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wolrah posted:That is hilarious. My loving Fiesta ST has an 827 lb payload rating. The idea that a full-size truck is within one fat rear end of a subcompact hot hatch is just nuts. They probably sell one with the disclaimer: "Only for use while stationary"
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wesleywillis posted:Ummmm, Alcohol burns? alcohol burns but beer will not
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wolrah posted:That is hilarious. My loving Fiesta ST has an 827 lb payload rating. The idea that a full-size truck is within one fat rear end of a subcompact hot hatch is just nuts. Most people buy trucks just to look big and tough and slap thin blue line stickers on. A lot of trucks aren't actually designed with regular, you know, trucking in mind, because the use cases for actually needing a pickup over an SUV or an actual truck are pretty narrow: basically moving a lot of irregularly shaped junk but not enough of it that you'd need an actual amount of room, or moving like, a lot of cinder blocks. The A/T Used Car thread's two most common replies are "buy a Prius" to "I want something with good mileage that's cheap", and "no you don't" to "I need a pickup truck".
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Taerkar posted:A lot of people buy trucks entirely as a status symbol or vanity item rather than actually needing one for truck things, so is it really surprising that some of them have options that make them bad at actually being a truck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOvjoEf1XK8
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Taerkar posted:A lot of people buy trucks entirely as a status symbol or vanity item rather than actually needing one for truck things, so is it really surprising that some of them have options that make them bad at actually being a truck. My FIL got a quote from a siding contractor who, despite being in his mid 70s, was still working because he didn't save any money through life. Some time ago he got into a not at fault car accident that left him a broken human being. He has numbness/limited mobility in one arm and excruciating back pain. He sued, got a really nice windfall, and bought...a luxury truck. Not even a work truck, he had perfectly fine trucks for his business. This was a fun truck for himself. And yet, despite living every day of his life in pain, he continues to go to work every day because he has no money. He's not getting the contract.
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SpaceCadetBob posted:Aren't prybar's failure mechanism usually bending instead of snapping? I'm pretty sure I've bent one at one point in my life. This is old, but yes, a prybar bends instead of snapping. I've used prybars that probably weigh in the 20-30lb range (and are around 5 1/2 - 7' long) to lift concrete a lot, I've also bent a few to between 45 and 90 degree angles, 200lb man hanging/pulling (occasionally jumping...) on a bar can lift some crazy poo poo though.
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MisterOblivious posted:That's peak OSHA right there. I have a suspicion that in an underground mine environment such feature could actually be useful.
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wesleywillis posted:Ummmm, Alcohol burns? Can confirm though that more alcohol helps dull the pain. This was me a decade ago with a bottle of Everclear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-9cFkzKAKI To offer a slight bit of defense to this one, the 6x6 system is apparently broken and the company that built it (USA 6x6) went out of business years ago, so parts to repair it are challenging. With only the rear drive working, this particular hump basically unloaded the rear axle. Tandem axles have a lot of quirks that aren't entirely obvious and can vary based on the design. Why the person didn't just engage the front drive that's presumably still the standard Ford 4x4 transfer case I'm not sure though. wolrah fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Oct 8, 2019 |
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wolrah posted:To offer a slight bit of defense to this one, the 6x6 system is apparently broken and the company that built it (USA 6x6) went out of business years ago, so parts to repair it are challenging. With only the rear drive working, this particular hump basically unloaded the rear axle. The guy filming it is having the best day. e: 
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Sydin posted:Most people buy trucks just to look big and tough and slap thin blue line stickers on. A lot of trucks aren't actually designed with regular, you know, trucking in mind, because the use cases for actually needing a pickup over an SUV or an actual truck are pretty narrow: basically moving a lot of irregularly shaped junk but not enough of it that you'd need an actual amount of room, or moving like, a lot of cinder blocks. SUVs that are never going to need to use their ground clearance for anything are all over the place though.
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Taerkar posted:A lot of people buy trucks entirely as a status symbol or vanity item rather than actually needing one for truck things, so is it really surprising that some of them have options that make them bad at actually being a truck. Basically any car that isn't a Toyota Prius, Honda Fit or Honda Odyssey minivan is a vanity item as those 3 vehicles cover every single car use case in America. When the socialist revolution comes and all automakers nationalized for the people those 3 vehicles are all anyone will ever see again.
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We may also consider bringing back the good Ford Ranger from 99-01 for strictly work purposes only.
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FCKGW posted:We may also consider bringing back the good Ford Ranger from 99-01 for strictly work purposes only. manual transmission only though right?
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SeaborneClink posted:manual transmission only though right? No one should ever need more than a powerglide.
