What's the DUMBEST thing you've done recently?

Paul

Paul

Dr 'Dre
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I'll go first because i do A LOT of dumb shit.

Started prepping for the Dixie Run. Hooked the gn camper trailer to the dually and got it loaded.
Loaded the rig, tied it down and away we went. On time for once i might add.
So it's me, @Susan5679 and my 3 dogs hauling ass @80 mph grossing 25k.

I went from Kings Mountain to Hendersonville and remembered something,
I forgot to lock the ball on my turnover hitch. No shit.
Scared the Hell out of me!

I never said i was smart, just lucky sometimes...
 
Went down to Uwharrie for our fun Caravan this past weekend with my crawler hauler but no rig. Had @CasterTroy pull up on my trailer, to test fit something for @BigClay and the trailer lifted up, I knew for a fact I’d locked the coupler on the gooseneck ball. Turns out I did in fact lock the coupler but I did not lock the ball. It pulled the ball right out. So I did the same thing you did.

Then today I needed to mow and had to jump the lawnmower off. I used my TJ to do it, once started I shut off the TJ, disconnected the cables from the lawnmower, then the TJ. I noticed the fan wasn’t spinning on the TJ and panicked, spent about 5 minutes looking and wandering why fan wasn’t turning before I realized I’d already cut the TJ off, but I forgot that quickly and all I could hear was the lawnmower running.

Sometimes I wonder how I get thru the day.
 
Loading up for Big Dog's in Gore last weekend and pulled the same thing. but figured it out long before I left, as the trailer popped up and put yet another dent in the back of the Ambulance as I pulled the Rubi on to it... Had to start all over, and wasted another 30 minutes, but at least I was still in the driveway when I found my error! I probably wouldn't be here to post if I found out going down the highway like that!
 
I moved my man lift across the shop today. I had just set a brand new battery charger on it. Left the cords dangling. Got under a tire, and ripped them right out.

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I'll play. I was redoing the floor pans on my 67 Fairlane. I had previously run the steel 3/8" pressure and return fuel lines along the passenger side floor. I needed to reroute them so they wouldn't get in the way cutting and welding, and also to make them look neater.

I used hose pinchoff pliers on the rubber hose to keep the gas in the tank while I redid the steel line. I got that all done and totally forgot the hose pinchers.

Apparently the in tank pump (for future EFI) can build enough pressure to blast fuel past a pinched off pressure hose but not enough to get it back past the return pinch. The 0 to 15 psi gauge on my bypass regulator at the carb bent the needle on the stop pin, the holley needles and floats can't hold more than 7 so they blasted open. I had gas dripping off the air cleaner onto the intake and distributor, it filled cylinder 6 with gas (engine off, intake valve was open) and filled the crankcase with about 3 gallons of gas.

Fortunately I just had to change the oil and spin it with no plugs, replace the gauge and remove the hose pinchers to fix it all.

Edit: and after all that I forgot about the rear brake line just inside the driveshaft tunnel, so I did cut through it, thank God brake fluid isn't as flammable as gasoline.
 
Hooked our hoopty S10 bed trailer behind the BX to load up some cut pine trees I've been avoiding and while trying to turn it around behind the barn (artesian spring runoff) promptly started sinking.

No big deal ill drop the trailer engage diff lock and pop out.. denied, straight to the front axle/mower deck. Hook jeep to it but struggle dragging out.. huh.. guess hydrostats don't like freewheeling oops.

Later the same day brushing leaves off roof of little garage now in sun due to pine removal, felt a couple soft roof boards. Get it all clean and while getting lined up with ladder "crunch" right foot 6in through roof due to completely rotten boards. Zip some scrap wood behind for winter to be dealt with next spring.
 
kaiser715 said:
I moved my man lift across the shop today. I had just set a brand new battery charger on it. Left the cords dangling. Got under a tire, and ripped them right out.

