In article LZJ8g.18374$ZW3.11673@dukeread04,
"Jim Macklin" wrote:

My family told me that when I was about 3 years old I
released the brake on the family car, while it was parked in
the neighbor's drive and I steered it down the hill
backwards about 150 feet, across the road and into the
ditch. Too bad they didn't have video cameras back in
1948-49, the video could be sold to TV.

You can buy some of those pre-cast concrete parking lot
stops and make your own curb. Find an inclinometer (the
ball part of a T&B) and mount two of them so you can tell
whether the vehicle is parked level in both front to rear
and side to side. You could just use a 6 inch spirtit
level, but this an aviation group. I had a Danforth anchor
in my Jeep CJ7, to use with the winch when there were trees,
posts or vehicles to attach to when I needed to pull myself
out of a spot, but if you had two small Danforth anchors and
3 feet of chain on the front and rear bumpers, you could
sound your bell, set you lights, pipe in the watch and drop
anchor, this would be good practice for when you get your
seaplane rating.


3 feet of chain may not provide the proper scope. G