[AT] Some background to your tire/ rim issue.

Wed Jan 9 07:59:12 PST 2019

Well looks like I live in #5 state. Seeing Steve O. post takes me back to when I was 16. Just a few days after my 16th birthday I was riding home from work about 10:30 at night. Had one of those b*stard deer jump out in front of me while going 50-55 on a motorcycle. Last thing I remember is seeing the headlight beam focused on a brown patch of hide. Thankfully I was wearing a helmet as it wore through the outer layers just above the forehead as I slid along the ground. Outside of a broken finger and ripping off the fingernail, I had a good chunk of knee ground up. I recalled seeing a light on at a nearby house when I passed (it was dark as I walked back). I knocked on the door and they called my parents to pick me up. I still vividly recall Big Bertha the nurse with her scrub brush cleaning the gravel (they’d just put down fresh oil with gravel on top in that section of road) out of my wounds. That was the worst part of the whole ordeal. The deputy sheriff that came to the ER to write the report had to come back to verify my license a second time as the computer still had me having a learners permit (and no motorcycle endorsement).

A couple days later I was buying parts to fix my bike back up and as soon as my hand was strong enough to pull the clutch I was back riding again. But that incident (and a few more with cars) has always made me leery when driving at night in the country.

15ish years ago I planted 30+ trees on my property around the house. I spent more $$ on fencing to keep those big rodents from tearing the trees up than I did on the trees themselves. Today they are looking very good.

Brad in corn fed deer haven. (Iowa)

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Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at 9:02 AM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Some background to your tire/ rim issue.

Sorry to hear about the deer strike, Spencer.  I've got two myself.  I'm on the CT/RI border, and according to published statistics, these states are quite low on the list.  CT is #37 with a likelihood of collision at 1 in 263; RI is #45 with a likelihood at 1 in 538.  What's really going on is that there are pockets with very high deer density, but for statewide statistics, those pockets get washed out by larger pockets of low deer density (more urban).  Most of my life is spent in the high-density pockets.  I'm always on the lookout and I see deer typically 2-3 times per week.

https://www.carinsurance.com/Articles/odds-of-hitting-deer.aspx

My first deer strike was about 3 years ago, on my motorcycle.  This one happened mid-day.  The deer came at me diagonally from the left, beyond my peripheral vision, and in leaping across the road, struck the engine in midair, right in front of my leg.  I was nudged off the road onto the shoulder but I kept the bike upright and rode it out.  Zero damage save for picking a few deer hairs out of nooks and crannies.   It was a fairly small animal, perhaps 100lb.  Would have been ugly if it hit the front wheel, a guaranteed crash; and would have been painful if it hit my leg.

Second deer strike, a year ago, in the car.  After dark, around dinnertime.  Similar approach, from the left, out of my peripheral vision.  I was moving at about 55mph, the posted limit.  Forced to run low beams because there was a car not far in front of me.  This hit was almost dead-center on the front end.   This was a larger animal.  Took out the hood, grille, bumper, radiator, AC condenser, one headlight (I think they replaced both), and required minor body work on both front fenders.  Something like $8K-10K in damage (I saw only the initial estimate).  Not sure why but that one rattled me worse than the strike on the motorcycle.  I felt anxious for about 2-3 days afterward.

SO

On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 9:18 AM Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com<mailto:spencer at rdfarms.com>> wrote:
I’ve had two strikes. First time the deer hit us in the drivers window(I will be frank with you. I was driving and that scared the crap out of me:  no warning and suddenly a deer face in your peripheral vision and a loud noise at 55 mph). Limited damage.   Again, this time, the deer hit us as much as we hit him.  The front left quarter panel and the extreme left corner of the front bumper was damaged.  Unfortunately it all got pushed into the tire, so it really wasn’t drivable, plus it busted out some lights.

In both cases I feel like a warning might’ve stopped them dead in her tracks because they were both hauling $%# and came out of nowhere.  So I’m going to give those a try. If I hit any more deer the state is going to make me get a vehicular hunting license :-)

Spencer Yost

On Jan 9, 2019, at 8:58 AM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net<mailto:crbearden at copper.net>> wrote:

Spencer:

We have deer as thick as ticks on a country dog here.    Knock on Wood, we have had may near misses, but our vehicles have those "Deer Whistles"on the bumpers.    We get them at Wal Mart, they look like little horns that stick on the front bumper.  About $3 for a set.  So far, in 25 years we have not hit one.   Saying that, probably jinxed my luck......
here they are on Amazon....https://www.amazon.com/Bell-Automotive-22-1-01000-8-Black-Warning/dp/B000CC4O58/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_263_bs_tr_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=H023FJ2DS1C4FVJ6DB31

Cecil
On 1/8/2019 10:27 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
Thanks Joe!

I did get the wheel off the hub tonight. It did require the use of my Harbor Freight “porta -a-power”(small hydraulic ram).  That wheel was rusted pretty tight against the hub.  I did not have much trouble with the lug nuts. But I had been soaking them with penetrant. They came out pretty well.  Now if I could only find the right size taps and dies to chase out and clean the bolts and hub I’d be good. :-). I won’t know where any of this stuff goes.  I could have sworn I knew right where they were....

A deer decided to jump out in front of us Sunday night, so my wife’s vehicle is in the body shop. Which means she is using my truck (yes I somehow overlooked/forgot the rental car rider for the insurance policy). Hopefully I can get to the  tire shop on Thursday at lunch when she doesn’t need to use the truck to get the tire switched between the wheel that is bad, and the new wheel.  Should be done by next week.
Spencer Yost

On Jan 8, 2019, at 10:00 PM, "joehardy at epix.net<mailto:joehardy at epix.net>" <joehardy at epix.net<mailto:joehardy at epix.net>> wrote:
Spencer, for some long period of time the 430V always parked outside with little covering of any kind. When I first visited the farm, I immediately went to Harbor Freight and bought a large silver tarp and totally covered it. That rim and tire on that tractor that were deteriorated faced to the North under some shade trees. The tire was flat. I took over my generator and air compressor and pumped up the tire. That is probably why the tires/rim on other side faced South  and was in the sun. You made both June and I very happy to read  all the TLC you've done to that special tractor. You truly have something to be proud of for a long time! Joe Hardisky Ryman Farm, Dallas, PA
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