Tyre Foam Filling

Generally it's agricultural plant, construction plant, dumpers, excavators, loaders, golf carts, MEWP’s, mowing equipment, rough-terrain forklifts, skid steers, sweepers, telehandlers and tractors. There are not too many hard and fast rules except that they cannot be used on high-speed machines, as the heat build up at fast speeds can break down the foam filling material. Therefore, foam filling is not suitable for cars or high speed trailers.

It depends on the amount of liquid fill that is needed to fill your tyre. Please give us your tyre size and we will quote based on the volume of liquid needed for that specific tyre size. We often collect and deliver your units using pallet delivery companies who often charge around £40 per pallet per way.

Sadly, Not. The machinery and chemicals used are not mobile, and health and safety issues mean the process must be done in a controlled environment.

Yes. But they must currently be able to hold air, we cannot work with punctured tyres as the liquid will escape before it is cured. We recommend buying and using new tyres to ensure you have the maximum wearable tread on your newly foam filled units, and to maximise your investments in foam filling.

Typically 4-5 working days. If the courier collects your current rims on Monday, we would receive them on Tuesday, we then fill and cure them for 24 hours and aim to dispatch them on Wednesday or Thursday for delivery back to you Thursday or Friday. If you are on tight time scales please speak with us as occasionally the work shop has a few orders booked in so we would schedule your work with you accordingly.

Most customers manage to sort this themselves, but we can also arrange for fitters to come to your site and remove your units for you for a fee. They generally do not have blocks available to keep the machine jacked up for the 4-5 days needed to fill the units, so you would need to find blocks/jacks yourself, or have a spare set of wheel/rims to swap onto the machine.

The liquid fill is pumped into the tyres at the normal operating pressure of the tyre being filled. If you have a specific pressure you desire then please do inform us and we can usually achieve the same pressure with the liquid fill for you.

No. Filling the tyre doesn't change its load carrying capacity.

Yes. They are filled with a cured liquid so if you imagined filling your tyre with water say instead of air, the weight of the water in that case would be the additional weight added.

Firstly, as the tyres are now effectivey solid tyres you will not suffer from punctures, and the down time associated with them. The machine should be more stable due to the added weight of the foam filling material. You may find the ride and perfomance vary slightly, if you are in any doubt it is worth speaking with your specific machines dealer to find out its suitability for having filled tyres on it.

Yes. Normally, we collect the filled units and cut off the current tyre and foam from the wheel rim. We then put new tyres on to the rim and fill them as normal. The extra costs involve the time to cut off the existing filled tyres, and the fee's to dispose of this scrap material.