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Chit Chat Camp / Re: Scary Stuff
« Last post by sirdeuce on Today at 04:43:34 PM »Just don't train the "lower" primates, they'll take over! Well documented in a series of movies from the '60s and 70s!
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Chit Chat Camp / Re: Scary Stuff
« Last post by Gnarly4X on Today at 08:38:02 AM »So, if there's no such thing as an untrainable dog, and history has shown that some people truly can't be trained, are people a lower form of life than dogs?
In human psychology, changing or modifying human behavior, is considered to be very difficult, and in many cases, YES... it's not possible.
With the domestic dog, behavior can be changed in a matter of minutes!!
Like I've said before, our pet dogs will become THE most important, valuable, and cherished non-human animal on planet Earth for a civilized society.
Dogs have been trained in 20 minutes to perform a series of complex tasks that a human, even with the best technology, cannot do!
King Frederick II of Prussia, before his death in 1786, first used the phrase "A dog is man's best friend."
Gnarls.
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Chit Chat Camp / Re: Scary Stuff
« Last post by sirdeuce on Today at 07:54:07 AM »I've said it before, intellect doesn't make an animal better.
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Chit Chat Camp / Re: Scary Stuff
« Last post by sirdeuce on Today at 07:51:10 AM »So, if there's no such thing as an untrainable dog, and history has shown that some people truly can't be trained, are people a lower form of life than dogs?
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Project Research and Build-Ups / Re: DIY Articulating hitch for cheap
« Last post by Gnarly4X on Today at 07:00:40 AM »"I think I'll be fine unless I try to snatch a semi out a snowbank off the back of the trailer.
Maybe I'll go hook it to a tree and see how much I can stretch my kinetic rope out as a proof test."
Wow!!... nice fabricating.
As you know, articulating hitches have been around for a while.
Your comment above triggered a flashback to a 4x4 club trip to Mexico back about 20+ years ago.
The wind during the night had drifted sand under and around a 32-foot motorhome of one of the members.
3 guys decided to snatch it loose.
They hooked up their snatch straps and backed up enough to get a snap on the straps.
Having attached tow hooks to my Toy pickups in the past, I was always a little concerned that those bolts on the hooks
mounted to the thin metal on the bumper would not hold under a powerful snap.
Well... the first big tug of the 3 vehicles didn't move the motorhome. So they backed up and gave the straps more slack.
There were probably 30 of us standing and watching this.
When the straps went tight, one of the tow hooks under the rear bumper of one of vehicles tore loose and sling shotted through the back of the motor home.
I sounded like a canon going off. The tow hook went through the rear exterior wall, through the bedroom wall and into the kitchen.
Luckily, no one was in the motorhome and no one was touched by the strap.
This could have easily killed someone in the path of the tow hook.
Looking at the bumper and the mount, you could see where the bolts simply pulled right through the thin metal bumper.
After that eye-opening event, I beefed up the mounts on all 4 of my tow hooks on my pickup with 3/8" metal bar stock.
Gnarls.
Maybe I'll go hook it to a tree and see how much I can stretch my kinetic rope out as a proof test."
Wow!!... nice fabricating.
As you know, articulating hitches have been around for a while.
Your comment above triggered a flashback to a 4x4 club trip to Mexico back about 20+ years ago.
The wind during the night had drifted sand under and around a 32-foot motorhome of one of the members.
3 guys decided to snatch it loose.
They hooked up their snatch straps and backed up enough to get a snap on the straps.
Having attached tow hooks to my Toy pickups in the past, I was always a little concerned that those bolts on the hooks
mounted to the thin metal on the bumper would not hold under a powerful snap.
Well... the first big tug of the 3 vehicles didn't move the motorhome. So they backed up and gave the straps more slack.
There were probably 30 of us standing and watching this.
When the straps went tight, one of the tow hooks under the rear bumper of one of vehicles tore loose and sling shotted through the back of the motor home.
I sounded like a canon going off. The tow hook went through the rear exterior wall, through the bedroom wall and into the kitchen.
Luckily, no one was in the motorhome and no one was touched by the strap.
This could have easily killed someone in the path of the tow hook.
Looking at the bumper and the mount, you could see where the bolts simply pulled right through the thin metal bumper.
After that eye-opening event, I beefed up the mounts on all 4 of my tow hooks on my pickup with 3/8" metal bar stock.
Gnarls.
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Chit Chat Camp / Re: Scary Stuff
« Last post by Gnarly4X on Today at 05:56:47 AM »Yesterday I learned that Kristi Noem, the sometimes-touted hot 
potential VP for Trump, South Dakota governor, killed a puppy because she said it wasn’t trainable.
