Jury Riggin'

[kingtut]

I figured I'd make this a general thread. Post up all your random, redneckin', quick-fixes, etc.

Walmart was selling Rhino ramps for $60.00. So instead, I grabbed some 2x8 material and made my own. It's been done before, but it worked out well and saved me nearly 50 bucks. So here 'she' is-

Note: The top level was just thrown on there last minute; in the event that it wasn't tall enough. It was, so I'll remove the top rung and be back to the original design. That'll give me a nice platform for my tires:)

[I`m Batman]

Holy crap! I bought a ramp already but I might just have to try this just for the hell of it.

[kingtut]

Holy crap! I bought a ramp already but I might just have to try this just for the hell of it.

LOL, yeah if I hadn't seen them on sale at Pep Boys a few weeks earlier for 30.00, then I would've never tried it.

Tut does something right for a change, go figure-

[Cesaros]

LOL, yeah if I hadn't seen them on sale at Pep Boys a few weeks earlier for 30.00, then I would've never tried it.

Tut does something right for a change, go figure-

yah i got a set of 12000lb ramps for $40 at autozone the other week.

[kingtut]

Not a bad deal.

...and I fixed it. 3 levels gives plenty of room for an oil change:)

[tsx_guy]

yah i got a set of 12000lb ramps for $40 at autozone the other week.

what the hell do you have that weighs 12000lbs?

edit
oh jerry rigging....right...i was confused.

[GTConversion]

I was confused for a minute too 6i.. jury rigging = jerry rigging.

"Jerry-rigged" was also employed by British troops during World War Two to refer to the German use of scavenged parts to keep vehicles and weapons functional, based on the use of "jerry" as a pejorative term for German soldiers.

[kingtut]

Ughh...GT, why do you always feel the need to interject your apparent superior intelligence?...like I'm being graded by my old fifth grade teacher or something. I'm sure there are tons of others on this forum to keep you busy all day with their lack of proper grammar and spelling.

Personally, the two terms are interchangeable and have come to mean the same thing. You should be happy! You see, I've "evolved to accept a new-found definition of a once accurate word". Honestly, I could care less about the historical nature of that particular word. Here I was thinking you were going to tie this term into me somehow being unaccepting or prejudice:rolleyes:

[GTConversion]

Wait what? I said I was confused. I had to look it up, because I didn't know what it meant. I'd grown up with "jerry-rigged", which if wikipedia is to be believed is a bastardization of jury-rigged. I was saying that I learned something new, rather than the opposite?

And being from Detroit, I'm actually more familiar with another 'rigged' pejorative ("tigger rigged?"). That's the one I'd be worried about if you were expecting me to launch into a PC parade.

I thought the ramp was cool too Particularly so because I know if I tried to make something like that I'd end up gluing it to the floor or something with my mechanical aptitude (or lack thereof).

[tbot]

lol...funny

[tsx_guy]

tut is jerry-rigged. LOL

[GTConversion]

I jury-rigged your mother.

[kingtut]

lol...funny

Leave it to tut and GT to stir things up:D

Well poop, if you were serious I stand corrected. I took your comments as condescending, but what do I know:lol:

[Regulator]

I might need to jerry rigg myself a pair of these so I can jerry rig towstraps to hold up my rear diff soon

[kingtut]

I might need to jerry rigg myself a pair of these so I can jerry rig towstraps to hold up my rear diff soon

*cough*...technically, it's "jury" rig

I dun der lyk a'mine boyah'