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If they had Liberty Mutual, what's the commercial's catch phrase? Boat jumping?
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wesleywillis posted:I've been camping the last few days, and when we were putting my brother's boat back on the trailer today, I mentioned that I never understood why the gently caress the safety chain at the bow just has a hook, and not a latching mech as well. (Not my brother's boat BTW). Aren’t there tie downs aft of the boat too?
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Jul 24, 2018 03:45
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StormDrain posted:Aren’t there tie downs aft of the boat too? Yup, typically you run a strap across the stern in front of the rear most cleats, which clips into eyelets on each side of the trailer. At least that's what the old man and I did. All of the boats he owned were 24 feet or less, though.
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Jul 24, 2018 04:54
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StormDrain posted:Aren’t there tie downs aft of the boat too? Yeah, there are supposed to be usually ratchet tie-downs hooked to the trailer and ubolts on the back of the boat, I'm going to assume that he was dragging the boat a relativly short distance and just said 'gently caress it, it'll be fine' (which you really only want to do maybe to get off the ramp and to a parking lot to get everything else ready to go) and someone cut him off/pulled out in front of him in that intersection and whoops, boat kept going.  e: That boat is also right on the edge of what you want to actually tow every weekend. I'm guessing it's at least 28'. So the guy might have not really had any idea what he was doing if he just bought it or only tows it once or twice a year and keeps it in a slip the rest of the time. Plinkey fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Jul 24, 2018 |
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Jul 24, 2018 05:05
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CommieGIR posted:I've got a 1/4 racing cam, with missing piece! This is how VTEC works, right?
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Jul 24, 2018 05:41
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Yeah see that's where it gets on the second cam, and that's the third cam...
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Jul 24, 2018 05:54
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wesleywillis posted:I've been camping the last few days, and when we were putting my brother's boat back on the trailer today, I mentioned that I never understood why the gently caress the safety chain at the bow just has a hook, and not a latching mech as well. (Not my brother's boat BTW). Even if it was tied down all wrong, how loving hard did he have to brake for a loving cabin cruiser to get that much forward momentum?
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Jul 24, 2018 12:15
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Even if it was tied down all wrong, how loving hard did he have to brake for a loving cabin cruiser to get that much forward momentum? Or how fast was he going before braking?
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Jul 24, 2018 12:57
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wesleywillis posted:I've been camping the last few days, and when we were putting my brother's boat back on the trailer today, I mentioned that I never understood why the gently caress the safety chain at the bow just has a hook, and not a latching mech as well. (Not my brother's boat BTW). 
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Jul 24, 2018 13:07
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It looks like it also might've been a close shave with the traffic light even if it hadn't launched it. Maybe that's why he stopped?
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Jul 24, 2018 16:05
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Plinkey posted:e: That boat is also right on the edge of what you want to actually tow every weekend. I'm guessing it's at least 28'. So the guy might have not really had any idea what he was doing if he just bought it or only tows it once or twice a year and keeps it in a slip the rest of the time. You’re not wrong in the slightest, but you should see some of the poo poo that gets towed routinely down here. I’ve seen 39’ center consoles with 1500hp worth of outboards show up at the ramp behind F-150s with fully-compressed rear suspensions and almost full droop in the front. Glittering C-beams and all that. There are always dumber people with the money to make really bad decisions.
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Jul 24, 2018 16:28
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The F150 was one of the biggest failures in that picture.
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Jul 24, 2018 17:00
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Plinkey posted:The F150 was one of the biggest failures in that picture. By not showing up?
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Jul 24, 2018 17:06
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Jul 24, 2018 17:59
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Plinkey posted:The F150 was one of the biggest failures in that picture. What F150?
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Jul 25, 2018 00:31
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Jul 25, 2018 02:01
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I can't claim that one. It's literally a dad joke, from my dad. For years, he's had a broken Chevy V8 cam with a tag on it that said "3/4 race cam".
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Jul 26, 2018 21:02
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https://i.imgur.com/GerxfN2.mp4
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Jul 28, 2018 01:55
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No way that guy lived.
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Jul 28, 2018 04:14
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FatCow posted:No way that guy lived. I don't know, it looks like his  are still on.
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Jul 28, 2018 04:50
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I like the perfect circle that was punched into the cement  http://www.pulpanddagger.com/canuck/Kong_hand.html posted:the hand was essentially a giant hydraulic steamshovel covered with rubber and Argentinian horse tails...
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Jul 28, 2018 05:16
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Wait, they rigged it so the fingers would automatically close instead of using a cable to close the fingers? That sounds dumb.
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Jul 28, 2018 05:39
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Cojawfee posted:Wait, they rigged it so the fingers would automatically close instead of using a cable to close the fingers? That sounds dumb. Maybe the cables were used to hold tension on certain joints in the fingers while the hydraulics opened and closed them, so the digits could move more realistically? It said it was made out of steam shovels
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Jul 28, 2018 05:47
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IIRC, apes do this in real life. Gripping branches is a relaxed function, they have to use muscles to let go. I don't remember where I read this and can't find it now.
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Jul 28, 2018 06:13
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FogHelmut posted:IIRC, apes do this in real life. Gripping branches is a relaxed function, they have to use muscles to let go. Because it's not true. What? That's not how tendons work.
