Cure for the Big Tire Blues - DIY Tire Retread

[@sonikhanem]

This video blew my mind away, the videography , the lighting, music, the art of retrieving the tire... I don't know what I love more... absolutley LOVE this!! #highfive

[@ronaldflanigan4076]

Wing swap

[@AN2Felllla]

Never has so much editing skill been put into a video of a simple tire retread lol

[@jandglewis]

Trent. How about a follow up. It’s been a while. How are they holding up. Would you do it again. We wanna know good or bad how are the retreads doing.

[@rynetreatch9558]

Let me give you a quick rundown of the point in my day I am at and just watched this. I flew for four hours in the morning then ferried the plane from Midland to Odessa to drop it at mx. I hopped into another 182 to fly from Odessa to Colorado Springs and took off. After reaching cruise at 6,500 I noticed my oil pressure drop to 22 psi. I decided to turn back and check it. At about a 4 mile final the electrical system quit. I didn’t adjust fast enough for a no flap landing and had to go around NORDO at a busy nontowered airport. I have to be in Colorado tonight for Air Force Reserve in the morning. So now I’m waiting on a Southwest flight. The 69 line in this video made me absolutely crack up. It put me in a better mood and a place where I’m ready to just roll with whatever else happens today. Thanks Trent!

[@TrentonPalmer]

Dang! That’s a long day!

[@TrentonPalmer]

Glad you are ok, and that I could help you laugh at my childish sense of humor 😜

[@rynetreatch9558]

Dude, it was the right thing at the right time. I’m just as childish! See ya at Oshkosh ✌🏻

[@rynetreatch9558]

Yep! At this point I won’t be getting to Colorado Springs until after midnight. But, it is what it is. I’ve got a beer and a steak quesadilla in front of me, so right now everything is good!

[@jacobrider2143]

Trent Palmer hey Trent! What’s this song called?

[@richieboy6700]

Wow! Talk about getting into it. I hope you're keeping track of how many landings you get on your DIY retreads. Extremely interesting video. Good job.

[@fin22r76]

Trent, the past few weeks I’ve subscribed to your channel and in my free time I’ve watched all of your videos in order from oldest to newest. I must say, you are THE COOLEST guy that I don’t know! Keep up the great work!

[@trdshortbus8009]

Just checked out wing swap and holy goodness!!! Seeing the prices just made my day.

[@jessemcclintock7162]

Dude those last 10 seconds. I didn't know a shot of a tire spinning slowly could be so epic

[@DomAviationChannel]

Looking forward for a feedback how long this treatment extended your tire use :-)

[@SuperShpoople]

Every single video you release is unequivocal eye candy.

[@johnfife3062]

The Über-Flug-Nerd quotient of this video is so off the charts it makes me giggle and applaud. Hats off to you, Trent. You're now my favorite channel. I hope you guys can make some extra flight cash by reconditioning tires for others. Extend your tire rotisserie to accommodate four or eight tires at a time and make the most of your setup for each step. Bang 'em out, make bank.

[@johnbolin7098]

Excellent info to consider. Recycle what we can when we can....and your t-shirt speaks for itself. Good video Trent !

[@cleophusA]

Love the tee shirt! Where did you get it, and why aren't you selling it on your site?

[@phrah1978]

I'm from Milan, Italy. Just turned 40 and..well, I decided to go in Alaska on january to take a PPL..so thanks for the inspiration!

[@LTV_inc]

You just reinvented the recap tire. I use to bye them for my 69 firebird back in the 70's...yeah I'm old. Good vid dude!!

[@buynsell365]

Great video. Couldn't you make a Kevlar cover for the tire? The cover would be laced up tightly on the tire and provide protection from rocks and such. You guys don't land as fast as larger planes so I think it would hold up. Just a thought.

[@phoenixrising4073]

I wonder if you could apply this to other slick-type tires, on perhaps a go-kart or the likes? Totally happy I found this channel.

[@lawrencenicolin409]

Cool stuff...........you make excellent and honest videos......among the best on KZbin!

[@TrentonPalmer]

Thanks!

