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toad a caravan

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Mates got one and used it without problem, personally prefer a more professional repair, helpful I suppose if you've no spare as a temporary repair although it makes me wonder upto what speed/weight/pressure they are rated at
 
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My granddaughter had to return from a construction site in west wales and found she had got a puncture. The site was in the back of beyond and her recovery said it would be some hours before they could attend. By which time the site would have been closed and it would be dusk. . So one of the workers offered to try a temporary repair with a similar kit, as her goo kit would not have worked vin its own.

After repairing it it held pressure so she set off for home, keeping to the inside lane on motorways, where there was an inside lane. Next day she got a new tyre.

I had a temporary repair kit when I was off roading, but I was always under the impression that they were illegal for on road use.
 
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otherclive said:
My granddaughter had to return from a construction site in west wales and found she had got a puncture. The site was in the back of beyond and her recovery said it would be some hours before they could attend. By which time the site would have been closed and it would be dusk. . So one of the workers offered to try a temporary repair with a similar kit, as her goo kit would not have worked vin its own.

After repairing it it held pressure so she set off for home, keeping to the inside lane on motorways, where there was an inside lane. Next day she got a new tyre.

I had a temporary repair kit when I was off roading, but I was always under the impression that they were illegal for on road use.
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Google AI suggests they aren't specifically illegal but only appropriate as a temporary repair, as in your grand-daughter's case.
 
Hutch

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I carry the strings and CO² inflater cartridges on my Motorcycle, never had to use it, but friends have used both , the "Mushrooms" and the strings very successfully.
 
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I have the goo in the car, but do not want to use it unless very desperate. I also have a phone. I pay for roadside and home assistance. So I would just call. My car does not even have a jack.

Have considered a slimline spare, but there is a sub woofer in the way.

John
 
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Dustydog said:
Seems to me the main difference is they are not a vulcanised repair. But as a get you out of a fix I'm buying one for emergency use🤪
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The Strings and the Mushrooms, are both inserted with a glue, much like Puncture repairs or old on inner tubes, I would say Mushrooms are better.

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Hutch said:
The Strings and the Mushrooms, are both inserted with a glue, much like Puncture repairs or old on inner tubes, I would say Mushrooms are better.

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Like when I was cycling I had to make sure my glue was in date for puncture repairs, as were the repair patches too . If I had to open a tube it was replaced shortly afterwards.
 
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Dustydog

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When you are in the Highlands , miles from anywhere I see these kits as a life saver, car or caravan. Seems to me they will work. The air pressure alone helping hold the mushroom in place.
I will order a UK set for emergency use only. Now to find a UK seller 😉
 
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That’s the video for the USA one. In the U.K. I am looking now. There are a lot of rubber threaded plugs which will probably get you home but not as good as the mushroom fixings.
 
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The advantage of tyre strings is they can be fitted with removing the tyre from the wheel - while the mushrooms need to be fittedfrom inside.
 
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The advantage of tyre strings is they can be fitted with removing the tyre from the wheel - while the mushrooms need to be fittedfrom inside.
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See the video Hutch posted . Very clever these engineers from overseas😉

Amazon have a number of possibles.
 
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I've used the string type successfully in the past, once on my car, twice on friends. I'm not suggesting it's right, but two of these temporary repairs became permanent and the repair lasted the life of the tyre (the third repair was on a tyre at the end of its life so was replaced a couple of weeks later). Can the temporary repair strings / plugs be removed so a professional repair can be done?
 
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