Flat free wheel upgrade

[Brewmaster]

Just a heads up to anyone thinking about these for your offset. I was in for an upgrade without the worry of flat pneumatic tires, but holy moly the foam-filled tires (rated for 500 lbs ea) turn square in about 15 minutes and then it's basically glued to the floor!

[hogaboomer]

Your flat free wheel has a flat.

[Dirtytires]

What is the weight capacity of the tire?

[hogaboomer]

Better put some air in it!

[dacolson]

Similar experience w 750# rated. They compact very slowly over time if they are not moved. They usually recover when adjusted but it’s a huge pain. Avoid them.


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[tinspark]

Similar experience w 750# rated. They compact very slowly over time if they are not moved. They usually recover when adjusted but it’s a huge pain. Avoid them.


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Good to know. I have the same wheels on my welding cart, with MUCH less weight, but didn't consider that the foam could collapse with heavier items over time from lack of rotation. I did modify an old wheelbarrow and replaced a chewed up 8" hard rubber wheel with a similar 12" foam (Harbor Freight) wheel as the OP showed in his pic, and do love it.

[towtruck]

I maintain over 100 tires/wheels around my place on vehicles, trailers, implements, and carts. I have found for smaller carts that sit empty the no-flat tires work well. Anything with weight on them needs to be a solid steel wheel or one with very hard rubber over the steel wheel.

Any smaller items with aired up tires that sit a lot are a pain and are always going flat so they get blocked off the ground to help them out a bit. I'll air them up before setting them down and using them.

Tires ands batteries....life's two most maintained items around my place.

[Brewmaster]

What is the weight capacity of the tire?

Those are 16" diameter and rated at 500 or 550 lbs each! The whole cooker might weigh 500 lbs on a good day, on 4 legs, so it's a pretty big disappointment.

[Brewmaster]

Similar experience w 750# rated. They compact very slowly over time if they are not moved. They usually recover when adjusted but it’s a huge pain. Avoid them.


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Exactly! These ones compact pretty quickly, like 15 to 30 minutes I think, bounce back to original form takes a couple of hours. Lesson learned, they're back at the store now, thankfully they refunded me no problem. She's now sporting 16" pneumatic tires on red rims.

[Brewmaster]

Better put some air in it!

[Dirtytires]

Yikes...I agree huge disappointment as the capacity is well within the 4x safety range.

Thanks for posting.....

[Brewmaster]

I maintain over 100 tires/wheels around my place on vehicles, trailers, implements, and carts. I have found for smaller carts that sit empty the no-flat tires work well. Anything with weight on them needs to be a solid steel wheel or one with very hard rubber over the steel wheel.

Any smaller items with aired up tires that sit a lot are a pain and are always going flat so they get blocked off the ground to help them out a bit. I'll air them up before setting them down and using them.

Tires ands batteries....life's two most maintained items around my place.

Missed this somehow! That's a wheel intense situation over there! A lot of wisdom here, thanks for the insight.