Spring and summer 2014

[Wolferz]

A place to post your gardening adventures and other warm weather minutiae after a very brutal winter.

Yesterday I completed a battery repair on my lawn tractor and got 'er fired up to cut my grass. That's when I discover that two of the tires have no atmo in them. The only air pump I have available is one that plugs into a car cigarette lighter power socket. So I tried to bring the tractor around the house to where my truck is parked and dagnabit I rolled two tires off of their rims in the process. Removed the rims from their axles to cart them to an air station at a local gas hole. One of the rear tires was popped off the bead and the air compressor at the gas hole was one of those automated jobbies that couldn't force the bead back on the rim. So I did the next best thing...
Went in the store and bought a can of starting fluid. Sprayed it into the void and lit it. POP! The tire was remounted in an instant. Returned home, remounted the wheels to the axles...
It starts raining.