I got a 2 inch cut on the sidewall of BFG A/T 35. Its just below where the tread runs down on the sidewall. Can I put some kind of patch on it from the inside? It already came of the rim on the front side. I'm so f*cking poor that I really can't afford to get a new one. And if I have to, all 4 of my tires would have different levels of tread. :mad: Thanks for any advice.

it can be done, tell them it will be for a spare(it doesn't have to be but there might be liability issues and they won't want to do it. you can go somewhere and get a "boot" put on it. don't try your chain store, try some little redneck joint that is piled up with junk or a place on the interstate or farm/implement place.

Actually, the best thing to do is to find someplace close to you that vulcanizes tires.This is far better than just having a boot put in.Hope this helps you out.:D

could you patch it up from the inside then run a tube????

i heard the thing to do was run a tube; but where do you get a tube for a 35" tire? also even if you did fix it somehow it would be a lot safer to buy some off-brand mud tire when you get some cash

I went to 2 places today. The first was a good old boy garage. They said it was to big of a cut. Then I went to Mr. Tire, they wouldn't even look at it. Where would I go to look for a 35" Tube and what is a boot? What is vulcanize? Oh well I have a brand new tire but its Mickey Thompson and doesn't match. My truck is already ugly so why not.

A boot is a piecs of rubber that you put inside the tire to cover the hole, I usaly just use a piece of another tire. Vulcanizing is how they re-tread a tire, this works but it is not as safe as the original. That tire is toast, chuck it and put a fresh one on.:usa:

Well vulcanizing is a little more than "how they retread it." They go in and cut out the injury and actually make it a little bigger.They then go in a melt rubber into the sidewall by cooking it into the sidewall. As for safety..You will always run the risk of the "section" coming lose.But, you can run a tube if you fill the need. There is even a "cold fusion" type of vulcanizing that can be done by the back yard do -it -yourselfer. You grind out the gash with a die grinder.Put a boot patch inside the tire.You then put the cold vulcanizing material into the injury. After 72 hours it is cured and you can smooth it out with a die grinder.You will never be able to tell its there when done properlyunless you know it is there. The boot in this scenario simply serves as a platform to build up the repair.In the end for a full sidewall gash that completley penetrates the sidewall I recommend "hot vulcanizing." The downside to this is that a lot of places that do 'vulcanizing " are very particular and won't touch many of them. Luckly,I have aguy near me that not only will fix any gash for me(I have seen a 12 incher in a monster truck tire fixed) and 90% of the time he will guarentee it.Then again he is someone that knowsme and what I do or what anyone's tire I bring him is used for...Good luck and maybe you will find someone who can do it. By the way try your local tire shop or co-op for a tube.:D

I just bought a 10" diameter surplus military tire patch from Coleman's in PA, it's about 1/2" thick in the center and roughly round (more like square with rounded edges). I figure I can use it as a last resort for a sidewall trail fix, if it comes to that, but I'd prefer to carry a tube as well, just in case.

FWIW, if you can't afford to buy *one* tire that you ruined, you shouldn't be wheeling, no matter how beat up the truck is, this is not a cheap hobby, and mechanical parts are a hell of a lot more expensive than another tire. Not trying to be nasty, just realistic. Give it up for a while, till you can save some $$$ for a tire.

Another thing you can do is buy a used tire, when I lived in Phoenix there were a couple of big places that sold used tires and I had excellent luck with them. I bought two BFG MT 35's for $70 and they had plenty of tread left, heck, I'm still running them on my offroad trailer three years later. Just a thought.