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Of course, I've seen this one before
but, today, I am sitting here, thinking analytically about the show. Depending on the relative strength of the strap(s) vs. torque at the rear wheels of the pickup at start-up, it could indeed be interesting.
One potential result could be a four-wheeler slingshot.
Loss of truck/rear axle structural integrity (known in some circles as rapid unscheduled disassembly) is probably more likely, but, in fairness, would be enjoyable to observe as well. Especially if the truck happened to be in 4wd, and pulled itself away by its front wheels from... whateve didn't stay attached.
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My Dad had an old '78 IH Scout 2... sold it to my Mom's side of the family and one of my cousins decided he was gonna try popping a wheelie in it.
The rear axle didn't survive.
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Long ago, my father in law had a Scout of similar vintage (maybe a couple of years older), but its fate was to be totaled by someone running a stop sign.My Dad had an old '78 IH Scout 2... sold it to my Mom's side of the family and one of my cousins decided he was gonna try popping a wheelie in it.
The rear axle didn't survive.
I wonder if there's enough travel in the ATV suspension to just bounce up and down and allow the truck wheels to rotate. The truck fenders and bed panels probably would be destroyed after a few rotations though.
Torque at the wheels is huge! As the truck rolls, the straps will get twisted as the wheel rotates, progressively crushing the 4-wheeler, the truck bed until… the strap gives up?Of course, I've seen this one before
but, today, I am sitting here, thinking analytically about the show. Depending on the relative strength of the strap(s) vs. torque at the rear wheels of the pickup at start-up, it could indeed be interesting.
One potential result could be a four-wheeler slingshot.
Loss of truck/rear axle structural integrity (known in some circles as rapid unscheduled disassembly) is probably more likely, but, in fairness, would be enjoyable to observe as well. Especially if the truck happened to be in 4wd, and pulled itself away by its front wheels from... whateve didn't stay attached.
Maybe, but the main effect is twisting the straps for each wheel rotation: it does not matter that the wheel and the straps are in the same plane, one wheel full rotation = one full twist of the straps, making them shorter and shorter.
Yeah, I was assuming the driver would notice after a few rotations and not continue. Perhaps that was a bad assumption given the initial conditions.
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It'd be cool to see some simulations.
This reminds me of a story from my first RFT job. The company initially was using slightly pressurized (helium at several psi), thick-walled glass vessels to hold eluants for high-pressure liquid chromatography pumps. They conducted ad hoc pressure tests one Saturday in the R&D building's parking lot in a garbage can. Of course, they had to determine the burst point for the vessels, which they did by jacking up the pressure until... umm... rapid unscheduled disassembly.
The fellow who, practically speaking, ran R&D in those days told me "we tested quite a few more bottles than we really had to".
I'm sure it was a fun day.
This reminds me of a story from my first RFT job. The company initially was using slightly pressurized (helium at several psi), thick-walled glass vessels to hold eluants for high-pressure liquid chromatography pumps. They conducted ad hoc pressure tests one Saturday in the R&D building's parking lot in a garbage can. Of course, they had to determine the burst point for the vessels, which they did by jacking up the pressure until... umm... rapid unscheduled disassembly.
The fellow who, practically speaking, ran R&D in those days told me "we tested quite a few more bottles than we really had to".
I'm sure it was a fun day.
Eek!Long ago, my father in law had a Scout of similar vintage (maybe a couple of years older), but its fate was to be totaled by someone running a stop sign.
Surprising to hear. That was not a small vehicle, nor lightly made. I would have expected most other vehicles to bounce off!
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As an aside, It’s fun to trace the International Scout’s heritage all the way to Cyrus McCormick and his reaper.
A persistent tinkerer, McCormick was, arguably, the Henry Ford or Steve Jobs of the 1840s.
He was an Interesting fellow who had a major impact on the growth of Chicago and through the increased productivity enabled by his reaper, the western expansion of America.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_McCormick
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