38.5 Boggers tubes/sealent

[Nastynate]

I have a set of 38.5x11x15 boggers with ALOT of rot but almost 90 tread. Im getting some 15 steel US Wheels with Rock Rings done up. But when put the Boggers on figured need to do something for airing down. I was thinking tubes but few people have told me to use a sealent like OTR (what trash trucks use)
Insight in what to do would be helpful. If tubes best Ive , where is good place to source that size?

 

[Fabrik8]

So you're worried about leakage because of all the cracking?

 

[Nastynate]

Yes, and no. When air down worried about the cracking getting worse and causing leaks or catching one of the cracks and causing me a leak

 

[Fabrik8]

Yikes. I don't know if I speak for everyone here, but I can't really recommend that you use them at all if they're aged that badly. Certainly not going to do great things for traction if the rubber is getting brittle and shrinking that badly.

 

[Loganwayne]

I was told tubes can pinch and rip when aired down

 

[Fabrik8]

I was told tubes can pinch and rip when aired down

They can. If the tire bead is shifting around on the rim at low pressure, it's easy to pinch a tube and it doesn't take much to destroy a tube.

 

[Nastynate]

The tires hold air great on the street, just aired down worried about. Has anyone messed with the high end sealents. I know tubes work great for the mud racing guys ive talked to

 

[Croatan_Kid]

If you're real worried about it, go to a commercial tire store and have them put some sealant in them. Tubes will blow ass for what you're wanting to do.

 

[Infamous1]

If you're real worried about it, go to a commercial tire store and have them put some sealant in them. Tubes will blow ass for what you're wanting to do.

Just curious how airing up and down with this stuff would work? Talked to a commercial tire guy who said it would seal a 1/4 inch hole. That would pretty much seal up a valve stem. Not knocking just curious, maybe put stem on top when airing down?

 

[Nastynate]

I think I will try the sealant, I think with the airing down, be like on my mountain bike that I'm tubless, always have valve stem up when adjusting tires.

 

[justjeepin86]

The tires hold air great on the street, just aired down worried about. Has anyone messed with the high end sealents. I know tubes work great for the mud racing guys ive talked to

If it were me, I would be much more worried about driving them on the road and having a blowout. Seems dumb to me to take that chance if they are that bad off.

 

[Fabrik8]

If it were me, I would be much more worried about driving them on the road and having a blowout. Seems dumb to me to take that chance if they are that bad off.

Yeah, I think this would definitely be an off-road only deal... Let's hope...

 

[frankenyoter]

Post up a pic of these tires. Ive got old crusty tsls and other than crap in the bead they don't leak

 

[Nastynate]

Post up a pic of these tires. Ive got old crusty tsls and other than crap in the bead they don't leak

Ill take a pic today, Im starting to cut it close, just picked up a pair of 1/4 tread Boggers that size that ill groove some and run on the front and the best other two in back. Probally try the big truck sealent too, bring two spares. Heading to URE Dec 5th weekend. cutting close my rock rings for new rims not even hear. gone four days this week for T-day.