probably the only time we let another person with a very sharp object routinely rip away at our body...just not my favorite place for sure.
well guys, you are all right, and you are all wrong, sort of. Well Dave had a good hedge, assuming hardened steel. Which the two arms that came around and clamped the
tires were assuredly not. While carefully cutting to make sure we didn't hit the tire, the actual metal cutting time was under a minute. Short blade, 18tpi.
Mild steel, not hardened. The lock was sure hardened, but not the rest.
I got lucky...
got the boat loaded onto his Jeep and off it went after sitting for two years. Towmaster radial tires carefully checked and remarkably not flat spotted, and air in them had not dropped below 40psi from a 46-48 psi setting over two years. That amazed me. 7 pumps into the bearing buddies; that had dried up a bit for sure, so hopefully the wheel bearings are now happily greased. I followed my friend out and it tracked true and off he went. Followed him for about five miles, so the tire was fine. and all was well. He is taking the boat down for me since he is headed to Emerald Isle NC, the beach, later this week and goes by very close.