Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

After hauling the junk out of the newly redone garden, I remembered I wanted to pick up these tyres from the forest edge.

The big tyre (1.6m diameter), which I could only barely wrestle onto the pallet forks looks unused, just minor age cracks (different rules from car tyres apply here). These cost about €400 each if you buy them new, a whole soviet tractor can be had for about €2500 with tyres far worse than this one. I even have a hunch where the other one might be.

Found a couple meters of 30mm thick wire rope next to them, too.

#Homestead #Cleanup #Tractor #Tyre #Tire #Treasure

Apr 8 at 6:46pmWeb
Show threadY⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar6d ago

Matching wheels for the big tyre. One is in good shape, the other looks like someone had a terrible tractor accident, the flange is broken. And then stored it sitting in the dirt.

#Homestead #Cleanup #Wheel #Treasure

Show threadPetra van Cronenburg6d ago
@yngmar you do really archaeology! 😉
Show threadmcSlibinas6d ago
@yngmar i think a lot of soviet line excavators used 24 mm wire rope, i mean those with 1㎥ bucket, used a lot for melioration. What to do with old ropes? Just drop where boss didn't see 😎
Show threadY⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar6d ago
@mcSlibinas This one has a loop on either end, so probably was used to pull stuff with a tractor. The previous guy stored a lot of things by the edge of the forest 🤷
Show threadmcSlibinas6d ago
@yngmar yup, those was very popular for pulling tractors and trucks from mud. Mud was everywhere, so those old wire ropes was reusable by a lot.
Show threadY⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar6d ago

@mcSlibinas Mud still is everywhere 😆

Although this spring mud season was short. Last year was a mess :)

Show threadUwe6d ago
@yngmar I don't know If you like to workout, but the big tyre is a great tool for workouts. I use mine for tire flipps back and forth and I use it for sledge hammer tabatas. Oh, and I use a car tyre filled with pieces of concrete to pull it down and up in our driveway.
Show threadY⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar6d ago
@ubo By the end of most days I'm happy to sit down somewhere with a cup of tea. I wrestle enough tyres, logs, concrete beams and fence rolls/posts in a day ;-)
Show threadUwe6d ago
@yngmar 💪🏼 👍🏼
Show threadAlfred Chow - Maker of Things6d ago
@yngmar
You have the wire rope, you just need a Joseph and a big rock to move around.
Show threadY⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar6d ago

@Maker_of_Things I have big rocks and a giant millstone with a propellercock on top

Don't want a Joseph though. Perhaps a DT-75 chain tractor with swamp tracks could be useful sometimes. They're surprisingly capable! And have a three point hitch, unlike Joseph. Drink less diesel, too. Plus I already got spare parts for one :)