(ET) Run it 'til the wheels fall off

["David Roden" <roden ald net>]

We all like our ETs and probably say to our friends that we'll run 'em 
'til the wheels fall off.

Well, tonight it happened.  For real.

I was plowing the driveway.  I got to the end, turned around in the road, 
headed back up the driveway to clear some more and -- ker-plunk.  The 
right front plopped down into the snow.

Turns out the right front axle bolt had worked itself loose.  It probably 
fell out when I rammed a batch of snow into the snowbank across the road. 
When I turned the tractor, the wheel slid off its axle.

Of course I don't have another bolt like that in my hardware box, so I 
jacked the ET up, shoved the wheel on, and limped it up the driveway at 
low speed in low-low, walking beside it kicking the wheel back on every 
foot or two.

Tomorrow I'll see whether the hardware store can supply a bolt, thrust 
washer, and shim.


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