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Just did this yesterday:hillbilly: Borrowed my bros trailer to haul a friends bmw home and forgot my 2 5/16" ball. only had a 2" so i ratcheted it down and drove er home:clap:. (yes, the ball was changed before hauling the beamer:D.)
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You got some Balls!



crzrcrzy said:
Just did this yesterday:hillbilly: Borrowed my bros trailer to haul a friends bmw home and forgot my 2 5/8" ball. only had a 2" so i ratcheted it down and drove er home:clap:. (yes, the ball was changed before hauling the beamer:D.)
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I used to add a quart of diesel and let the vehicle idle a while before changing oil. Works fine. I got an old diesel VW. First time I changed the oil, added some diesel. Cranked it up, let it idle a minute. All of a sudden, like somebody was sitting in there with their foot on the floor, the dang engine just started screaming--and turning the key off, which just cut power to the injector pump wouldn't kill it. Couldn't get it in any gear. Finally, set the emergency brake, put my foot on the the brake and clutch and jammed it in high gear. Clutch was good enough that it stopped it. The diesel in crankcase method is not recommended for high-mileage diesel engines. I paid $900 for that old car. Drove it forever. Found an old diesel Rabbit PU with no engine. Put the engine in the PU and drove it for several years. Finally sold the truck for $1000. For the money invested, the old diesel VW was the best car deal I ever made.


I think in his younger days my dad was the chief of redneck fixers. We never had a vehicle that didn't have some sort of contraption on it. He had an old 49 chev panel wagon. He didn't have enough money to buy decent tires. So he had a guy at the junk yard mount up about seven or eight old bald tires. Threw all of them in the back. If he had a blow-out, he was back on the road in no time. One day during a hunting trip, we had four blow-outs. That went on for a long time, then one day he was going down the road and one of the "spares" in the back blew up. Both of us couldn't hear for a couple days.
 
"...I thought you were bring your Hi-lift bro???"

So heres what happened:

1. I air down too low on total accident. We are poor and don't have on board air so I decide to see what happens on 2 psi.
2. On hill climb, I roll the tire off the wheel (no suprise, 12.50" on 10" wheel at 2 psi)
3. My buddy drags me to the top of the hill climb
4. I thought he brought his hi-lift, he thought I was bringing mine.
5. Then i came up with ingeneous idea of pulling the truck over with his truck and changing the tire that way.
6. Worked perfectly and probably takes less time than a jack. Maybe not totally safe, but it works.
7. Used the starter fluid trick mentioned 2 pages back to re-set the bead and we were back on our way within 20 minutes. (the park has an air compressor near the entrance)
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I think Zulu wins.
 
I think we have a winner

Zulu -

Epic Win.

Glenn
 
I am the "buddy" in the blue mini truck. It doesn't look very steep in the pics, but I can tell you, from the drivers seat it was pretty hair raising. My wife even thought it was the best fix we had come up with yet. :grinpimp:

Leni
 
Trust us, it looks steep enough in the pix -- And if that's how you guys roll, no wonder the dirt is so red... :D:D

ZULU and TOYMANIAC -- :hillbilly::wrench: winners !!!!
 
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