unfortunately plugs will not work with his type of tire damage. The lug pulling away has created pinholes around the lug. Using a patch could get expensive doing all those lugs. the only 2 options are a tube or slime. When using slime its not so much the liquid stopping the leak but the small chunks of rubber throughout the mixture. The fluid also acts like a lube so the bits of rubber can work their way into the leak. I have found that the best way to get the stuff to work and work well is use a ounce at a time, pump up the tire to manufacturer specs or slightly higher (your lower than normal tire pressure for riding with not work) and take it for a good long ride. If your tire still looses air after that you can repeat the procedure with another ounce.. Iv never gone above 2 ounces in a atv tire. Always got them to seal...

 

If he has only one lug a patch might work but if it happening to many lugs then you are correct the patch is worthless. You have got the right answer for the slime, it needs a long ride to make it work. I have saw many guys go for a quick spin around the yard and come back and see it still leaks and add more slime. On my old Praire, I used to put it up on the jack and use an old electric motor to spin the wheels for an hour or so to allow the slime to do its job. Much smaller amounts of the product is needed if a long enough time is given to spin those wheels. Thanks for the tip for anyone new using these types of products.

 

I remember once I had a big puncture in an itp 589 tire I had on my Grizzly 660 many years ago. I got into some big thorns and it tore a pretty big gash in the tire. The tire shop didn't think they could fix it but they just kept stuffing plugs in it and it sort of worked. It still leaked air but I could at least still use it. I just had to air it up often. Personally, I'm not a big fan of slime on atv tires. I have used it on lawnmower tires and it works well for those. I'm not as worried about the tire going flat on me as I'm right at home and it has a top speed of about 6 mph. If the tire falls off the rim its not going to wreck me. The old Snapper mower I have has very old, dry rotted tires. The slime works great to keep them from leaking air and going flat on me. I usually just take atv tires to the tire shop and go with putting a tube in them. I have never had a problem with a tire ever going flat again using a tube. Its been a while since I've had to do that though. I think the last tire I had to get fixed was on my Scrambler 500, a front tire and that was back in 2013. It had a small hole. I tried a plug but it still didn't work. I think I tried Slime too but it still leaked air. Once the tube was put in, no more issues. I bought an extra set of wheels and tires for it pretty cheap off craigslist and one of the front wheels had a big dent in it. The tires were almost new but with the big dent, it wouldn't hold air. Once again, a tube fixed that as well.

 

I like the tube idea, I think I will start carrying one as a just in case. the only part that stinks is if the tube gets punctured a simple plug won't fix it, just have to remove and replace or patch the tube.