Re: SER1 Deviation from Lab prep subject....

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Bruce Stewart wrote:
> As I get older I'm becoming more of a Ludite, maybe it old timers
> disease......at 41
not at all...

I also know a load of people with all the toys... and mostly useless
ones. (I'm not going to be drawn on whether the toys are useless, or the
people ;-) )
Who needs a tilt-meter?
  My nerve runs out before the 80 falls over
Who needs a pitch-meter?
   going up: If I can't climb it, it's too steep.
   going down: If there's  a vertical step, no thanks.
      Straight down isn't a problem, it's when you try to
      go sideways you run into problems.

A GPS is useful: for mapping routes, and for getting an idea of the best
way to a specific location, but not as a definite route-planner.. and
mine is used with a laptop :-)

Roll cage? Yup: but then, I push my motors to such a degree that they
may fall over

Winch? One of them: the one I use for exploring and route-finding (and
tree-felling & wood hauling, and balloon-tethering)

High-Lift? Yup - it's got me out of many a hole

Ropes and Strops? Yup - used them all, sometimes several at once!

Skid-plates? Yes on the trials motor, not yet on the hybrid

Steering guard? not on either, but I'm thinking about it

Diff Guards? Nope: but I may weld extra metal onto the front diff of the
hybrid sometime

Bucket seats? there's a pair in the hybrid, and they are a *pain* to get
in and out of... none in the trials motor.

I need to work out how to affix a felling axe, a hedge-knife (like a
long-handled machette), a pair of loppers, and a bow-saw into the hybrid
(because I keep taking them with me)

        -- 
        
 Ian Stuart: Code Gorilla, Perl Laghu, & Land Rover fettler
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