Replacement tyres for garden trolley

greenbee

I've got a garden trolley much like this: https://www.garden4less.co.uk/product/pl/COGCT300? and it has a puncture in one tyre. I'm struggling to get a replacement that fits (TBH I've given up as the first one I ordered which should have been right wasn't, and search algorithms constantly coming up with things that aren't quite what I'm looking for!). But given where I use it (pyracantha, blackthorn etc), it probably makes sense to swap all four tyres for solid ones. The question is, how do I make sure I've got the right thing?

All suggestions/help as to where to source them from appreciated. I'm not sure whether I can just replace the tyres, or whether it needs new wheels, but I don't want to keep getting the wrong thing!

Photos of wheels/tyres for reference: 

born_again

Why not take tyre off & repair the puncture?
looks like it's got a tube in tyre. So just like fixing a bike tyre.

This is MSE after all. 👍

greenbee

born_again said:

Why not take tyre off & repair the puncture?
looks like it's got a tube in tyre. So just like fixing a bike tyre.

This is MSE after all. 👍

Because by the time I found out about it, it had been flat for a while, so I'm not convinced that it will work. I'd have to buy a repair kit (don't have a bicycle) and then find the time to do it (something I have very little of at the moment). 

Probably a much better idea for those who have the kit and the time though. 

QrizB

13x4 or 13x4.00 seems a common size for tyres on eBay.

What tyre did you buy that didn't fit?

Do you know (or can you measure) the diameter of the axle that the wheel runs on? There are solid-tyred wheels available to run on various diameters of axle.

greenbee

I thought it was a common size, but ended up getting myself totally confused as I ordered what I was asked to and it didn't fit - so I assumed I'd got something wrong. I can't now remember what I bought that didn't fit... it may be that the wrong size was sent, but by the time we got round to doing something about it we'd had it for too long to do anything about. Or it might be that I was given the wrong details originally as I didn't check for myself.

No clue on the size of the axle, but I'll see whether I can measure it. I think in the long run switching to solid tyres is the sensible move (other people use the trolley and apparently had just kept on blowing up the tyre each time rather than bothering to mention that it needed dealing with... sometimes it feels like  'help' ends up making more work than it solves!). 

QrizB

Check the overall diameter of the tyre and of the rim, too, before ordering.

Here's an example tyre & tube that should fit your current wheel:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175425536102

If you want to change to solid tyres, you'll probably need four of them (just replacing one will mean that corner is a slightly different diameter to the others, depending on how they all squish when you load the trolley).

You current trolley looks like it's got ball or roller bearings on the axle, rather than the plain bearings that most cheap wheels use. That might make finding a suitable solid alternative more difficult.

(I'm sure there are places you can buy tyres (& tubes) other than eBay, but it's a convenient place to compare products.)

Farway

How about replacing with foam filled tyres? Still get punctures, but nothing leaks out

Or buy another trolley once you have done the sums on buying new tyres/wheels etc.

I know it's MSE but your time is also worth money

Just one that came up on a search, others are no doubt available

https://www.olliestrolleys.co.uk/product-category/garden-trolleys/?wpf_filter_cat_0=36

greenbee

QrizB said:

Check the overall diameter of the tyre and of the rim, too, before ordering.

Here's an example tyre & tube that should fit your current wheel:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175425536102

If you want to change to solid tyres, you'll probably need four of them (just replacing one will mean that corner is a slightly different diameter to the others, depending on how they all squish when you load the trolley).

You current trolley looks like it's got ball or roller bearings on the axle, rather than the plain bearings that most cheap wheels use. That might make finding a suitable solid alternative more difficult.

(I'm sure there are places you can buy tyres (& tubes) other than eBay, but it's a convenient place to compare products.)

To be fair, I don't know whether it's exactly like the one I linked to - it was abandoned at my mum's by a gardener who vanished and as she left it there for 5 years despite being messaged regularly, I decided to commandeer it

I'll have a proper look and take all the measurements later. I'd like to get it resolved as it's been out of use for most of the summer (unless using it as storage for chicken wire counts!) and I have a vast pile of woodchip to move!

Thank you!

greenbee

Farway said:

How about replacing with foam filled tyres? Still get punctures, but nothing leaks out

Or buy another trolley once you have done the sums on buying new tyres/wheels etc.

I know it's MSE but your time is also worth money

Just one that came up on a search, others are no doubt available

https://www.olliestrolleys.co.uk/product-category/garden-trolleys/?wpf_filter_cat_0=36

I have seriously contemplated it... but I'm still mid-renovation on the house, so thought I should give tyres/wheels a try first!

-taff

I might consider filling the tyre with expanding foam or as one resort, take it to a bicycle repair shop and ask them to do the tube.

KajiKita

I was going to suggest a ride on lawnmower place - they will have similar sized wheels / tyres / inner tubes etc.

KK