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mud spoon
attachable traction paddles for escapes from slippery | |
I got my company's truck stuck the other day. Lucky it was at a school so a few of the boys pushed me to freedom. It was a light-ish truck and they are trainee builders. I was then stimulated into thinking about how I would have done on my own. Can a tire iron be attached to a hub?
How about an adjustable
length bar with a ratchet lever point at each end.
The bar is placed across the circumference of the wheel.
At each point is an L shape pivoted at the corner of the L . The two small L arms hold onto the tire and the large acts as the paddle on the slippery earth . As the wheel rotates the paddle spades into the earth to gain grip but also tightens the device to the wheel.
Because you leave the dirt to go back on the hard, the paddle would be made of high density rubber similar to small digger tracks. And because wheel wells may be tight the paddle arms have to be offset outside the wheel wells.
Caution: Driving on the roads with mud spoons may cause damage to shocks but laughter to small kids strapped in the back.
Animal toy truck
https://www.youtube...watch?v=4cq9GN1X1Qc
[EnochLives, Aug 09 2014]
Riiiiiip
http://i00.i.aliimg...7/477974387_800.jpg
[rcarty, Aug 15 2014]
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It is a good idea and I've not seen anything like it. |
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I wouldn't have it adjustable, though, because any
adjustment mechanism is going to be a weak
point, and the thing will have to be strong
because of the high torque. |
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Better to have one model for each vehicle. I don't
know how you planned to attach it to the wheel -
I presume you'd remove two (opposite) wheel
nuts, then use them to bolt it across the hub.
You might need longer nuts to do the job, which
would be supplied with the paddle. |
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There is an older RC toy with wheels that sprout spoon shapes when the tires lose traction, but I can't remember the name of the toy and I'll be danged if I can find it using generic terms. |
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I had one of those [2 fries]. See link. |
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That's the one!
Thank you. It's been bugging me all morning. |
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What if you just used tire chains? Get the type that
can be fully attached without moving the vehicle. |
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How is this more convenient than a winch? |
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Wenches can be challenging... |
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What kind of truck how many axles we talking about?
I can't image why any rear wheel drive truck, which is
typical could get the front wheels stuck. |
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Was the ass end of the truck in the air? Anyway, I've
seen every fuck up possible with trucks working as
a mechanic. The worst thing I did was tear the
entire length of a trailer cover on the side of a bay
door. It was an expensive one, but the shop covered
it. like this link but more expensive than pvc. |
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//stuck// A drop from the apron to the ground - 6-7" will do it: the drive wheels on an unloaded arse end can't get near enough traction to pull the front end almost straight up half a foot by pulling backwards. |
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[flyingtoaster] is right. Now that I think about it,
there's no way it has enough weight to
counterbalance the block in the front end. Turning
the wheels would actually kick the back end off the
ground. But it
does seem obvious that your solution to tow the
truck out would work. |
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