| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,771 | Build the drivetrain strong enough to survive when somebody winds it up and bang-shifts into the next higher gear with a heavy load onboard. A machinist friend had a piece of 4" driveshaft tubing hung up over his lathe with 3 full turns twisted into it after a driver revved up a 425 HP Caterpillar 3406 Diesel and sidestepped the clutch- - - - -with the fully-loaded rig buried up to the hubs in a muddy rice field! The shaft looked like an hourglass! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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