Burnt out clutch

[fordnh3930]

Ive heard of guy who drove somekind of chipper-truck. With a burntup clutch, uphill the truck stopped, so he got under it to jery-rig it I guess(didnt hear details) I think the device he used to chalk the wheels failed, rolled over him and killed him. I'm thirteen, and thinking if that was my father kills me. Guy had kids, but i thought i heard they were grown up. So listen, if something happens and your on the road, pull over as far as you can and stay in the machine, even if its a flat. Sure it may sound dumb, but it could save your life.

 

[beenthere]

fordnh3930
Welcome to the forum, and glad to hear from our youthful members.

With all that we do, safety should be utmost on our minds. If one is unfamiliar with what they are doing, being more careful or not doing something at all is probably a good option. However, sitting in the truck (machine) is usually not an option and figuring a way to get out of trouble is usually important and necessary. At 13, not doing anything is probably an option as you've had someone caring for you for at least 13 years. That however will change in a few years. Don't expect to go through life sitting in the truck waiting for help.
So learn how things work, how things can happen (such as the chocks not working for whatever reason), and how to get things done safely. Often, knowing how things can happen and cause hurt is useful in avoiding larger 'hurts'.

Had a friend who was loading logs on his trailer that was on the back of his Suburban. He was standing on the tongue of the trailer to crank the winch to get the next log onto the trailer. Had the vehicle in park and the emergency brake on. But when the log came up on the tail of the trailer, it lifted the rear wheels enough that the trailer and Suburban started off down hill on a city street. The man fell under the trailer tongue and was dragged down the street to his death. He had a lot of experience but failed to calculate that one thing. Most times, jumping off would have been a solution, but he became caught and couldn't.

 

[fordnh3930]

?????

 

[beenthere]

You didn't understand that?

 

[JB4310]

You didn't understand that?

You were glad to hear from youthful members I'm still LOL

I know, you tried.

.

 

[beenthere]

LOL
I remember when I was 13. OMG!!

 

[greenday]

I just got my 90' celica about three weeks ago, it's got 183,000 miles on it already. It's also my first time driving clutch, so of course for the first week and a little more I was pealing off or the poor car was bucking an stuff a lot more than it should be lol. Now I'm finally getting good at driving it and my shifts are pretty smooth, lots of the time you don't even feel it. But I had one rought start today, or I think I did. Either way, I started into 1st and my car shook a little and went "KUNKUNKUNKUNK". I took my foot off the gas and put it back on and it took off fine. But as I was driving the car didn't feel the same at all. It feels a heck of a lot looser when I shift, and even the actual stick feels looser when I move it to shift, it's just alltogether too easy to shift, and it doesn't seem to pull hardly at all when I shift up either. I think I blew out the clutch, but I was wondering if anybody could tell me if this is what it feels like, or if not, what a burnt clutch feels like? I figured it wasn't safe at all to drive with a burnt clutch, so I came home just in case. I would really appriciate any help!!

 

[mikeyee]

haha the funny part is that he isn't old enough to drive for a while

but yeah, securing something on a incline is an absolute must if you're working on it. Would be smarter to do it on level ground or just get it towed.

 

[boxygen]

This is the strangest thread I've seen in a while...

 

[fordnh3930]

You didn't understand that?

Really sorry my computer hasnt been working which is why I havnt been on in months I understand what you mean when I looked it didnt say anything......can you help me out with my troubles?