So the last time I used my 6×10 two-wheel utility trailer was for trash on a deck remove-replace. I parked it adjacent to the existing deck, demo-ed the deck, and packed the trailer with a cube of old PT. There was room left over so I kept it on site. A trash bag here. That annoying branch there. Some cut-offs. No shortage of coffee cups—check out the review of the bright green robot barista Oxx Boxx here—and whatever else piled up after a few weeks.
Finally, unable to fit anything else in it, I had to make a dump run. Upon rolling the trailer from the backyard onto the driveway—I should also point out that this project took long enough that the seasons changed and the air went from warm to cold—my tires were nearly flat. The dump is an 8-mile drive. I was overloaded and had no spare.
Smart, right? If you redefine smart to mean stupid, then you win.
I went to my mechanic for air only to find the tires smoking—even on rain-soaked streets. “Go slow,” he said after topping off the tubeless tires.
Anyway, enter my series of reasons to notice Jones Enterprises Multi Seal line of tire-sealing products in my Facebook feed.
I thought at first that Multi Seal might re-inflate the tire. Just toss a can behind the seat and it’s a built-in insurance policy.
Well, it doesn’t re-inflate the tire.
It might actually be better than that. Basically, it reportedly prevents flats. Multi Seal goes in the tire as a liquid and coats it from the inside with a Kevlar-infused formula that seals the tire if it gets punctured. You can watch the process on YouTube here and here.
Now, here’s a short list of the list of things Multi Seal claims it can do. At about $18 a bottle (there are different blends for different tires—heavy equipment, off-road, lawn and landscape, trailers and tow-behinds), it seems an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure.
- Instantly seals up to 3/4-inch punctures
- Prevents up to 95% of all flats
- Virtually eliminates slow leaks
- Seals puncture after puncture for 10+ years
- Tires will last 20% longer
- Almost no air loss after puncture
I made it to the dump, by the way, with a trailer record of 3,750 pounds.