There is no such thing as an untrainable pet dog. She brags about what she did in her book.
When I learned about it, I got so upset and angry I did not even want to know the details, I wanted retribution.
She is going to Hell, guaranteed. Her time as a political figure will turn to dust in the wind.
Now, every time I see her ugly face on TV or hear the name it will trigger a hate-spike.
She’s a despicable moron.
The level of sickness and insanity today is beyond words.
Gnarls.
potential VP for Trump, South Dakota governor, killed a puppy because she said it wasn’t trainable.There is no such thing as an untrainable pet dog. She brags about what she did in her book.
When I learned about it, I got so upset and angry I did not even want to know the details, I wanted retribution.
She is going to Hell, guaranteed. Her time as a political figure will turn to dust in the wind.
Now, every time I see her ugly face on TV or hear the name it will trigger a hate-spike.
She’s a despicable moron.
The level of sickness and insanity today is beyond words.
Gnarls.
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Project Research and Build-Ups / Re: DIY Articulating hitch for cheap
« Last post by OVRAROK on Yesterday at 09:45:45 PM »I'm building an offroad trailer, the thread is on another forum but I figured I'd double-post this part in case it can be of inspiration to anyone else here.
All the hardware was about $40 from Tractor Supply, all the dimensional steel and plastics are salvaged from my empire of dirt.
Made some parts:
All the parts for the vehicle side. The outer tube is 1 3/4" 0.120" wall DOM, the inner is something like 1.32" OD and 1" ID. Bushings are delrin turned on a lathe.
And the trailer side. This uses '95 pickup rear leaf spring bushings that fit inside 1 3/4" DOM after turning them down a tiny bit in the lathe.
The vehicle side gets assembled - the bolt clamps on the steel sleeve inside the bushing, so the bolt can be torqued down tight and all the swiveling happens with the bushings.
The longitudinal axis does rotate on the bolt, so the nut is welded on solid. That does make this part non-serviceable, but I can make another pretty quick if I need to replace it. There is a grease fitting to keep it lubricated. This uses the same 3" spacing as my ball hitch tongue, so it can be swapped in if needed.
The two assemblies are married with a removeable 7/8" pin. The vehicle side can be unbolted and placed on a different drop/rise hitch mount (or flipped upside down), and the trailer side can be flipped to ride under the tongue, with these options I can configure the trailer to tow level behind different vehicles.
How strong is this? I can start with estimating each axis, since I'm using standard fasteners and can look up their properties.
Horizontal axis: 1" Grade 8 bolt in single shear: 0.606in^2 * 150,000 psi * 60% = 54,450lbs
Vertical axis 7/8" SAE 1020 pin in double shear: 0.601in^2 * 55,100psi * 120% = 39,738lbs
Longitudinal Axis:1" Grade 8 bolt in tension: 0.606in^2 * 150,000 psi = 90,900lbs
In all reality, something else will fail before those numbers. I mean, a 2" hitch mount only uses a 5/8" pin so that's pretty much guaranteed to be the fuse before these fasteners. I suspect the weakest link is the trailer side of the vertical axis, with the tube welded to the bolt head. I did reinforce it with a second layer of steel and there's ~10" of blazing hot weld mating it all together so I'm pretty comfortable with it... I think it'll be fine unless I try to snatch a semi out a snowbank off the back of the trailer. Maybe I'll go hook it to a tree and see how much I can stretch my kinetic rope out as a proof test.
Beautiful...
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Project Research and Build-Ups / DIY Articulating hitch for cheap
« Last post by a1gemmel on Yesterday at 09:28:35 PM »I'm building an offroad trailer, the thread is on another forum but I figured I'd double-post this part in case it can be of inspiration to anyone else here.
All the hardware was about $40 from Tractor Supply, all the dimensional steel and plastics are salvaged from my empire of dirt.
Made some parts:
All the parts for the vehicle side. The outer tube is 1 3/4" 0.120" wall DOM, the inner is something like 1.32" OD and 1" ID. Bushings are delrin turned on a lathe.
And the trailer side. This uses '95 pickup rear leaf spring bushings that fit inside 1 3/4" DOM after turning them down a tiny bit in the lathe.
The vehicle side gets assembled - the bolt clamps on the steel sleeve inside the bushing, so the bolt can be torqued down tight and all the swiveling happens with the bushings.
