Balloon Tires

Anyone have any experience with the big polyurethane balloon tires on the pier? Will they stand up to the roughness of the wood planks?

I took my balloon-tired beach cart on the pier four or five times before I got a regular pier cart and I don't think the tires would be hurt as long as the cart wasn't loaded down with too much weight---or encountered a stray treble hook. The tires are bulky, though.

are they easily switched out - from balloon to hard tires?

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are they easily switched out - from balloon to hard tires?
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My cart only has a key chain style ring to hold the wheels on ,you can take them off and back on in less than 5 minutes.

We sell the Anglers Fishnmate balloon tire kit for the Sr size cart and the axle must be swapped out.Total time,10 minutes.

Thanks, John. I'll be looping through OB Tuesday on my way back to Enterprise. Will stop by and get set up. You have the cart also? Right now I'm using my home made job that weighs about 80 lbs and is a pain to load and unload.

Yea man,we have plenty of them.

John , what is the price on the balloon tire kit ? Thanks

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5 minutes to swap out and that was 1st time. Prolly get it down to <3 minutes after a few tries. Conversion couldn't be much easier.

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We sell the Anglers Fishnmate balloon tire kit for the Sr size cart and the axle must be swapped out.Total time,10 minutes.
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how much

Be honest I don't remember exactly. Got carried away and spent considerably more than I intended to. Ask John next time you are in the store.

By the way - John - remember we were discussing using a power driver of some sort to remove the U bolts? A ratchet w/ 7/16" socket was all that would fit. The bolts sit directly under the top bar of the frame and gets in the way - unless you have one that is less than about 6" high. Even then, like I said, a very quick operation.

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What is the reason for two sets of tires, (Sand???) I would think the large rubber tires would work. maybe I assume to much .

[font=comic sans ms][size=12pt]I have two beach carts with Wheelez balloon tires. Inflation is recommended to be 3 psi or less. The tires spread out on top of the sand whereas the hard rubber tires tend to dig in. The balloon tires are great in the sand, but the cart tends to rock n roll on hard surfaces.
Back in the good old days, we used to drop tire pressure by about half in 4X4 and beach buggy tires. They ran way better on the sand with low air pressure vs fully inflated tires.

What Fin said. Pulling a wagon across soft sand with regular wheels is pretty much a guaranteed heart attack. :boohoo:

I have used the ballon tires on the pier for a couple of years, no problems, I am not a regular so not sure about continued use. As has been stated the ballon tires require a different axle, have to take off 2 ubolts, no more than 10 minutes.