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Best Cushion Tires for an Oily Floor

I have a machine shop customer that has alot of oil on the floor. When it rains it gets very slippery. Does anyone know of a good cushion type tire for this application?

Thanks
  • Posted 23 May 2013 02:01
  • By BleedGreen
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  • Florida, United States
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I'd make NO promises when replacing the tires, in fact, for liability purposes I would probably have them sign off that the tires installed will have no traction when traveling on an oily/wet floor.

Trust me- if there's even a hint that your replacement tires will help the situation & then the truck slips & hurts someone you'll be calling your lawyer.
  • Posted 5 Jun 2013 22:30
  • By bbforks
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  • Pennsylvania, United States
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yep, i'll have to agree with johnr
when it comes to oily floors they don't make a non-slip tire
as he said when you mix water and oil together on a tire there's not much you can do about it except pucker up and hope you don't wipe anything out if you start sliding.
Now if you want a more positive traction point you might want to consider doing some work to the floor instead, making it rougher, having traction ridges cut into it or something along those lines.
  • Posted 1 Jun 2013 02:33
  • By swoop223
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smooth flat tread with sipping or a walnut shell impregrnated tire will help a bit but not solve traction problem issues when traveling empty on a oil soaked wet concrete floor (most weight is on the rear tires) or turning issues when handling a near capacity load (most of the weight is on the driving tires). Water & oil is slicker than newly frozen ice - close to zero coefficent of friction.

Maybe they need a floor scrubber.
  • Posted 23 May 2013 11:44
  • By johnr_j
  • joined 3 Jun'06 - 1,446 messages
  • Georgia, United States

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