I thought I read that was Musk’s car he sent out to space
ETA: never mind, the asteroid Limey referenced is not the Tesla some astronomers mistook for an asteroid
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Everyone loves an underdog story. I’m rooting for the asteroid.
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Didn’t want to start a new thread, but I have a couple of guy questions:
What’s a good, affordable air-compressor tire wrench? I’ll only use it 6 times a year or so, don’t think I need to spend $500 on it, but as Roger Murtaugh said “I’m too old for this (4-way wrench and cheater pipe) shit”
What’s a great brand of tire sealant (not the green slime)?
Yes, you can probably imagine how my morning went.
At least it wasn’t raining.
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I always check this guy’s offerings before getting any tools or tool-adjacent products.
The pneumatic tools are being phased out of many shops because of the availability of battery powered tools. Hope this helps:
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I possibly would go over to Harbor Freight and get an inexpensive one with a lifetime replacement guarantee.
I have a couple of those. The DeWalt and the Ridged
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Oh but it was. Not actual rain, but constant mist. I’d rather it rain or not rain, I’d never survive in Seattle, as much as I love that area
Cousin and I mentioned that, I’ve been in the Marble Falls one twice since it opened 10 years ago, time for round 3.
It’s a great place for basic hand tools, I’ve geared out various ranch vehicles with screwdrivers, channel locks, wrenches, hammers, etc…Never bought a power tool there.
Absolutely yes. PF is the best.
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“We’re gonna test it!”
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I have an Ingersoll Rand pneumatic impact wrench. It works just fine. As for tire sealant, I had varying luck with the green stuff and the orange stuff in my tractor tires, but neither were much of a match for mesquite. Then I discovered aircraft tires and the heavens opened up.
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We use aircraft tires on all the ranch hay/cattle/implement gooseneck trailers. It’s a brilliant strategy.
As someone who has never farmed or ranched in mesquite country (or anywhere) but have had my foot punctured by numerous mesquite thorns, what are aircraft tires, or what is their quality that stands up to mesquite thorns?
More ply’s also on the sidewalls. They’re made for high weight on short distances. You wouldn’t want them on a commuter vehicle or a long-distance one, for example.
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You can go look at some videos of planes landing and see the enormous stress, heat and pressure these tires are subjected to. They are just built incredibly strong to withstand a lot of force and puncture pressure. They don’t have the tread of a road tire, so you don’t expect to corner, but they can withstand just about anything you can throw at them.
Point of order: tread on tires doesn’t help you corner (except in the wet). See 1, F.
True, but racing tires are softer and wear out quickly. They are often kept heated before applying for maximum traction. They would make shitty tractor tires.
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Correction: there is no tread, ergo no grip or traction in the mud resulting in very little ability to steer.
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It’s always interesting watching the mechanics do a tire change on our aircraft.
They really are incredibly well engineered things that take a beating.