Attention owners of Nobels, Bonds, and any other vehicle where having a full set of wheels including a spare has become problematic due to attrition through rust and road hazards and dwindling sources of resupply.
Do not throw out that old disgusting bent, or more likely rusted remnant of a wheel no matter how tempted.
For I have just proven that even the most rust damaged wheel that I have ever seen, none the less had the misfortune to own, can become a valuable donor source for saving the life of another terminally impaired wheel.
I have seen less advanced forms of this damage previously when a car had been allowed to sit many years outdoors on soft earth that gradually gave way during rainier seasons, thus allowing one edge of the wheel to remain submerged in hydrated soils for the ensuing duration.
There was so little left of the original tubeless type rim that came with one of my Seab Flippers, that a tube needed to be installed just to be able to hold enough air to be able to roll it for transport. I was quite frankly amazed that the tube stood up to this abuse, as you can clearly see the sharp edges of what is left of the rusty rim being forced in an apparently piercing manner by the weight of the vehicle into the tube's balloon like wall.
Yes that is the tube, not the tire that you see bearing the weight of the vehicle in the picture.
Good thing that it only need support approx 100 lbs, or it would have popped upon first trial.
