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by jimlongley
Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:26 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Tire and Wheel for Skeet Launcher
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Re: Tire and Wheel for Skeet Launcher

A very long time ago a friend's father rigged something like that up so that he could shoot clay pigeons in his back yard (it was a rural area) and decided that he would fill the tire with water so that when he was done shooting he could empty the tire and save weight during storage.

You should have seen it when he pulled the valve stem to empty the tire the first time. This was in the days before tubeless tires were the norm, and his well had a head pressure of something on the order of 120 to 150psi. Household pressure should max around 80 with 40 to 60 being closer to normal, and even fire departments don't push it that high (120) for manned hose lines. He cobbled together a hose fitting to air fitting device and filled the tire with a hose directly off the well.

The stem and stem removing tool were never seen again, they made it the 200 feet to the railroad tracks and beyond.

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