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 ?
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
I wonder if any brave soul has tried to fill those grooves with Bull Frog Snot...yet.
selector I wonder if any brave soul has tried to fill those grooves with Bull Frog Snot...yet.
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
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Dave ,thanks for advice. May God Bless.