New garage time!

[fatjay]

Thanks. The wheel is rotted, apparently someone tubed it already. Steiner has new ones for $100.

Hay rides for the kids today, rain held out long enough for me to take them around for a couple hours AND long enough for me to get the hay indoors so I could save and reuse it.

 

[fatjay]

Removing a tire suuuuuuuuuuucks without a machine. Breaking the back bead was also not fun. Then it was rusty inside and out so I cleaned up with a high speed grinder. Then I found a steel sheet and started cutting strips on the bandsaw.

Tomorrow I'm going to shape and weld them in place over the hole.

 

[fatjay]

 

[EddieWalker]

I wouldn't have thought to weld in a patch on a rim, but why not? it's not high speed and all it needs to do is hold a tube.

 

[airbiscuit]

 

[fatjay]

I wouldn't have thought to weld in a patch on a rim, but why not? it's not high speed and all it needs to do is hold a tube.

That was my thought. The rest of the rim metal was good. I think water just got in through the valve stem hole and rotted it away.

I cut some strips of steel that I can form to the tire and weld it up.

This is hte unedited verison. The metal bandsaw comes to the rescue again. Although the porta-band makes an appearance. That saw blade is missing teeth, i need to replace it.

 

[EddieWalker]

Why not put the valve stem in another location?

 

[fatjay]

I could do that too. I'm going to inflate the tube to see what angle it wants to be at.

 

[airbiscuit]

Can't wait until you finish organizing your new garage

 

[fatjay]

Can't wait until you finish organizing your new garage

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Ha, the owner of that garage obviously does not USE his garage. My garage is WELL USED and on a constant rotation of things. I got a surprise 12 bales of hay in the garage, too. Plus kids furniture my wife bought, plus extra solar panels. And my daughters mini that broke down and she bought another car, so now it's MY problem. Stuff, stuff, stuff. It never goes away.