[@whisperingeagle]

Trent Great Great u just addressed my biggest question. Prior to me spending that kind of bucks on a bush tire! Now we need to know how well their holding up to agressive lzs? Hopefully good

[@SPUD3521]

All of your videos are so beautiful. I look forward to every video.

[@PilotMikeR]

Trent, the guy in the next door hangar to me has a Piper bush plane with 32” Alaska tires. He had his tires reskinned with truck bed “Rino” lining and said it lasted him 3 yrs. He’s tried numerous products and said that was the most durable.

[@dadamic]

You've been chasing the retread concept for a while. It's cool you're like, I'll just build a machine and do it myself.

[@frankirwin2377]

Awesome thinking outside the ----- and coming up with a reuseable solution. Your not turning those rubber balloons at a high rate of RPMs. Your just adding some Soles of the Thongs for treading the Bush!

[@lapoint7603]

Great video!! Please do a follow up video, or at least an IG post on how they are wearing for you. I'm assuming the cost of the materials to be relatively insignificant? Thanks for great content.

[@flycory]

Instant classic!

[@MaxRunia]

Trent you should post an update on how well this worked or not!

[@adventuretwins3547]

Did you try using flex seal? :)

[@tomturner464]

Thanks for mentioning wingswap!... I found a plane on another site and thought I'd see if there were at least more photos of it on wingswap... turns out the same plane is being offered for 5K less... I'll be contacting the seller and seeing if we cant work out a deal. Thanks!

[@ryanm.191]

Fantastic video. Awesome editing and mad shots. Feels a bit dramatic, kind of reminding me of the shots from imagine dragons believer video. Love the music as well

[@ScottPalmerair]

Man that crazy looking guy with the angle grinder though!

[@navion1946]

Lol

[@steve.e.may87]

+1 for wingswap, it is SO much easier to use. Now if all the nice planes on barnstormers would migrate or cross post, that'd be awesome!

[@ericsvalland4417]

Always good to have friends with a wide variety of skills.

[@chapopskyvladimir8385]

Trent, after all this time how have the retrad tires worked? Are you still using them? I’m thinking doing this on my 29s. Is this process complex? Thanks!

[@stephenbentley1607]

Hi Trent, great idea with retreading the bush tyres. just wondering how much it costs to do this compared with buying a new set. I have had a different idea myself a complete different way and maybe cheaper who knows. awesome plane dude love the colours. Steve. B. England.

[@justachipn3039]

Have you thought of inside cutting a thick inner tube the right size and popping it over the tire and then a little tire vulcanizing... even X2 for thickness ??? Just a crazy idea I would do lol

[@sumrica]

My sense of it is, this process is going to work. The bond of the Flexane to the tire will hold...if the primer does what it's supposed to do. I'm hoping the Flexane holds up to the tread abrasion for you.

[@nathanvessels5118]

Trent you make the best videos!

[@jplacrosse1]

Great video. Can’t wait to meet you and see the freedom fox at AirVenture

[@michaellang8065]

Love the Idea. I wonder if you treated a new tire how many tires you could save. Just starting my tail wheel. My goal is to get on some bush wheels. Keep up the great content.

[@southjerseysound7340]

Michael Lang i did the tires on my Maule shortly after I got them and it's a huge savings. But its something you need to do fairly often to get the most from them.

[@channingburton7476]

WELL...Slap me down like a dog and kick me into a mud hole....that was a very interesting video. This weekend I get to replace the tires and tubes, breaks, bearings on my Piper Comanche. As for the video, lighting, editing and music???? I LIKED IT!! Start Safe, Stay Safe

[@ziptieit]

Trent,How is the new tread holding up after use?

[@zackcash7277]

Trent Palmer I am a big fan of your videos, How long does this last, how many landings do you get out of 1 application. Thanks in advance

[@TrentonPalmer]

We will find out! This is the first time I’ve done my tires so we will see

[@thegreg79]

i freakin LOVE you edit style bro. inspiring!

[@kellychapman5142]

I wonder if using a tire warmer would help make the bond any better?

[@SCAerialsSteveCarpenter]

Wow, very interest process, this was a very well produced and cinematic video, thanks!

