Originally posted by TimberWolf
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostWhy not make tyres out of steel? Or at the very least a steel rim around a wooden spoked wheel. And make the roads from steel too.
Perhaps they could be employed some way in this?
Burning their dried droppings in an external combustion engine to power the vehicles, perhaps? You could tie donkeys, and similar animals, to the vehicle and have them run alongside. The driver then just collects the occasional free fuel donation and pops it on the engine to dry until it is ready to add to the fire.
Waddya think?My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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Better still. We could utilise large wooden boxes that float on water. then the donkey could pull us in that???"If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"Comment
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Originally posted by daviejones View PostBetter still. We could utilise large wooden boxes that float on water.My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostDonkey sanctuaries are having to put donkeys down because there are so many.
Perhaps they could be employed some way in this?
Burning their dried droppings in an external combustion engine to power the vehicles, perhaps? You could tie donkeys, and similar animals, to the vehicle and have them run alongside. The driver then just collects the occasional free fuel donation and pops it on the engine to dry until it is ready to add to the fire.
Waddya think?Comment
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Cannot comment on the nitrogen handling as yet - because the numpties did not balance my wheels. No weights on either wheel and the steering wheel wobbling about.
About to go back and give them the what for.......Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghostThough these ultra low profile tyres seem to be 90% rubber already...
You only find out that one is flat, er, not inflated, when you reach the next bend...Comment
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostWhy waste energy making wooden boxes when you could just hollow out a tree trunk?"If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"Comment
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Originally posted by daviejones View PostWouldn't that be like going backwards a little?
The carved out chips are used to make wood blocks for burning in your ecostove and the tree comes from local, sustainable Fuel Forests™.
It's the way forward.My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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Originally posted by Wilmslow View PostIs this worth it?
Only a quid a tyre at Kwik Fit.
Needing a new set of fronts (get through 3 sets a year due to the mileage), so will test out the claims of increasing tread wear by 25% and better handling.
They'll probably need to order them in though as they don't usually stock anything narrower than a 225.Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."Comment
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