This is the exact reason I keep Vise Grips in my Jeep and truck. Had a line break but it was my only transportation.... drove too and from work for a few days with one line pinched off until a new line came in the mail.Had a brake line fail yesterday in Montana and couldn’t get a tow truck to come pick me up. Made it the last 100 miles last night like this.
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This. Watched @bryson finish off a ghost town tour with a set of vice grips on a brake line. First thing I did when I got home was throw a pair in my truck bag.This is the exact reason I keep Vise Grips in my Jeep and truck. Had a line break but it was my only transportation.... drove too and from work for a few days with one line pinched off until a new line came in the mail.
This is real ingenuity. When you have nothing else, make something work. I respect this post.Had a brake line fail yesterday in Montana and couldn’t get a tow truck to come pick me up. Made it the last 100 miles last night like this.
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Had a brake line fail yesterday in Montana and couldn’t get a tow truck to come pick me up. Made it the last 100 miles last night like this.
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The funny part is I normally keep vice grips inside the Van tool bag, but I robbed them for something. I even had it on my list to put them back before I left. And then on the way out of town, I realize that I forgot to check that note list and forgot the vice grips and my wetsuit. And I thought well hopefully the river is not that cold that I need the wetsuit and if I need vice grips, I can just grab a set. Turns out when you’re in the middle of nowhere Montana you can’t.Betcha have Vise grips on hand next time! Double bonus points for the zip ties though.
I drove from Cheese Camp at the end of the HITR trail to Blanding like this. Belt and suspenders approach. Vise grips, zip ties, and electrical tape. Positive I could have driven it thousands of miles like that if I had to. Actually, I probably could have driven thousands of miles without that lower control arm if I REALLY had to. And hard to believe this was fifteen years ago!
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That’s some gangster shiz. Well done sirHad a brake line fail yesterday in Montana and couldn’t get a tow truck to come pick me up. Made it the last 100 miles last night like this.
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Had a brake line fail yesterday in Montana and couldn’t get a tow truck to come pick me up. Made it the last 100 miles last night like this.
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The center lane one, yeah.Which part were you unaware of? The third image? I see a lot of people stopping on the non-bus side when there is no physical barrier, but a wide median/center turn lane is present.
See the same thing with emergency vehicles.Which part were you unaware of? The third image? I see a lot of people stopping on the non-bus side when there is no physical barrier, but a wide median/center turn lane is present.