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

Wed Jan 9 12:31:52 PST 2019

Years ago I hit an elk with  Chevy Chevette (I said it was years ago!) up
in the Arizona White Mountains one bright moonlit October night. Totaled
the car, but I got about 300 pounds of dressed meat out of the deal!

Gene
Elgin, Illinois

On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 9:59 AM Gunnells, Brad R <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
wrote:

> 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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> *From: *AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> on behalf of Stephen
> Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com>
> *Reply-To: *Antique group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> *Date: *Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at 9:02 AM
> *To: *Antique group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> *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
>
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>
> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 9:18 AM Spencer Yost <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> 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" <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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Gene
Kenneth Gene Waugh
Elgin, Illinois
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