D'oh! A new first...

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.



--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P
ASMEL-ASES

--
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But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
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"Jim Burns" wrote in
message ...
| LOL... "in the country" "1/4 mile from the road" the
township's road
| department doesn't "do" curbs. They do ditches, but just
barely, and only
| along the town roads.... but I get your drift. On the
other hand, if it
| HAD been parked at an angle, it still would have rolled
and there would have
| been no chance at all to miss the trees.
|
| Jim
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:mMH8g.18372$ZW3.11356@dukeread04...
| If your drive is sloped you might want to park at an
angle
| so the car won't roll, or chock it against the curb,
| remember the drivers' manual...how to park on a hill?
Turn
| your wheels so the car would roll into the curb.
|
|
|
| "Jim Burns" wrote in
| message
...
| |A few years ago I came home from work and noticed that
my
| wife's car wasn't
| | in the driveway as normal. I simply assumed that she
| wasn't home yet, but
| | after entering the house and finding her there, I
| naturally asked where the
| | car was. "In the driveway" I was told but then
corrected
| her that no it
| | really wasn't. Hmm.... where's the car?! We
instantly
| thought that someone
| | had stole it as we always leave the keys in it, but
living
| in the country a
| | 1/4 mile off the road, never worry about it.
| |
| | So we both tear out the door and look at the spot that
the
| car normally sits
| | (as if it should magically appear)... nope no car. We
| look around the yard
| | (as if the kids had taken it to play with in the
| sandbox)... no car. So I
| | start walking down the driveway and finally spot
it....
| buried deep in the
| | underbrush of the little oak woods that our driveway
| dissects on it's way up
| | the hill to our garage. The car had backed "itself"
down
| the center of the
| | driveway until it came to the ONLY spot without a 10"
or
| larger oak tree,
| | then turned 90 degrees and continued into the chest
high
| weeds, brush, and
| | undergrowth. Nearly completely hidden from view.
| Considering the steepness
| | of our driveway, we were extremely lucky. If it had
hit
| just a single tree
| | on it's driverless adventure, it would have most
likely
| suffered severe
| | damage.
| |
| | It escaped with only a few scratches and I escaped
with
| only having to spend
| | a couple hours re-adjusting the parking brake.
| |
| | Don't feel bad Jay... someday I'll tell you about the
time
| that I left my
| | car running as I ran into the store in our one
store/horse
| town.... it was
| | gone when I came out...
| |
| | Jim
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