Improvised Rigs or Rube Goldbergs

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Some things can't wait and most if not all of us have had to make do with what we have on hand...in a pinch...

Anyone else ever used a hose clamp to hold a starter cable on a battery?...how about socket for a bushing when the only bolt available was too long?

 

[Lou66]

Made me smile.:laughing:. Pine,, I've always had the right piece for every job.. no really,, I am not lying,, really every job.. we all been there but me.. really,, am not joking.:confused3:. Lou

 

[bcp]

Rube's tractor:

Minneapolis-Moline Uni-Tractor

Bruce

 

[creekbend]

Rube's tractor:

Minneapolis-Moline Uni-Tractor

Bruce

Thanks for providing the Link.

 

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Rube's tractor:

Minneapolis-Moline Uni-Tractor

Bruce

Awesome looking machine...hydraulics and all...

I saw a program on RFDTV about Minneapolis-Moline...they are rare...

 

[jinman]

A few years ago, I was having a new deck installed on my house. To set the cedar posts, we were digging post holes down about 24". I got my tractor and post-hole auger to make it a simple job. Unfortunately, the ground was so dry and hard that the auger just went down below the grass and stopped. We ended up digging the holes with a hand post hole digger. That day, my expensive PHD seemed VERY Rube Goldberg-ish.

 

[k0ua]

The link said of the MM Rube Goldberg tractor/power source.. "but apparently not many bought them". That's because everyone said the same thing I did when first laying eyes on it. "what in the heck is that thing?"

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I like the bolt and socket idea, have to remember that one. I once broke off a starter bolt in the engine block, and then broke off the easy out trying to remove the bolt. At that point I decided to punt and take it to a shop. I used a C clamp to hold that side of the starter on so I could drive the truck there.

 

[mvwicker]

Many a motorbike has limped home with a small vise-grip substituting for the gearshift lever lost in the crash.

 

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Many a motorbike has limped home with a small vise-grip substituting for the gearshift lever lost in the crash.

I knew an old man that used a pair of vice grips for a steering wheel on an old station wagon...no lie...!