MIRACLES DO HAPPEN

Back working on the old hay bob and by the way the weather has taken up it may not be too long before it’s needed.

Strip down

I had now all the tines and tine holders stripped off and was thinking about painting the whole lot. There were just a couple of more jobs before I could get the spray gun out. For one, I had a flat tyre; I had blown it up a few days earlier, but it had soon gone flat again.

I jacked that side up and removed the short bolt and the tin grass guard that covered the wheel and gave the wheel a pull. Would it budge? Would it hell! The problem was on the other side of the wheel where there was also a tin guard that completely shrouded the wheel. I clouted the tyre with a soft mallet, but the wheel was stuck firmly on the stub axle.

Simple solution

That night I was tippy tapping away on the old internet and quite by accident I came across a video of a chap who had exactly the same problem and