[CamperBob2]

Tires should be patched, not plugged (and only when the hole is nowhere near the sidewall). I've never had a tire plug hold, or a patch fail.

Patching them can still be done at home but I've always let the guy at the garage do it, because he sees a couple of cases a day instead of one every 3-4 years like I do.

[tgrass]

Each of the tires on my old Chevy at one point had over a dozen plugs. Each plug lasted several years.

The beauty of a plug is the kit is five bucks, comes with about a dozen plugs and you can use it anywhere. Get a thirty five dollar compressor to run off your battery and you can fix a puncture by yourself in the middle of nowhere. Not so with a patch.

But then I also won't drive more than twenty miles from my house without a toolbox...so....

[CamperBob2]

So you're driving around on a public road (presumably) on tires that have been damaged and repaired 12 or more times.

Oooooookay. Thanks for the heads-up.

[tgrass]

That was in back country Alaska (note the past-perfect tense). Every man for himself and all that.