A little TIRE Humor

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Hello fellow inspectors and happy Monday-
Ran across a good one this weekend during an inspection. Yep, this is a tire, wrapped around the bottom of a relatively-new water heater.

I have no specific reason for posting this other than to invite snide remarks and creative guesses. But if perhaps anyone on here can think of a good reason that an ‘installer’ would do such a thing, I’m all ears…

Have fun boys and girls… I’ll start: I know, we’re in Arkansas and the tires are supposed to be spread out on top of the double-wide, right?!?

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Anyone see the spare tire for the boat trailer?

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In case of vibration during an earthquake??? :grinning:

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Not that it matters, but it isn’t wrapped around the appliance.
It may be wrapped around whatever is supporting the tank.

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Hey fair enough… It’s a rubber foot…

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I’ll assume it’s in the garage and they needed a little extra lift to meet the required 18" off the floor ( if gas fueled that is…)?

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Good thought sir, and that was the 1st thing I checked for. The platform was just under 19" from the floor…

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I hope my attempt at humor didn’t go unnoticed…“lift” , “gas”…:slight_smile:

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Maybe it’ll help from getting bumped into.

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What a waste of perfectly good tire. There’s still plenty of tread on that thing!

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If the heater was not so new looking, I would think it was just TIRED. Write it up as may be needing rest.

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The Nobel Prize in physics explains why a toilet paper roll and a donut are the same

Physics can be baffling for those of us who didn’t take it past the basic courses, but there’s no doubt that the science that aims to explain the world around us is fascinating.

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