How does body weight help you?

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  1. fortycalglock

    fortycalglock Road Train Member

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    I use a 2" ratchet with a flat hook to pull those too tight snap binders, especially in tight places that an out of control winch bar might damage a $100,000 tractor.
     
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  3. Guntoter

    Guntoter Road Train Member

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    170# here so my body weight helps me haul another 150 pounds of freight (or a lot lizard) J/K.

    Seriously though my BMI is an advantage because I will not be in and out of hospitals for the last 20 years of my life. When I get home I can go ride dirtbikes with my kids, or go hiking with my wife...

    Yeah its a real B**ch needing a cheater bar thats a foot longer than yours but the advantages of not needing a taxi-cab to get from the fuel island to the fuel desk outweigh everything else.

    What a sad world we live in when people legitimize their laziness by claiming the virtues of being fat.
     
  4. Semi Crazy

    Semi Crazy Road Train Member

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    Ancra literature says 4" strap is properly tightened when 100lb.ft is applied to end of a standard (34") winch bar. (IIRC)

    So hanging a 300 lb porker on a cheater bar on a winch bar is way too frikkin tight. Use another strap if you feel there's not enough securement.
     
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  5. Logan76

    Logan76 Crusty In Training

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    Im 265 and want to get back down to 215.....im trying.
     
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    -insert name- ATM squishier

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    Standard with a steel plate that can't be chained? Last time I did that with this consignee...
    Well excuse me for being legal.
     
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    -insert name- ATM squishier

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    7'' copper pipe I found on the side of the road...
    Never had a problem with bent rub rails again.
     
  8. The Challenger

    The Challenger Kinghunter

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    I'm 5'9 and 280. I have never had a problem securing anything on my F350. Do not get me worng I want to loose weight and will.

    KH
     
  9. aiwiron

    aiwiron Road Train Member

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    I would suck Porta Potties clean before driving for Prime.
     
  10. aiwiron

    aiwiron Road Train Member

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    Hanging pork on a steel bar is very up scale in certain circles.
     
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  11. aiwiron

    aiwiron Road Train Member

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    I feel for you, I really do.
     
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