I plugged hundreds of tires in the mid to late '90s whilst working at a service station in high school. The owner would let us keep the $15 we charged. That bought a full tank in my '77 CJ-5! I never had one come back, not ever. The plugs with a soft chemical "sleeve" that you mix with glue become one with the rubber of the tire.

I wouldn't give it a second thought.

Tire patched Tuesday morning at the local shop. $22 later and good to roll.

Now I need to find a good spare. Mine is shot, thus causing the issues with the plugged tire to begin with. Yeesh.

I’m in Kenton. Where are you wolf?

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Originally posted by YellowJacket:
Around here a plug is $10-15 at the small indy shops and a patch at Goodyear is $30-40. And the big shops will only do patches and most of the time they'll tell you it's too close to the sidewall even if it isn't so they can try to sell you a new tire.

Dang! Our local shop fixes flats for free. The quad / Kubota RTV / other ranch equipment gets plugs to start. On the rare occasions those don’t hold, they pop the tire off and patch it. I’m going to have to start making bigger contributions to the beer kitty when I pick up based on the above numbers.