I’ve seen utility buildings with “quick release” roofs for just this purpose.  Remove a dozen or so large bolts, and the entire roof can be lifted off with a crane.  You’ve already got the crane there to replace the equipment, so it only take a few minutes longer to remove and replace the roof to get access.  The roof…

At those speeds, the grade doesn’t matter - gravity just doesn’t have enough “horsepower”. The best I’ve been able to find in quick research is that gravity provides roughly 1hp for every 15lbs. That means if the Tuatara weighs in at 3000lbs, that’s roughly 200hp that gravity would provide in freefall. Even a very…

Every year I do a track day with several friends at a local karting track. I always try and encourage any of my “non-racer” friends to come too, and they just run in their own “amateur” heat. These rental karts are actually pretty decent (Yamaha KT100's for those familiar), being fast enough to really benefit those…

What advantages does this design have over a basic garden trailer with a motorcycle chock mounted at the front?  I completely understand if you’re only using it a few times, and renting is the financially better option.  But if you want to ‘buy’ one, it’s basically a garden trailer with a built-in wheel chock.

Exactly, they’re in the regular Avon catalog.  Conveniently they are almost the same size as regular F500 tires, just with a shorter sidewall.  I looked into running them in F500 at one time, but found that they only offered them in a compound too hard for my needs.

Retention periods are a political issue, and something that does vary dramatically from one jurisdiction to the next. Some areas can only retain data for as long as necessary for active law enforcement, while other areas can keep the data as long as they want.

Range probably is actually pretty good. There’s a maximum wattage draw from each cell, so the only way to get really high power draws from the battery is to increase the number of cells, which increases your range. Adding extra motors will cost you a little in parastic drag and weight, but not that much really, and…

Cities are finding more and more uses for having an archive of LPR data, and as such, many cities have policies to scan all streets in the city at least once a day. Some of the benefits are obvious, such as finding wanted vehicles (stolen vehicles, AMBER alerts, active warrants, etc), or active law enforcement…

That’s a very nice price.  I sold a 6.0 Excursion with 100k more miles on it for $14,000 a few years ago.  Mine did have 4wd, but the 7.3 is definitely the more desirable motor on the used market.

Honestly I’m surprised it’s that low. Most of the tracks around here would tack another zero into those barrier repairs. 

How long until we see interest-only car loans?

I’ve seen a decent uptick in business. I suspect it’s more a drop in supply, than any kind of increase in demand. There’s zero cases in my market, but a lot of drivers have parked.

I thought it was really simple:

If F1 cancels, then it is out the (massive) hosting fee that Australia pays
If Australia cancels, then it’s out the (massive) ticket sales, and possibly owes Liberty a massive cancellation fee.

Both sides likely want it cancelled at this point, but when blinking first will cost millions of…

I’m sure the environmentalists would agree that *today* it would be better to sell 100x as many electric cars, even if it meant that people pulled a gas generator behind them 3x a year for their long trips.

I can’t tell if Kinja is working or not for this, but the above post is supposed to show a gas generator trailer.

I’m confused why electric cars don’t have a standard hookup for something like this:

While the 737MAX is no doubt a huge embarassment, and one that will clearly impact the company’s financial future. He hasn’t exactly been all bad. The cursor is highlighting when he took the job:

My experience has been that frontal area of a trailer is what really impacts your fuel economy. Weight impacts your acceleration and braking, and length impacts your maneuverability. But frontal area (aka, drag) is what impacts you for the big parts in the middle.

Generally in areas where that is done, there is an explicitly marked timed section. Basically two white lines that run the width of the highway. The distance between those lines is known, and then they just time how long it takes you to pass between them.

My guess is the system basically had “memory values” for each braking event, based on what the driver set the lap before. Think of it like your radio presets.

Set preset 1 for corner 1, preset 2 for corner 2, etc.
Have the system automatically rotate between presets every time you hit WOT
Have the driver hit the “preset…