Traction Tires

[the old train man]

Dave ,thanks for advice. May God Bless.

[G Paine]

Lots of replacement traction tires out there in a number of gauges as well. Note a couple traction tire repalcement tools also.
http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?category=&scale=&manu=&item=&keywords=traction+tire&words=restrict&instock=Q&split=150&Submit=Search

[RR_Mel]

selector

I wonder if any brave soul has tried to fill those grooves with Bull Frog Snot...yet. 

 

I used Bull Frog Snot on two of my Rivarossi Cab Forwards to replace the traction tires.  It took several attempts to get the correct depth but it works.  I wouldn’t use it on a driver with out the tire grove, it really doesn’t do much on a regular wheel.  Causes more problems than it’s worth.

 

Mel

[selector]

I wonder if any brave soul has tried to fill those grooves with Bull Frog Snot...yet. 

[dknelson]

Shorting is not the issue in most cases.  The problem is the groove in the tire/wheel for the traction tire to rest in.  Once the traction band is gone, that groove is likely to get snagged at turnouts and elsewhere.

Dave Nelson 

[the old train man]

If a traction tire breaks,can you still run the engine without shorting something out? I know you will lose traction but can you still run the engine safely without the tire ?