I had to boost my truck once with a few feet of #12. Romex. Too small for the amperage load, but the trick is to let the good vehicle run for several minutes so it can put a partial charge in the dead battery before trying to start.
The best “working with what you’ve got” image that I’ve seen was of two African soldiers with their Landcruisers side on, using their AKs as jumper leads.
What fricking ranch hand doesn't have 50 lbs of tools rolling around in the bed of his truck? Along with an ice chest, no ice, warm beer, and a dozen empty cans of skoal on the dash. And that's the best they can do?
Once had to jump a guy on a woods road and couldn't get in front of him so I pulled my cables apart, hooked them together + to + and touched bumpers for ground. Way before plastic bumpers.
I was going to say the same thing. Of course the plastic bumpers of today don't work. I've been in situations where you couldn't get to the front of the vehical ya wanted to jump. Hook the two cables together to make a length, hot to hot and them run your front bumper in the back bumper of the car yer jumping. Works like a charm.
Shortly after I inherited my father-in-law's '69 Cutlass, we were at Hardee's for breakfast. When we went to leave, the battery was dead. A nice Redneck ( I identify as an Atlanta Cracker, myself. My dad was the Redneck) with a beat up old van offered to give us a jump. The cables I had wouldn't turn over that V8 so the guy took the battery out of his van and put it in the Cutlass for the start. And people look down on poor Southerners. Well, all Southerners, actually.
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ReplyDeleteWould this carry the amperage without frying first?
ReplyDeleteI had to boost my truck once with a few feet of #12. Romex. Too small for the amperage load, but the trick is to let the good vehicle run for several minutes so it can put a partial charge in the dead battery before trying to start.
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The best “working with what you’ve got” image that I’ve seen was of two African soldiers with their Landcruisers side on, using their AKs as jumper leads.
ReplyDeleteWhat fricking ranch hand doesn't have 50 lbs of tools rolling around in the bed of his truck? Along with an ice chest, no ice, warm beer, and a dozen empty cans of skoal on the dash. And that's the best they can do?
ReplyDeleteIf they'd touched bumpers they would only need one wire.
ReplyDeleteOnce had to jump a guy on a woods road and couldn't get in front of him so I pulled my cables apart, hooked them together + to + and touched bumpers for ground. Way before plastic bumpers.
DeleteI was going to say the same thing. Of course the plastic bumpers of today don't work. I've been in situations where you couldn't get to the front of the vehical ya wanted to jump. Hook the two cables together to make a length, hot to hot and them run your front bumper in the back bumper of the car yer jumping. Works like a charm.
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Shortly after I inherited my father-in-law's '69 Cutlass, we were at Hardee's for breakfast. When we went to leave, the battery was dead. A nice Redneck ( I identify as an Atlanta Cracker, myself. My dad was the Redneck) with a beat up old van offered to give us a jump. The cables I had wouldn't turn over that V8 so the guy took the battery out of his van and put it in the Cutlass for the start. And people look down on poor Southerners. Well, all Southerners, actually.
ReplyDeleteHope they had some rubberized gloves handy…..
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