Someone has to be on the other side! I am a no tubes guy. But tubes definitely have their place. If you are putting any liquid in the tires, tube them! If your wheels are rusty and you don’t have a means to refurb, then tube them. But the rust can easily puncture the tube then you are breaking down the tire to patch it anyway. If you are a “historical” kind of owner and want to run the vintage tires. You will likely have to tube them since the rubber is likely so hard it won’t seal in the bead area. you should bead blast your wheels and paint or powder coat and they won’t leak, replace the valves when you mount new tires. I don’t like tubes because you cannot plug them. Tubes rapidly deflate when they get a hole and you have to fix them on the job. tub-less tires are almost always slow leaks and take a couple days to go flat. I have mostly zero turns and the little tires are a huge PIA to put tubes in. (my jd has tweels so they are always full of air). All my tires except two foam filled rears on a 2182 and the tweels run 10-14 psi. I don’t have tire problems. But I use all my stuff every week. My tires get worn out before the dry rot
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