Wheels and Brushes

I had been waiting for a deal at Harbor Freight so I could pick up a spare tire for the trailer I bought from them online. I got a HF coupon the other day and promptly bought a spare tire/wheel and a trailer jack. Now, wouldn’t you think a 4-bolt 8” wheel with a 4.00 x 4.80 tire from the same company that I bought the trailer from would be identical? It turns out not so much. In the picture below the tire on the left came from the store. The tire on the right came with the trailer.

In all fairness the trailer is a Haul-Master and the wheel from the local HF store probably came from another source. I liked the one from the store better and bought two more. The other three (oh, did I mention I prematurely ordered a wheel from Harbor Freight that is a replacement part for the original tires?) will go on ebay. Does anybody need a spare (or three) for their little red boat trailer from Harbor Freight?

I did have a nice surprise. I had been watching ebay for a stash of foam brushes. I spotted some “Jen” brushes. Not knowing whether Jen was a reputable brand or just something that dropped of a delivery truck I did a little search and found Jen’s website. They had one of those “ask us a question” pages so I asked whether their brushes were compatible with epoxy. The reply indicated they had never received a complaint and they offered to send me a sample pack. I assumed they thought I was a paint dealer making an inquiry and I replied that I was just building a boat and was only interested in a limited number of brushes. The reply came back that they didn’t care if I wanted 1 brush or 10,000 they treated all of their customers the same way. They even thought I might not have to buy any brushes besides those contained in the pack. So I gave them the go ahead and they UPS’ed it the same day. The picture below shows what I got. Pretty nice sample pack! If you are doing a project that involves foam brushes go to http://www.jenmfg.com/contact.htm and get a sample pack.

Later!