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[lantairvlea]

My drag finally came in Tuesday. The gate that we ordered was not the right type and wouldn't work with our panels even though I specifically mentioned the brand and color when I ordered it

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[randomdreams]

Maybe sandbags on the drag, rather than the tractor tire?

[lantairvlea]

That might work too. Though I could pick up a used, bald little car tire for free from one of the half dozen tire shops in our little town.

[randomdreams]

True, but then at some point you have a crummy old tire to get rid of. At least sand's useful.

I had a great idea at one point to try to chemically devulcanize tires and repour them into horse stall floor mats. Turns out reclaiming the rubber from tires is pretty challenging.

[lantairvlea]

Free now, disposal fee (years) later or buy bags and sand now and zero cost to use/get rid of it. I'm also thinking it would take several sand bags to distribute the weight whereas the tire is conveniently sized to just drop on it and have a reasonably even distribution of weight.

One of those "sounds like an awesome idea" at the time and then you realize how difficult and tricky it is. Aren't some tires reinforced with a metal weave?