[@marcs3478]

Thank you for reusing those tires!!!

[@williamanderson3194]

Seeing your insta stories had me dying for a full vid on this!

[@raykrv6a]

Great video production. Can you buy the stand? How much does it cost to coat your tires with this?

[@conandunn5441]

Rad I’m gonna apply this to my first non hand-me-down/ brand spankin new set of 29s for sure ,so thanks for the idea studs!! I don’t even want them to touch the ground before I bulletproof those Gucci trouble makers and drive my in-laws crazy practicing touch n goes in their back pastor every Sunday haha. Except now Ill actually practice committing to slow landings for my best safe stops & same w take off. Crazy. I never thought I’d be so into this aspect of flight. Then again I had no idea about the sport drags🤓

[@slamsshenanigans2296]

Awesome as always Trent! Are you going to post a video of your Oregon trip? Project Kitfox’s was great but we all know your the king of presentation.

[@TrentonPalmer]

I shot an awesome vlog of that and then accidentally deleted it all off the camera before transferring it to my computer 😖

[@jdtroy2733]

Warren Miller of the sky

[@gregmerdes3676]

I fly an experimental with 35" bushwheels that are getting some weather cracking on the sidewalls. Could you apply this material to the sidewalls as well to extend the life of the sidewalls and the tread?

[@missakadandeniya]

Wow great informative video Trent 👍

[@TopGunTreks]

Trent ,Great video! Any follow up on durability after capping ?

[@AnthonyBordignon]

This is an awesome video My favorite 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Bottleworksnet]

Great idea and process!

[@cooperthorne8321]

This video is so satisfying

[@yassermasood3423]

Great video. I know these tyres are very expensive and by doing you can save significant amount of money. But what are the numbers we are talking about here either way? Please specify. Thanks. Happy Landings

[@alaska-life]

So awesome your an inspiration through and through

[@MaciejRogozinski]

Where on earth do you find such epic music?!?!

[@jessemcclintock7162]

This

[@aserta]

There's also one more (involved) trick available, you get the appropriate inner tube for such a tire, a scrub brush, a grate with fine teeth (if you buy fresh nutmeg, they usually come with the perfect grate) the best contact cement you can buy in your area, a very fine bristle painter's brush (width is up to choice), and a timer. step 1, clean, clean everything like you want to eat from it. step 2, inflate the tube inside the tire (without hub) and make sure you've seated it perfectly inside step 3, with a silver pen, mark an outline of the peak that the inner tube has out of the tire's skirt. step 4, deflate, reinflate partially and slide tube on to something to keep it off the ground, make sure you have something that keeps the tire rigidly in place, but not enough to deform it. step 5, coat inside of tire, outside of tube, to the silver pen, wait prescribed amount of time, double coat, wait prescribed amount of time. step 6. deflate tube, and very carefully (you can use paper to "hide" what you're not working on, as the glue on stick to it) insert the tube in the tire, making sure you've touched silver line to the skirt of the tire. step 7, once you've done that all around, and you're happy with the result on both sides, inflate to make sure it's well seated, deflate, one last time, and then with a pair of scissors, cut to the marked line, just a bit bellow it. step 8. using a roller make sure there's no air bubbles whilst you still can move the cut tube around (you've about 20 minutes or so with most glues) step 9, put on rim, inflate, and let pressure do the work for you. This will ensure you've got even more resistance to puncture, on a thinned, old tire, this is an actual second lease at life. I know this method from tractor tires that have enough gape in cracks, that you can stick your pinkie and touch that tube inside. If you're lucky AF and manage to find a really thick tube, say 4 mm like they used to have back in the day, you're golden.

[@morganbeasley]

bushwheels are tubeless, they are a sealed unit. You would have to do this process on the outside somehow, you have to be jus the right size tube that stretched over, might be workable.

[@conradcobb3257]

UPDATE? how well did they hold up

[@ianisbell500]

Excellent videography. I love the opening montage. Your skills are getting more refined. Where do you get your music? Is it royalty free?

[@kaidenholt4954]

The shine actually makes the tier look better

[@yannikscheufele]

Pls tell me the name of that song 😅🙏🏽 Awesome video!!!