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Jul 28, 2018 06:18
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Even if that were true, I would design it so the hand fails open.
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Jul 28, 2018 06:23
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Cojawfee posted:Even if that were true, I would design it so the hand fails open. BUT MY IMMERSION
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Jul 28, 2018 07:04
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FogHelmut posted:IIRC, apes do this in real life. Gripping branches is a relaxed function, they have to use muscles to let go. Birds do this... birds
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Jul 28, 2018 07:07
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FatCow posted:No way that guy lived. Well, he reacts when the tire rolls back over his legs, so he's at least still alive at that point. Probably shattered a bunch of bones in his face though.  e: and feet, I just realized the gap in the concrete is where his feet were. That dude had to be in a world of pain for a long time.
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Jul 28, 2018 08:14
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Wouldn't you want to take the air out of it before?
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Jul 28, 2018 14:31
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FatCow posted:No way that guy lived. I'm pretty sure that's the fencing response he's doing with his arms when he falls.
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Jul 28, 2018 20:35
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We went on a split rim removal/replacement crusade 10 yrs ago when I started at my job. gently caress that stupid rear end bullshit. I still cringe when I have to do an inner tube on our large forklift that has split rims.
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Jul 29, 2018 01:32
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Tornadoes in my area recently reminded me of something that happened a while back. Anyone happen to know if jet-a seals are compatible with 100ll? Intuition tells me it might not be. Was accepting a fuel load recently when a seal burst in the fuel filter sump assembly and started spraying low lead everywhere. This fuel filter assembly which is currently connected to our low lead tank was previously hooked up to our jet-a tank, hence the question. About this time thunder starts to become audible over the delivery truck idling. It would have probably been an easy fix to mummy it with electrical tape or something until it could be drained, except that tornado sirens started going off a few minutes later, and AWOS was later reporting gusts of 62ish knots (our system doesn't appear to record windspeed above 62 knots) from a storm cell traveling directly towards us in the opposite direction of prevailing winds. From the time the rest of the fuel load was rejected to the time that the assumed tornado touched down a mile south of us was maybe ten minutes, just enough time to get vehicles and then myself to shelter. When I first tried to step out of the maintenance shop to head to the FBO, the wind caught me unaware and physically pushed me back into the building when I opened the door, and when I finally managed to leave the building there was some pretty distinct rotation in the clouds coming my way. When the rain started about two steps out the door it felt like I was being sandblasted by water, unsurprising considering the rain was potentially traveling at 62 knots (I didn't check AWOS until later. It took all of ten seconds for me to become completely soaked, and visibility quickly dropped to almost nothing. Coworkers and I spent a half an hour or so laughing and hoping we wouldn't die at the fact that our building had no basement or tornado safe areas in the middle of the midwest. Scary rain aside no damage ended up happening to the property, but the fuel filter and all of its associated lines spent an uninterrupted 45 minutes leaking at whatever pace it felt like in the midst of high winds and lightning. It's difficult to describe, but the fuel filter is built atop a reservoir assembly meant to keep small leaks from entering groundwater or something. When the storm ended and we got a chance to assess the surprisingly minimal damage, filter was sitting in a pond of avgas, dammed in place by oildry that someone had tried to soak up the fuel with. Everything including electrical lines were submerged in an inch of low lead. Manager and I ended up draining 35 or so gallons out of the filter sump and then dredging through the kitty litter by hand to let the fuel drain onto the ground out of the reservoir thing. I took a long shower and threw away the clothing I was wearing.
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Jul 29, 2018 03:40
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  So that was fun. I now know what it feels like when your wheel is about to fly off, and thank god it did so while I was pulling over to investigate the uncontrollable vibration and not during the following 3km of hairpin turns with no median to bail on. Thank god I managed to get it entirely off the road so that I wasn't rear-ended by the dumb city fucks who drive that highway, and that the tire bounced harmlessly into the ditch rather than someones windshield. Shaved a good 1/4" off the rotor, hosed the hub, bent / streaked the fender, and did god knows what else damage, tho, so that sucks. Mostly glad my friend wasn't sheared in half by oncoming traffic. E: Bonus rotor shaving porn: 
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Jul 29, 2018 16:03
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Nasty. hosed the hub or just the studs?
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Jul 29, 2018 18:33
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Studs are all jammed at a rather hard angle inwards, so I am not optimistic about the hub.
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Jul 29, 2018 18:45
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hammer the studs out and pull new ones through, it'll be fine.
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Jul 29, 2018 18:57
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I was bashing on my hub the other day with a sledgehammer trying to get the axle out, put it back together and no bearing crunchies. They can hadle a ton of abuse and are one of the strongest built components of a car.
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Jul 29, 2018 19:06
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Rime posted:Studs are all jammed at a rather hard angle inwards, so I am not optimistic about the hub. I saw a video where a guy only had one stud left and tried to drive on it, it worked out well.
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Jul 29, 2018 19:34
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Pretty sure I figured out why the engine on my lawn mower suddenly lost all compression. Looks like the fix is, after getting the valve out and seat back in, to peen the poo poo out of the head all around the seat. Also probably pressure wash all the grunge off of the engine so that it maybe runs a bit cooler.
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