Tire plugging question

Burnerboy

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

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

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

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

Ronnie

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.
 
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:
 

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