ri702bill 9,974 #1 Posted yesterday at 08:45 AM (edited) @Pullstart would be so proud! I think this one goes into the "What could possibly go wrong?" catagory... Look at the left rear tire twitching... https://www.facebook.com/reel/798946695880620 Edited yesterday at 08:46 AM by ri702bill 1 8 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 44,504 #2 Posted yesterday at 10:27 AM Old guy I used to work with was a prankster. He had this old 50's Ford truck that he put a Briggs recoil on the grill. He also had a starter button hidden right next to it. He would stall the stuck out in front of people and then climb out and pull the recoil and hit the starter button at the same time. Folks thought it was a rope start! 1 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 68,041 #3 Posted yesterday at 10:59 AM Did you all hear the angels singing when that thing fired up? I did! 1 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 9,974 #4 Posted yesterday at 12:20 PM Those Jeep FC - Forward Control tilt cabs were pretty impressive for their size back in the 1950's. Few survive that are not all rusted up to the door handles today... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmor 8,060 #5 Posted yesterday at 05:30 PM 5 hours ago, ri702bill said: Those Jeep FC - Forward Control tilt cabs were pretty impressive for their size back in the 1950's. Few survive that are not all rusted up to the door handles today... I drove one for an employer, what a gutless piece of junk, 70 horsepower! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 44,504 #6 Posted yesterday at 08:54 PM Friend of mine has one he shows at the local meets. My shop teacher in HS had one he plowed snow with. He'd hit the banks and the back wheels came off the ground. One time the wheels landed but the bed was a few seconds behind! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beap52 1,605 #7 Posted 18 hours ago When we were in the Philippines helping with disaster relief following a typhoon, we rode the boat pictured below between the island we stayed on and the island we worked on. It was a journey of 30 minutes or so and a few miles out to the small island where we were working on a school. The boat has a small diesel engine ( that likely came out of a Toyota, or Nissan car) that either the battery was bad or the starter so every time it was to be started, the boat's crew of three men would wrap a rope around the flywheel and pull on it to start it. Sometimes giving the engine a shot of starting fluid. One morning they couldn't get the engine to start. Roy, one of the our crew, was a big man and so the captain asked for his help. Roy and a couple of the boat's crew got ahold of the rope, which had knots in it to help with pulling on it. There was always a count to three to pull on the rope. "Uno, Dos, Thres!" and when Roy pulled on the rope not only did the engine start, I think he picked those two guys off of the floor as well. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
