"Spare Tire" Yardlight

Spare Tire Yardlight FARM HOME Miscellaneous “I wanted to put up a yardlight behind my house but I didn’t want something expensive or permanent So I used a spare tire and a length of muffler pipe to make it portable ” says Leonard Seltzer Manhattan Ill The yardlight is the old street lamp kind It sets on top of a 5 1/2-ft length of 3-in dia muffler pipe that’s anchored to a 12-in spare tire A cord runs to a 110-volt outlet in Seltzer’s house “It looks nice and does a good job of lighting up the sidewalk behind my house ” says Seltzer “It’s also easy to move from place to place I can unplug the electric cord and roll it wherever I want ” He got the street lamp at an auction He had a muffler shop flare out the bottom end of the pipe It fits onto a short metal stub welded to a plate that bolts to the wheel rim A muffler clamp around the stub holds the pipe securely in place “I got the tire for free and paid $40 for a 10-ft length of muffler pipe which I cut down to 5 1/2 ft The lamp came with a box of stuff that I bought at an auction for $10 ” says Seltzer Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Leonard Seltzer 16040 W Manhattan Rd Manhattan Ill 60442 ph 815 478-3578

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