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cyberbug posted:SUVs that are never going to need to use their ground clearance for anything are all over the place though. keep in mind here that SUVs advertised as midsize in Europe are sold as subcompacts in the US
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FCKGW posted:Basically any car that isn't a Toyota Prius, Honda Fit or Honda Odyssey minivan is a vanity item as those 3 vehicles cover every single car use case in America. Your socialist revolution sounds terrible. No, I don't want your pamphlet. FuturePastNow posted:keep in mind here that SUVs advertised as midsize in Europe are sold as subcompacts in the US Almost every "SUV" sold right now is a station wagon with better marketing.
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Jonny Nox posted:Your socialist revolution sounds terrible. Dodge Charger driver identified.
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Jonny Nox posted:Almost every "SUV" sold right now is a station wagon with better marketing. The modern SUV was invented as a way to sell station wagons while being able to reclassify them as trucks for fleet mileage requirements.
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Aramoro posted:I'm not 100% sure they could be considered to be thinking straight. In fact it looks like what they did was pretty much the intended outcome. The ground is already on fire before he throws more petrol on it, it just looks like they decided to burn everything. The fire on the ground is post-stupid. The gas can catches fire from the flare-up and he hurls flaming gasoline on the ground and his friend’s leg as he tries to toss it.
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wolrah posted:IIRC it's around 100 proof that alcohol becomes flammable. 151 definitely is, I've never tried to light anything less potent. quote:Spirits were tested by soaking a pellet of gunpowder in them. If the gunpowder could still burn, the spirits were rated above proof and taxed at a higher rate.[1] As gunpowder would not burn if soaked in rum that contained less than 57.15% ABV, rum that contained this percentage of alcohol was defined as having 100 degrees proof. ...then the US did it differently and said gently caress it, 50% alcohol is 100 proof. ...but basically 80 proof (US) is where alcohol starts to burn. Much easier to burn 151. https://www.askmen.com/fine_living/wine_dine_archive_300/303_how-and-why-to-set-drinks-on-fire.html
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BattleMaster posted:He says it was tested and found to be asbestos-free but whatever that crap is can't be good to breathe in I went to uni with a mature age student who used to work in a railroad yard as a young man, and he said he had to get a medical check every year for Mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure. I think he said the trains used to have asbestos brake pads, so if you were near one while it was braking you'd end up breathing in the fibers. Apparently the fibers can sit in your lungs dormant for decades and then one day one gets jarred loose and you get cancer.
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The GA aircraft brakes I worked with had asbestos pucks, I was pretty careful to keep them covered if I ever had to take them out. I also helped a friend's dad restore the house that the friend's dad's dad had lived in growing up, we ended up taking down a few walls that were insulated with vermiculite which was potentially asbestos contaminated with only paper dust masks (I wish I had been a smarter teenager).
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You're at Urinetown! Your ticket should say Urinetown! No refunds, this is Urinetown! We'll keep that dough!
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Trains tend to win in truck vs train situations, but More photos https://ribalych.ru/2019/10/09/dtp-kemerovo/
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I'm still surprised the train lost that fight. Though I assume the truck's victory to be pyrrhic in nature.
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How to make chocolate chips, the OSHA way:
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Bacon Taco posted:
Didn't mean to derail the thread - this was intended as comedy, referring to the not-so-good drunken decision making skills of the hapless buffoons who set themselves on fire. Clearly liquor burns!
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Bacon Taco posted:Didn't mean to derail the thread - this was intended as comedy, referring to the not-so-good drunken decision making skills of the hapless buffoons who set themselves on fire. Clearly liquor burns! Bravo!
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Bacon Taco posted:Didn't mean to derail the thread - this was intended as comedy, referring to the not-so-good drunken decision making skills of the hapless buffoons who set themselves on fire. Clearly liquor burns! This is usually used in a sitcom to show that one of the characters was drinking alcohol without other people knowing.
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Today's Marble Machine video has a moment with Martin's upgraded safety squints:
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Was there someone posting in this thread who worked on the ramp at SFO? I'm flying this week and perversely hungry for more "mishaps with Jet A" stories
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chitoryu12 posted:The fire on the ground is post-stupid. The gas can catches fire from the flare-up and he hurls flaming gasoline on the ground and his friend’s leg as he tries to toss it. The fire behind him sure, but the ground under the fire pit is already on fire at the start.
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I'm currently in Korea and pretty much the only truck that exists are these cute Labo things. It is exactly as much truck as anyone practically needs. 
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That doesn't look completely awful, at least compared to some of the other ones posted in this thread. If the arm doesn't push all the way to the axe head, and you don't put the wood on the rail by the ends I'd imagine you'd be relatively safe.
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AFewBricksShy posted:That doesn't look completely awful, at least compared to some of the other ones posted in this thread. If the arm doesn't push all the way to the axe head, and you don't put the wood on the rail by the ends I'd imagine you'd be relatively safe. Yeah, that's pretty much the safest way you could one of those things. If you got your hand stuck it there it would just nudge it close to the axe head but not do anything.
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