Odd things in tires

Billy Shafer · Jun 5, 2009

Took my sons tire down today to change out. While he was at work.Watched the tire man break the tire off the rim. He stuck his hand in the tire and pulled out a wig. I have seen a lot of things come out of tires,but never a wig.

railhead · Jun 5, 2009

went and got a rim I had in the field last week, rotten eaten up tire on it, brought it to the shop to salvage the rim. Tire, hard as a rock. Took the sawzall to cut through the body of the tire, torch cut through the bead strands. Started prying the tire off with a big bar, a 5 foot bull snake came out and he was mad. Struck at me several times. I quickly found a forked stick from the firewood pile and a feed sack, pinned his head down gently and picked him up and sacked him. Drove him back to the farm and let him go eat all the mice his little heart desires. He was still p*ssed and when I poured him out the sack he let me darn well know it. Hope he eats 1000 mice more.

BDT in Minnesota · Jun 5, 2009

Kind of a hair-raising experience; now that things are back on the roll; are you going to have the other three tires checked??

Billy Shafer · Jun 6, 2009

Well if someone tore up my house. I would be p*ssed also. Not sure I want to know what is in the other three tires. Also that snake would have had a hard time getting to me. He would have been slipping in brown stuff.I hate snakes.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 6, 2009

Years ago I had a pair of new rear tires put on an 8N. One had a kind of a "galump" going down the road as if it wasn't quite round.

After a couple years that one went flat. So I called out the tire company that had put them one. The kid (that had mounted them originally) brought out a new tube. When he debeaded and pulled out the old tube, a tire iron came out. A bur on the flat end had cut the tube. With a sheepish look he said, "I wondered what happened to that tire iron. I guess this one is on me." Then he put in the new tube and wrote up no paper work for the job. After that the tire was round and didn't have that "galump" going down the road.

I don't know what he told the boss, but I saw no bill.

Gerald J.

railhead · Jun 6, 2009

oh it was a 18.4 34 tractor rim. yeah there was plenty of smoke from the torch and noise from the sawzall, he was mad as a MF.

On another note...PLEASE DO NOT kill snakes. I am not a lover of them either but they play a very important part in the ecology.

Billy Shafer · Jun 6, 2009

Don't have to worry about me killing snakes. Cause I ain't getting close enough to kill one. Unless he drowns in the brown stuff.

Iowa_tire_guy · Jun 6, 2009

My BIL fixed a front tire on his front wheel assist one evening. A couple days later the tire went flat again so he called the tire truck to come out and fix it. When it got there he told the story to the tire man and sent him to the tractor. A while later he came back and asked, "You fixed that tire after dark didn't you?" My BIL said yes I did how did you know? He said. "Here's your flashlight."

dbernie · Jun 6, 2009

Railhead...
I'm proud of you, when I was reading, I figured you'd tell how you killed him...most people just don't understand creatures have a purpose here to keep things in balance...
When we mess with Mother Nature, we never really know what will happen...
You're a good man,
Been gettin' cynical and disgusted lately,
you're post cheered me up...
Thank you, and the bull snake thanks you...

jim in N M · Jun 7, 2009

Going down I-25, rear tire goes flat, change it and take it to a tire shop. The guy opens it up and finds a 9/16 open/box wrench had gone through the hole in the tire..........Jim in N M

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