Rust Reaper Contest Time - Tell Us A Story Version!

[sawguy21]

slowzuki, I hafta agree. That is one of the funniest stories I have read in a while, and there are some doozies on this forum.

[OneWithWood]

Congrats, Percy.  I enjoyed your story and I agree it is a winner!

[Patty]

Way to go Percy!   8)

Your story made me laugh.

[Stephen_Wiley]

...............So, do you think Rust Reaper would have helped me?  ;)

1st - Having been a tree climber for over 30 years - I enjoyed your story !  :D  :D  :D

Reminded me of many of my first excursions.  But more so of the employees which I attempted to train (they could speak english).

Your last comment above, I am not certain under those circustances they could help. However had you had the experience of a older carabiner 'lockscrew freezing up' upon descent - then maybe 'Rust Reaper' could have rescued one from a long hard day.

Nothing looks quite as funny as a 'exhausted climber' reaching the ground. Than with a pair of vice-grips and the 'help' of two buddies, is he able to free himself from his gear. After 35 minutes of unsuccessful attempts.

But none the less.......................sure would like to have seen your antics on videotape.  Just think you could have been the first to say:

"Use *Rust Reaper to assure a safe climb
        before you tire ..........
                 and the
  Grim Reaper attempts to ruin your day"

[Stephen_Wiley]

....... I take a 3/8 socket extension, stick it thru the one hoop that has already co-operated nicely and smack the extension with a hammer, driving the stubborn cap out, at a fair  velocity.. The cap hits the wall and bounces back, nailing me in the forehead, right between the eyes. I jump  back and let go of the driveshaft. . Its kinda leaning on the work bench and rolling at the same time. It finally crashes to the floor and hit a 2 foot piece of 2X4  teetering on another 2X4 that flies right across the shop(12 feet) and tips over a pail of used motor oil onto the cat. The cat is *pithed and runs into the house(I left the door open) and climbs up on the bed and messes up my new spensive Tee shirt and Calvin Kline jeans. I had to go cruisin(showin off the new truck) in my old clothes. Mebey the Rust Reaper wudda helped with that U-joint. Does the stuff remove motor oil from ornery cats??? ;D

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Percy, can't stop laughing.......its good thing I was not drinking any coffee or the computer would had a bath.  Sound all to familar..........something I would of done.  Is the 'cat' due for an oil change?

BTW.........like the pickup.

[Weekend_Sawyer]

My first tractor restoration was a 50' Farmall Cub, My brother still has it for a lawn mower. I had a great time fixing little odds and ends, taking it down mounting tires and rims, painting it. I almost had it done and was putting the dog legs on the hood (they are like a filler next to the radiator that go from the hood to the radiator base). I wrung a bolt off that connects the lower part of the leg to the radiator base and it's a little bolt. It broke off flush so got a little drill bit out, center punched the bolt and drilled through it, no problem. While backing out the bit I must have spazed and SNAP! ARRRRGH!!! broke the bit in the hole. Well it was on it's way out so and it had a little room so I punched the broken bit back in as far as I could and put an easy out in the hole, SNAPPP!!! ARAAAARRRRRRGH! now there's a broken bolt with a hole drilled in it with a broken bit in the hole covered by a broken easy out..... There are 2 bolts that hold the lower part of the doglegg to the radiator base. I put the one bolt in Cut the head off of another one and glued it onto the dogleg hole covering the broken bolt.

When I was a teenager I had a 46' Willis CJ2A. One day I was chisling off the lugg nuts when Dad walked by and told me that the luggs with a notch on them were left handed luggs. After we got the tire off we took the hub off and he showed me how to knock out and replace the studs I had buggered up. They were still available at NAPA