Saved A Tire Today!

AirmetTango · May 19, 2019

I’m pretty sure I saved a farmer some grief today:

That baby was some pretty heavy gauge steel - about 1/4” thick and weighed at least 15-20 lbs! And it was protruding at the perfect angle to shred farm equipment tires!

My good deed didn’t earn me the key to the city, but I did find the key to a tractor :lol:

nsfr1206 · May 19, 2019

Is that part of a disc blade?

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markinswpa · May 19, 2019

Good job Ben, good karma. I'll bet the guy went nuts trying to find that key. HH Mark

dirt dick · May 19, 2019

It's a good deed to practice, in a farm field as well as anywhere to remove those trash items.
The Farm fields I detected, the farmers are always Happy when you take out the tire poppers!

Saoirse · May 19, 2019

Good job! Looks like a ploughing disc?

GKL · May 19, 2019

That was very good of you ! :thumbsup:

I'm sure some of those farm equipment tires could be fairly costly.

Dan B. · May 19, 2019

That definitely can damage a tire. About $0.11 per pound scrap weight. As far as the key goes I'm a Ford guy I like it.

AirmetTango · May 19, 2019

nsfr1206 said:
Is that part of a disc blade?

Saoirse said:
Good job! Looks like a ploughing disc?

I initially thought the same thing - but then I was having a hard time imagining what could actually break a plow disc of that thickness!! :shock:

Plus the overall shape just wasn’t quite right. Now I’m thinking it might actually be a moldboard - maybe from a walking plow since it’s relatively small - or a share point:

AirmetTango · May 19, 2019

markinswpa said:
Good job Ben, good karma. I'll bet the guy went nuts trying to find that key. HH Mark

Thanks Mark! I hope he didn’t drop it while he was dealing with the broken moldboard - that day would have went from bad to worse in a hurry!

dirt dick said:
It's a good deed to practice, in a farm field as well as anywhere to remove those trash items.
The Farm fields I detected, the farmers are always Happy when you take out the tire poppers!

Agreed - farmers have always expressed appreciation when they hear I’ve removed the tire hazards!

GKL said:
That was very good of you !

I'm sure some of those farm equipment tires could be fairly costly.

I can only imagine - not just the cost of the tire, but the time consumed dealing with replacing it!

Dan B. said:
That definitely can damage a tire. About $0.11 per pound scrap weight. As far as the key goes I'm a Ford guy I like it.

Yep - there was no doubt I had to take it out! I was initially afraid it’d be something buried too deep or too heavy to get out easily, but it turned out to be pretty manageable.

I like the key too - I’m hoping to nail it down to a particular model with the distinctive “W” or upside-down “V” crest on the back, but so far no real luck. I’ve found several similar examples online that claim it might date from the 50s or 60s, and may be a car/truck key rather than a tractor.

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