The longitudinal axis does rotate on the bolt, so the nut is welded on solid. That does make this part non-serviceable, but I can make another pretty quick if I need to replace it. There is a grease fitting to keep it lubricated. This uses the same 3" spacing as my ball hitch tongue, so it can be swapped in if needed.
The two assemblies are married with a removeable 7/8" pin. The vehicle side can be unbolted and placed on a different drop/rise hitch mount (or flipped upside down), and the trailer side can be flipped to ride under the tongue, with these options I can configure the trailer to tow level behind different vehicles.
How strong is this? I can start with estimating each axis, since I'm using standard fasteners and can look up their properties.
Horizontal axis: 1" Grade 8 bolt in single shear: 0.606in^2 * 150,000 psi * 60% = 54,450lbs
Vertical axis 7/8" SAE 1020 pin in double shear: 0.601in^2 * 55,100psi * 120% = 39,738lbs
Longitudinal Axis:1" Grade 8 bolt in tension: 0.606in^2 * 150,000 psi = 90,900lbs
In all reality, something else will fail before those numbers. I mean, a 2" hitch mount only uses a 5/8" pin so that's pretty much guaranteed to be the fuse before these fasteners. I suspect the weakest link is the trailer side of the vertical axis, with the tube welded to the bolt head. I did reinforce it with a second layer of steel and there's ~10" of blazing hot weld mating it all together so I'm pretty comfortable with it... I think it'll be fine unless I try to snatch a semi out a snowbank off the back of the trailer. Maybe I'll go hook it to a tree and see how much I can stretch my kinetic rope out as a proof test.
All the hardware was about $40 from Tractor Supply, all the dimensional steel and plastics are salvaged from my empire of dirt.
Made some parts:
All the parts for the vehicle side. The outer tube is 1 3/4" 0.120" wall DOM, the inner is something like 1.32" OD and 1" ID. Bushings are delrin turned on a lathe.
And the trailer side. This uses '95 pickup rear leaf spring bushings that fit inside 1 3/4" DOM after turning them down a tiny bit in the lathe.
The vehicle side gets assembled - the bolt clamps on the steel sleeve inside the bushing, so the bolt can be torqued down tight and all the swiveling happens with the bushings.
The longitudinal axis does rotate on the bolt, so the nut is welded on solid. That does make this part non-serviceable, but I can make another pretty quick if I need to replace it. There is a grease fitting to keep it lubricated. This uses the same 3" spacing as my ball hitch tongue, so it can be swapped in if needed.
The two assemblies are married with a removeable 7/8" pin. The vehicle side can be unbolted and placed on a different drop/rise hitch mount (or flipped upside down), and the trailer side can be flipped to ride under the tongue, with these options I can configure the trailer to tow level behind different vehicles.
How strong is this? I can start with estimating each axis, since I'm using standard fasteners and can look up their properties.
Horizontal axis: 1" Grade 8 bolt in single shear: 0.606in^2 * 150,000 psi * 60% = 54,450lbs
Vertical axis 7/8" SAE 1020 pin in double shear: 0.601in^2 * 55,100psi * 120% = 39,738lbs
Longitudinal Axis:1" Grade 8 bolt in tension: 0.606in^2 * 150,000 psi = 90,900lbs
In all reality, something else will fail before those numbers. I mean, a 2" hitch mount only uses a 5/8" pin so that's pretty much guaranteed to be the fuse before these fasteners. I suspect the weakest link is the trailer side of the vertical axis, with the tube welded to the bolt head. I did reinforce it with a second layer of steel and there's ~10" of blazing hot weld mating it all together so I'm pretty comfortable with it... I think it'll be fine unless I try to snatch a semi out a snowbank off the back of the trailer. Maybe I'll go hook it to a tree and see how much I can stretch my kinetic rope out as a proof test.
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Project Research and Build-Ups / Re: Diesel GOAT: The one I wish Toyota would have built
« Last post by Gnarly4X on Yesterday at 03:29:39 AM »10
Project Research and Build-Ups / Re: Diesel GOAT: The one I wish Toyota would have built
« Last post by helipilot77 on Apr 28, 2024, 10:58:58 PM »Friday night at 1:30am I got the motor in. Satuday night at 11:30pm I got all of the accesories installed. Sunday afternoon I took it for a test drive and while on the drive I was scanning my gauges and noticed that I was out of fuel and needed to make a stop. Five seconds later I ran out of fuel and had to wait for a rescue. 
Not the best test drive. More shake down is needed, but it sounds mean! I have missed driving the beast.
Not the best test drive. More shake down is needed, but it sounds mean! I have missed driving the beast.