So yeah. Yesterday I went to the big town about fifty miles away and I came back with enough building materials to rebuild the Lair’s south side and construct the parapet and exterior ladder. Included in this were three Hardie Panels…
…which, as numerous commenters have informed me, are indeed fiendishly heavy.
So heavy, in fact, that overnight they quite overwhelmed one of the Jeep trailer’s paper-thin tires…
…which wouldn’t have been a huge problem if I’d parked the Jeep where it needed to be for unloading. Alas, I did not. So I was forced to the expedient of using the much-abused tire inflator (which, as numerous commenters have informed me, is not really supposed to inflate tires against full weight) to…inflate the tire against the load’s full weight.
Once again, it came through for me. I really do recommend this little Slime inflator. Its lamp never worked and I had to cut off the cigar lighter connector and replace it with alligator clips, but the compressor works much better than I have any right to expect. Thanks again to the person who sent it to me.