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You could be one of my customers.... that’s a regular thing
 
Dern near killed myself the other day. When I'm feeling froggy, I can jump off my roof and land just fine. I was still young and dumb enough to do that. Well, I forgot where I was in relation to the ground and jumped right off.... over the basement staircase. Yea, concrete dont give. Luckily I cetered the landing at the bottom of the steps and was able to control the landing.
 
JSJJ388 said:
Dern near killed myself the other day. When I'm feeling froggy, I can jump off my roof and land just fine. I was still young and dumb enough to do that. Well, I forgot where I was in relation to the ground and jumped right off.... over the basement staircase. Yea, concrete dont give. Luckily I cetered the landing at the bottom of the steps and was able to control the landing.
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give it 10 more years..... your gonna regret those shenanigans
 
Swapping attachments on a lift, taking clamp off, installing side shifting fork positioner.....open hose ends and for some reason thought I could center the side shift by Bluetooth or something, Every once in awhile You get reminded to slow down.... AW32 still tastes like shit.
 
JSJJ388 said:
Dern near killed myself the other day. When I'm feeling froggy, I can jump off my roof and land just fine. I was still young and dumb enough to do that. Well, I forgot where I was in relation to the ground and jumped right off.... over the basement staircase. Yea, concrete dont give. Luckily I cetered the landing at the bottom of the steps and was able to control the landing.
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See hip replacement thread!
 
Paul said:
I'll go first because i do A LOT of dumb shit.

Started prepping for the Dixie Run. Hooked the gn camper trailer to the dually and got it loaded.
Loaded the rig, tied it down and away we went. On time for once i might add.
So it's me, @Susan5679 and my 3 dogs hauling ass @80 mph grossing 25k.

I went from Kings Mountain to Hendersonville and remembered something,
I forgot to lock the ball on my turnover hitch. No shit.
Scared the Hell out of me!

I never said i was smart, just lucky sometimes...
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Glad you remember that before you got any closer to my house.
 
Spent 8 hrs working on a landscapers 1995 7.3 ps F350 stakebody...... Or listed my house for sale after I worked on it. I'll let you decide
 
Years ago I took my dad fishing on my G3 1860. He backed me down the ramp. I cranked the 362# yamaha F90 on the trailer and let it idle a minute or so and he unhooked me. I backed off the trailer. Dad got in the truck and pulled the trailer up the ramp. Something didn't feel right as I backed up past the docks and turned to clear the ramp for the next boat in line. Looked back and water was about to spill over the stern, did'nt have the plug in o_O.I yelled at dad and waved my arm back.He heard me and sent the trailer back down but water was coming over now. I had to do a few fast circles before he got back down and I got back on the trailer .We pulled the boat out and back to the parking lot. It took about 10+min. for that fat ass bish to quit pissing and it made a hole in the gravel parking lot.
 
WARRIORWELDING said:
give it 10 more years..... your gonna regret those shenanigans
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Try 10 milliseconds lol. Realized how badly I just f'd up the moment I cleared the roof. But alas, I was already passed the point of no return. I think I'll use thw ladder next time. I hurt for a while.
 
JSJJ388 said:
Try 10 milliseconds lol. Realized how badly I just f'd up the moment I cleared the roof. But alas, I was already passed the point of no return. I think I'll use thw ladder next time. I hurt for a while.
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momentum p= MV
Mass....me 223
Velocity in feet per sec. in vacuum......close enough for roof jumping 32.15

Answer: My body wasn't designed for this.........
p = 7167.11 lb·ft/s
Try again and land squarely on a scale to check data please? :eek:
 
There is a list but a good one was, I just had the A/C in my last truck replaced before heading to the beach. I pick it up the day before and thought i will go ahead and change the oil and fuel filters. It was dark and i reached up with a oil filter wrench and started removing the filter. (the kind with the 3 fingers). I twisted it about 2 times and heard plastic breaking and a snap. One of the fingers on the oil filter wrench had grabbed the low pressure switch wiring for the A/C and snapped off the sensor. I spent the next morning running around trying to find the sensor before heading to the beach.
 
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