April 11, 2019, 12:22 AM
Sailor1911quote:Originally posted by Gustofer:
I thought I'd do this the other day, so I pulled the Kubota inside, fired up the compressor, and proceeded to getting the fronts to 22 and the rears to 20.
The right rear was down to about 15 so I filled it up and over shot by a pound or two. While using my fingernail to take that little bit out, the core of the valve stem came out.
The tire, full of bio-ballast, then began to spray the ballast clear across my shop and all over my new (unfinished) cabinets to the point of filling up the drawers and soaking everything within the drawers. Then, it dawned on me to redirect the pressurized spray towards the open door and I grabbed a small piece of plywood. That only succeeded in soaking me from head to foot and my 4-wheeler, pressure washer, Masterbuilt smoker with multiple bags of chips, and multiple bags full of outlets, boxes, and wirenuts.
I had to go to confession today as I invented a few new swear words during and after that ordeal.
Not happy. Not happy at all.
The only saving grace is that it is mostly water soluble, so pretty much everything was hosed down with warm water and appears to be OK. I did, however throw away the electrical outlets and wirenuts as well as my smoker. I'm not about to eat anything that comes out of it after the inside was nearly filled with that crap.
So...learn from my mistake. Don't check ballast filled tire pressures indoors.
I need a new keyboard after reading half of that.
, so I drilled some holes in the bottom caps for drainage. The pipes go all the way to the bottom, and the holes go through the bottom of the barrel, too. I forget what I plugged them with while filling in the concrete.