Tire plugging question

Here's something weird that JUST happened to me last week::: I had a screw in my right tire of my car, so I brought the car to a tire repair shop, and they plugged the tire for me w/o any question........WELL A WEEK later I had a nail in my trailer tire, and brought the tire in to be repaired at the same repair shop, and they would NOT PLUG UP THE TIRE, I had to purchase a new tire...................

I have [B]NO IDEA why they would plug a passenger car tire w/o question[/B].... BUT would not plug a [U]small [/U]trailer tire (trailer is the one that I pull behind my trike)

Hoping you can help me understand :confused::confused: thanks

Ronnie

[QUOTE=Burnerboy;713074]Here's something weird that JUST happened to me last week::: I had a screw in my right tire of my car, so I brought the car to a tire repair shop, and they plugged the tire for me w/o any question........WELL A WEEK later I had a nail in my trailer tire, and brought the tire in to be repaired at the same repair shop, and they would NOT PLUG UP THE TIRE, I had to purchase a new tire...................

I have [B]NO IDEA why they would plug a passenger car tire w/o question[/B].... BUT would not plug a [U]small [/U]trailer tire (trailer is the one that I pull behind my trike)

Hoping you can help me understand :confused::confused: thanks

Ronnie[/QUOTE]

It all depends where the nail entered the tire. If it is in the flat part of the tire, they can plug. Any where else they will not.

I also believe there is a stigma with any tire related to a motorcycle, including a trailer ... I believe they are afraid of the liability. The AMA and several other organizations have long said the plugging a motorcycle tire is very dangerous ... personally ... I think the are a little over cautious.

I will bet you big bucks if you took the tire and wheel to the same place and told them it came off a lawn tractor trailer or a boat trailer, they would fix it quickly ... :D

Could it also be as simple as they can't open the tire far enough to work

inside the tire to prep the area to patch or plug ??? :Shrug::Shrug::Shrug:

[QUOTE=nucseal;713086]It all depends where the nail entered the tire. If it is in the flat part of the tire, they can plug. Any where else they will not.[/QUOTE]

3 inch nail thru the middle bottom of tire.............

[QUOTE=Burnerboy;713192]3 inch nail thru the middle bottom of tire.............[/QUOTE]

Then should not have been a problem for plugging it!

I brought the tire to a good friend that does tires for a living.................. it's now plugged, and ready to go! :)

Ronnie