spare tires 2

Last time we talked about a couple of ideas for spare tires to make logistics easier. Here is another idea to cut down on the spare parts you have to stock.

Little Wink had a cargo trailer that he would take out into the woods with him or into town for supplies and deliveries. It was a combination of cargo trailer and camper. What he had changed on it was the wheels. He replaced the factory set up with one that would take the same rims and tires as his truck. That way he could get by with less extra parts.

One of the ways Little Wink earned a living was by cutting fire wood and selling it in town to the city folk. The up side of this was that he could work around his ‘day’ job during the year. The down side was that he didn’t get paid for cutting wood until the fall when folks realized that they were going to need wood for heat. He only sold seasoned fire wood so this years worth of work he did get paid for until the following year.

What he did then was when the tires were worn down to the point that they needed to come off of the truck he could still use them on the trailer out in the country. The other issue was that by extending the useful life of the tires that way he could schedule replacing the tires for when he got his tax refund.

A bit about Little Wink and his family. Today they would be off the grid back to the landers. They raised chickens, goats and a few pigs. They had fruit & nut trees along with the acres of black berries. Closer to the house they had a large garden with a roadside stand for the produce and eggs. On that part of the mountain the people who had a phone to use it was a party line and you had to take turns. Back in the day this was how most of us country folks lived and did business.

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