Backhoe Flat

A while back I got on the backhoe to pull some stumps out. When I backed into the spot I wanted to be I heard the tire get punctured by something. I had to hurry to go park it before the tire had no air at all. By the time that I parked it, only 100 feet away, it was already almost completely flat. I called a place to see if they could come out and fix the flat, that was a mistake. They wanted $85 just for the travel. I could understand that if I lived a ways out, but this place is about a mile from my house! That doesn't even cover the charges for fixing the tire.

So I decided that I needed to get it off of the backhoe and bring it in somewhere. Of course I have to call on my neighbor Chris. He has all of the proper tools. For a while I thought that I might have to call a service truck. Chris was struggling to get any of the lugs loosened up. Then he serious! He grabbed the "cheater bar" and started going at it. He got 4 lugs loose and one twisted up extension for his socket. The rest of the lugs came off just fine with another method of leverage.

Thanks for the help Chris!!



Doesn't it look like the bed of my truck was made for that? I just thought that it was funny because that tire is HUGE. We literally just rolled it into the back of my truck.