Forums Archive Index > Outdoor Power Equipment > Do newer Arien's snothros have tubes?

Author: newjerseybt

Date: 8 Dec 2006 10:18 am

I have a 2003 1128DLE with tubeless Carlisle SnowHog tires and my question may include up to the newer 2007 models.

I had a chance to review my 2003 Arien's parts manual that I previously ordered from Ariens and it illustrates a tube and tube part number next to my tubeless tire.

Since I do not want to deflate my tires and check, maybe someone knows if there really is a tube inside those tubeless tires or is it an Arien's option?

Author: EGreen

Date: 8 Dec 2006 2:57 pm

I'm not 100% sure but I suppose you could always put a tube inside a tubeless when/if you got it punctured?

Author: buttlint

Date: 8 Dec 2006 3:14 pm

Just look at the valve stem.
If its attached too a tube then its got a tube.
If its attached too the rim then its tubeless.

Author: newjerseybt
Subject: The stem.....

Date: 8 Dec 2006 5:22 pm

Thanks BL...

I just checked. I have that little indentation in the valve stem so I guess I have tubeless. The last tube tire I saw was on my Dad's 52 Pontiac but I couldn't remember if it had a notch in the valve like the ones you pictured.
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EG:

I guess Arien's offers an alternative if you have a corroded bead. The Arien's parts illustration threw me.
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I recently re-roofed my shed and dragged a magnet around the perimeter and found a few old roofing nails. I am sure the snowblower will find the rest.

If I do get a nail puncture, I wonder if a tire "plug kit" will work or do you have to patch snowblower tires internally?

Regards,
Bill

Author: buttlint

Date: 8 Dec 2006 5:51 pm

Bill.
I dont think I've ever seen a snow tire with a nail in it.
Those tires are pretty thick and once they are frozen they can be harder than a rock. Blowers really arent that heavy compared too cars or trucks and really arent prone too punchers.
The only thing that seems too kill them is rolling around on them for a few hours with no air. That causes the side walls too split which there isnt much you can do about it other than throw in a tube.
Just check the pressures every preseason and you generally wont have any problems. Most of the repairs I run into are with rim leaks, which cleaning and rim sealer take care of.
Putting tubes in tubeless tires isnt really much of a preventive measure. Tubes loose air from sitting also, and once you roll around on one of those low on air all you get is a torn up tube with a twisted valve stem.
These tubeless rims also have a lot of weld flash that chafe on a tube if not carefully ground off before installing a tube.
My opinion is that tubeless tires work just fine as they are and all they require is a little care....same as you would do with a tubed tire anyway. Just one less thing too break.

Author: newjerseybt
Subject: Tires and nails.........

Date: 9 Dec 2006 10:45 am

Butt.....

Thanks again for the info. Nothing tops experience.

I got on the "tube thing" after reading threads about old garden tractor owners who got tired of leaking tires and went with a tube. I am also wary of bead problems as I had 2 cars with aluminum rims with white powder on the bead area and the tires would go completely flat in 2 weeks.

It was a lot of work for the service station to dismount 4 tires, clean and goop up the beads with sealer but a snowblower tire looks like a "piece of cake" if I ever need to perform the operation myself.