowmobile studs put em in than put slim in tires to keep air from leaking

 

[hellbound547]

i think im goin to give it a try, what do i have to lose the tires are garbage, if i get one ride out of it i will be happy

 

[xjma]

Or you could get small sheet metal screws with a hex head and screw those into the knobbies.

 

[specialized7]

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[hellbound547]

yea but the tires are wore out and there isnt much tread left on them not enough to srcew them in through, thats y i am screwin them out through

 

[98blaster+4]

i think if you take the tube idea you were thinkin about it would prolly work the best
make sure that you screw through the inner tube and out through the tire
then stick another tube in there to get it to hold air

 

[xjma]

having a hex head contact ice is better than having the small tip of a screw touch ice. Also, if you have them poking out, don't have them poke out too much or else when they catch traction they may rip themselves right out of the tire with a huge gouge!!

The tubes should do the trick as long as the heads don't rip through it.

If I were you I'd screw hex heads into what's left of any knobbies and load that tire up with a ton of slime!!

 

[braapbraap01]

ID put some washers on them too.

 

[coreyownz]

even so id put slime in the tires

 

[specialized7]

the slim kinda sucks it doesnt dry, its like that fix a flat sh*t you have to spin the tire in order for it to work so it goes to the outside of the tire

 

[hellbound547]

yea i dont think i am goin to waste money on slime, lol, im just goin to stud them from the inside out and i will post pictures of the before and after studding, and get back to you and tell you how it worked out

 

[The Ox]

the theory of dry wall screws works, you just need a ton of them tightly together so they kinda support each other. Lots of guys use them up here for drags on the ice. They can really hook up, but are not practical for river riding because they are not as durable.

 

[hellbound547]

yea i am going to put the screws in a V pattern and have a V every half inch or so, what do u think would be the pest pattern

 

[coreyownz]

space em out... sh*ts gonna leak anyway

 

[The Ox]

Just fill out the knobs on the tire. Just dont use too long of ones. It willl work. Tube the tire also.

 

[hellbound547]

yea im planing on it my dad is a mechanic and he has some old forklift tubes so i can use them