Old Shooter
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Thats the way I remember it from a previous life as a truck driver. dual wheel vehicle, fine. Four wheeler, "Why you got the club, boy?"
Acquired a "tire checker" this week
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Thats the way I remember it from a previous life as a truck driver. dual wheel vehicle, fine. Four wheeler, "Why you got the club, boy?"
ArfinGreebly
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Icy Wheel Wells
Since a couple of winters ago I've been carrying one in my emergency box in the back of the Durango (along with an axe, a mallet, a hammer, a set of screwdrivers, a saw, a number of fishing/utility knives, blankets, a small shovel, various foods, water, first aid kit, flashlight, and so on).
The short, stout stick is useful for clearing wheel wells when snow or ice begins to build up and interfere with steering.
There's no point or cutting edge, so no hazard to the tires, and mine has no exposed metal cap, so less risk to the sheet metal.
Clearing wheel wells requires something more robust than a lathe or a long-handled ice scraper (a thin or light stick will just snap off).
(If I needed to use it as an expedient club, it would take me too long to dig it out, and the axe is easier to reach.)
Everything in that box is a tool or has an emergency application.
Since a couple of winters ago I've been carrying one in my emergency box in the back of the Durango (along with an axe, a mallet, a hammer, a set of screwdrivers, a saw, a number of fishing/utility knives, blankets, a small shovel, various foods, water, first aid kit, flashlight, and so on).
The short, stout stick is useful for clearing wheel wells when snow or ice begins to build up and interfere with steering.
There's no point or cutting edge, so no hazard to the tires, and mine has no exposed metal cap, so less risk to the sheet metal.
Clearing wheel wells requires something more robust than a lathe or a long-handled ice scraper (a thin or light stick will just snap off).
(If I needed to use it as an expedient club, it would take me too long to dig it out, and the axe is easier to reach.)
Everything in that box is a tool or has an emergency application.
jimmyraythomason
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While that(in the picture) may have been sold as a "tire billy", I can easily see problems for anyone carrying it in the situation depicted in the picture.
ArfinGreebly
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D-Link?
Brad, are you a climber?
That looks like a D-link around your shifter.
The "tire checker" may, on the one hand, be "prudent" for someone who believes he's at risk of carjacking, but on the other hand it is almost certain to draw frowns from the constabulary.
While it may have originally been made to thump tires, it bears an unfortunate resemblance to a police nightstick/baton without the additional grip. Of course, if your jeep has a 12-inch lift kit and really large truck-class tires, then maybe a thumper would pass muster.
I'd find it a place of honor on your wall, and replace it with something like a thick, heavy ruler.
I have a yardstick, a green plastic three-foot shaft with a cross section of about an inch. Trust me, you wouldn't want to be whacked by that thing. I know that I, personally, didn't enjoy it at all.
If you find a heavy plastic yardstick, and cut it down to 24 or 18 inches, maybe rough the grip and smooth the corners a bit, you would have a relatively innocuous (yet robust) length of stuff that could be used to clear snow and ice from fenders, thump tires, or even rap the knuckles of a carjacker. Oh, and you can measure stuff with it, too.
Your stick is certainly handsome, but I'd leave it at home.
Brad, are you a climber?
That looks like a D-link around your shifter.
The "tire checker" may, on the one hand, be "prudent" for someone who believes he's at risk of carjacking, but on the other hand it is almost certain to draw frowns from the constabulary.
While it may have originally been made to thump tires, it bears an unfortunate resemblance to a police nightstick/baton without the additional grip. Of course, if your jeep has a 12-inch lift kit and really large truck-class tires, then maybe a thumper would pass muster.
I'd find it a place of honor on your wall, and replace it with something like a thick, heavy ruler.
I have a yardstick, a green plastic three-foot shaft with a cross section of about an inch. Trust me, you wouldn't want to be whacked by that thing. I know that I, personally, didn't enjoy it at all.
If you find a heavy plastic yardstick, and cut it down to 24 or 18 inches, maybe rough the grip and smooth the corners a bit, you would have a relatively innocuous (yet robust) length of stuff that could be used to clear snow and ice from fenders, thump tires, or even rap the knuckles of a carjacker. Oh, and you can measure stuff with it, too.
Your stick is certainly handsome, but I'd leave it at home.
I'd like to start climbing, but dont have the time for any new hobbies...
At a previous job, I got to assist in inspections of all 16 of the City of Memphis' water towers... that is just a left-over from that...
I really just need to get my HCP and quit worrying over how big a stick I can wield from inside the jeep...
And the 'stick' is already left in the garage... I have random stuff on the walls of my garage, so it will likely find a place there...
At a previous job, I got to assist in inspections of all 16 of the City of Memphis' water towers... that is just a left-over from that...
I really just need to get my HCP and quit worrying over how big a stick I can wield from inside the jeep...
And the 'stick' is already left in the garage... I have random stuff on the walls of my garage, so it will likely find a place there...
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