One of the tires on the corn planter was losing its tread. The temptation was strong to let it go. Likely it would be fine in the small fields that I plant. The fields are about ten miles apart so the risk is that the trek between fields might doom the tire. So the preventive maintenance task today was replacing the tire. The task was complicated because it was the wheel that drives the planting mechanism via a chain and a sprocket attached to the wheel. The spindle bolt on which the wheel rides was inserted backwards making it almost impossible to remove the wheel. Nevertheless I persisted and the job was completed in about three times as long as it would have taken a real mechanic. Proximity to the shop certainly beats working on it in the field. Next May, when it is time to plant, I'll be very glad that I did it today.
Takk for alt,
Al
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