#8….classic example of more money than brains. If they’d just aired the tires down to 10 psi they coulda driven all over that beach. Sand needs low tire pressures. Even a Jeep Rubicon with both axle lockers locked up is going to get stuck in sand if you’re running +30 psi street pressure in the tires.
#1: Was there ever any doubt it would be a Boeing? #5: My parents had a 2005 Montana. Surprisingly reliable vehicle but it had a few problems with the lock mechanism on the driver side door. The dealership people absolutely hated having to work on it, apparently it's a nightmare to deal with. #10: Maybe I'm lucky but this has never happened to me in 50 years.
"#1: Was there ever any doubt it would be a Boeing? . . ."
The aircraft is ten years old. Using very conservative numbers, that airframe has well north of three thousand landings (I my true guess would be twice that).
Given it's age, the number of successful landings, that fact that it's not happened before to either that aircraft or any of the other three hundred and fifty Boeings in FedEx's fleet I'd say that this incident was either due to a maintenance slip up or and act of God.
#2 is an excellent demonstration of parallel parking in a tight space.
#8 - ha ha ha ha ! Intellectual superiority at work, in real life. Cybertruck weighs almost 7,000 lb, empty. Aired-down tires won't help as much as you might think, and electric motors spin dem wheels mighty easy - not as simple as easing yourself out with a gas engine / auto trans.
#5 I have a car with that same issue. Problem is the car is 30 years old and finding parts...
ReplyDeleteYup - that and lots of parts are crap now.
Delete#8 I saw one of those in front of me at a traffic light two days ago. Uglier in person than pictures.
ReplyDelete#8….classic example of more money than brains. If they’d just aired the tires down to 10 psi they coulda driven all over that beach. Sand needs low tire pressures. Even a Jeep Rubicon with both axle lockers locked up is going to get stuck in sand if you’re running +30 psi street pressure in the tires.
ReplyDelete#1 - Another 737?
ReplyDeleteNope, a ten year old FedEx B-767.
Delete#7. Clean shorts, please.
ReplyDelete#1: Was there ever any doubt it would be a Boeing?
ReplyDelete#5: My parents had a 2005 Montana. Surprisingly reliable vehicle but it had a few problems with the lock mechanism on the driver side door. The dealership people absolutely hated having to work on it, apparently it's a nightmare to deal with.
#10: Maybe I'm lucky but this has never happened to me in 50 years.
"#1: Was there ever any doubt it would be a Boeing? . . ."
DeleteThe aircraft is ten years old. Using very conservative numbers, that airframe has well north of three thousand landings (I my true guess would be twice that).
Given it's age, the number of successful landings, that fact that it's not happened before to either that aircraft or any of the other three hundred and fifty Boeings in FedEx's fleet I'd say that this incident was either due to a maintenance slip up or and act of God.
Use reasoning, not emotions.
#2 is an excellent demonstration of parallel parking in a tight space.
ReplyDelete#8 - ha ha ha ha ! Intellectual superiority at work, in real life. Cybertruck weighs almost 7,000 lb, empty. Aired-down tires won't help as much as you might think, and electric motors spin dem wheels mighty easy - not as simple as easing yourself out with a gas engine / auto trans.
My surf fishing RV van weighs 10,020lbs and has no trouble driving around on the beach with 31x10.50-17 BF Goodrich A/T tires at 10 psi.
Delete#10???
ReplyDeleteHis oven-safe baking dish wasn't.
DeleteI just saw a CyberTruck last Friday in Eagleville Pa. It was the most ridiculous, ugly, look-at-me vehicle I've ever seen. Different strokes I guess.
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