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awemawson:
Plea from the wife today - her wheel barrow tyre keeps deflating. Now I'd known this for a while, it was on the 'to do' list, but not at the top - after all I have provided an outside tyre inflater 'station' with air always on tap  :ddb:

Now the bottom had rotted out of a barrow that I used to use for pig muck, so when I threw it away I'd saved the wheel and tyre to put on her barrow.

Totally different fittings for the axle so a bit of lathe work to make one work in the other and off she goes happy  :ddb:

So I thought I'd look at the original (fairly new) wheel, see if anything was obvious and if not put a tube in it. Dunking it in the workshop sink there's not one puncture - there's literally thousands - air is seeping through the porous rubber  :scratch:

 :lol: :lol: :lol: Moral of the tale - don't buy Chinese condoms  :lol: :lol: :lol:

lordedmond:
Andrew

That's why " johnnies " have a use by date  :)


Stuart

Nice dinner for you tonight for the honey do

Stilldrillin:

--- Quote from: awemawson on June 15, 2015, 09:45:17 AM ---
 :lol: :lol: :lol: Moral of the tale - don't buy Chinese condoms  :lol: :lol: :lol:

--- End quote ---

Nice one, Andrew.  :thumbup:


Some time ago, I fitted a new kitchen, mixer tap. Supplied, complete with flexi tails. Around £12, Ebay.

Proud of my work, I filled the kettle. And, made Herself, the worst, (rubber tasting), cuppa tea. EVER!!   :bang:  :bang:

David D

vtsteam:
I bought a pressurized garden sprayer locally, US brand, and filled it up to do battle with a poison ivy patch, and the handle too was filled with pinholes, so basically sprayed myself. So I called the mfr. and started to tell my story when the lady on the end of the line stopped me and asked "name and address?" I gave it to her and she said she was sending a replacement handle assembly. It got here 2 days later. I'm guessing I wasn't the first to call in with this issue!

mattinker:
I've found those cheepo pneumatic wheels and tyres a constant source of flat tyres. I have a sack barrow which has always deflated, in anger I used one of those repair aerosols on it, both wheels, now they go flat, but over a much longer period! I know those aerosols are not a good solution under normal circumstances, but at four miles an hour max, I don't really care!

regards, Matthew.

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