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The Chinese made tractor thing was minus a front wheel for a few days recently. Apparently, the front offside [no, not that side!] tyre was flatter at the bottom than at the top which meant a less than effecient backward and forward movement of the poor thing.

Soon Dad Crofter had taken the wheel off the beast and I found him in the warmish shed next door to the tooth factory wrestling the inner tube out. Once out, the cycle tyre repair kit came in handy to smother the tube with patches. When one patch won't stop the leak..........