[@Aviation101]

DUDE! So freakin cool!

[@injectorrick3700]

Fusion tape might work too. It fuses itself to itself and what it wraps

[@DONphantasmo]

That is absolutely awesome!!!!

[@nickbedard1623]

For those of you that want that assembly welded up, I do some light scale fabrication. Feel free to shoot me a pm. Awesome idea Trent!

[@volksyes9477]

Can you do it on a brandnew tire?

[@Ali-sh4ib]

Fantastic video

[@martingorricho3602]

Trent Palmer video+circular economy principals+ Tire porn = GOLD

[@ginacalabrese3869]

This is shot better than most music videos.

[@implanecrazyme6246]

WHat is the part number/brand of the gearbox and sprocket sizes?

[@lazerusmfh]

cant wait to try this on my srt8

[@mlhbrx96]

Nice Trent!! Two questions - 1) how much do bush tires weigh? Those look very light. 2) who does the music for your videos?

[@TrentonPalmer]

The ones I run are 27lbs each. They have ultralight ones that are about 20lbs but my plane is too heavy for them. I get my music from Artlist.io and EpidemicSound.com

[@mlhbrx96]

Thanks for the quick reply! Cheers!

[@SuperAero]

The aviation Peter McKinnon???!?!? Rad dude.

[@ThalassTKynn]

Nice! When you said retread I thought you were going to cut grooves into it. >.< Used to be able to get retreads for medium and small airliners, but I was never keen on the idea.

[@jasonhowes6732]

Looking forward to seeing the duration this adds to the life of those tires. Thanks for posting.

[@stevengaris9864]

Love that shirt! You sell them?

[@BlueridgeAcres]

cool stuff, mad video skills too !

[@kneedeepinbluebells5538]

Geez - No Wonder I Subscribed !

[@airtightindustries]

Hey Trent, off topic question. I'm coming to Reno for the races again, but first time with my wife and kiddo, any best place to stay with young kids? Any and all replies welcome. Thanks

[@TrentonPalmer]

I’d probably do the circus circus, although parts are a little run down, it’s probably the most fun for kids

[@j.vincenttaylor8916]

Good $hit, thanks for sharing!

[@zahckryisrael3258]

Awesome awesome awesome that is it

[@thomasgauthier9974]

Dope quality video

[@Bearhawk_Life]

Any results after 3 years?

[@fazlikula4423]

thanks for the video

[@ZimZam5871]

Trent, didn't you send these off to get re-treaded? How did that turn out?

[@TrentonPalmer]

I did, those didn’t last more than a few pavement landings before they wore through. Took me 2hrs per tire to get that coating off before I could do the new stuff 😖

[@davepalmer8925]

Hey Trent Palmer, i made this stand for my 31s is that 3lbs per tire or does that do both?

[@hshs5756]

Four grand for those little tires is what I call a "gotcha by the balls price". Looks like Trent wriggled out of the grip on this one.

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Excellent ...

[@kellychapman5142]

So will that stuff work on my Road Race tires.🤔

[@brettspeth4124]

Any chance on an update? How did it wear? Thanks!

[@flytoday]

great editing

[@Biohazarus]

Any updates on how it holds up?

[@ericmuetterties1984]

Coolio! 😉 so that was what you were working on the day I came to Stead?

[@TrentonPalmer]

Yep!

[@Peter_Eriksson]

Great tip!...but where can i buy that tshirt?

[@TrentonPalmer]

It’s made by Air Ambassadors!

[@DomAviationChannel]

Btw how much did this treatment cost you?

[@kellychapman5142]

About 150+shipping then you have to build a turning machine

[@aserta]

The rotisserie can be made on the cheap with wood, the idea is to have a rotation motion. You can source all your parts from a trashed (important) rotisserie oven, some, even come with an actual speed setting on them. So all in all, you could build the whole jig for say 20, 30 bucks and a beer to your local trash yard (if they haven't wizened up to people getting parts for cheap from them).

[@tbasty]

Wicked video- cheers

[@Hooknspktr]

That shirt though. Where can we score one?