deer cart tire smell
11-11-2014, 06:57 AM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Frederick MD USA
Posts: 300
deer cart tire smell
I bought an ameristep deer cart last year, the rubber tires really stink. I have left it outside for weeks, still has a strong rubber odor.
I have been leaving it in the truck and hiking back for it when I need it. I would like to carry it with me so I don't have to make a trip back to get it, but afraid the smell will drive the deer away.
Has anyone had this problem and found a way to reduce the smell of the tires?
I have been leaving it in the truck and hiking back for it when I need it. I would like to carry it with me so I don't have to make a trip back to get it, but afraid the smell will drive the deer away.
Has anyone had this problem and found a way to reduce the smell of the tires?
11-11-2014, 01:52 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Lutz, Florida. Turkey woods in the spring.
Posts: 1,143
Same problem here. I was told to leave mine outside as well but after letting the wheels set on my covered porch for almost six months, they still stink. Waiting to see what others say about the smell.
11-22-2014, 06:55 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,905
Head outside with a heat gun or hair dryer, stand upwind, and heat the tires. Knocks off that smell real quick. Leaving them out in the sun on a black flatbed for a couple days will do the same.
The only thing I hate about the Ameri-step is that the long handle is about a foot too short. The Cabelas model, about 50% more expensive, has the extra length that make it a lot easier on the back to pull.
The only thing I hate about the Ameri-step is that the long handle is about a foot too short. The Cabelas model, about 50% more expensive, has the extra length that make it a lot easier on the back to pull.
11-22-2014, 07:01 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,905
My wife and I use ours to portage in our stands and feeders, we have some terrain that's certainly not what I'd call friendly, plus under-brush and areas with a LOT of dead-fall to navigate.
If you can walk it, it can roll it. The only time you'll get into trouble is in snow cover or thin mud where the wheels will sink. I bought a double wheel kit for mud, which seems to work quite well, and I rigged a set of ski's from a wrecked snow machine for the snow, also works quite well the few times I've used it with snow-shoes (obviously not in KS).
If you can walk it, it can roll it. The only time you'll get into trouble is in snow cover or thin mud where the wheels will sink. I bought a double wheel kit for mud, which seems to work quite well, and I rigged a set of ski's from a wrecked snow machine for the snow, also works quite well the few times I've used it with snow-shoes (obviously not in KS).
