Rolling downhill inside a cable drum - GIF

[Altair]

Rolling downhill inside a cable drum.




Previously:

How cable drums are made - video
Cable stripping machine - GIF
How electrical cables are made - GIF

[Frank S]

Did we get to issue a couple Darwin awards

[Frank S]

One of my Uncles bought new tires for one of the tractors. the old ones were just laying there and were just too tempting to us boys and girl cousins, We just had to roll them around. With no steep hills on the farm and the tires were just barely wide enough for the youngest of us to get inside we stuffed my youngest cousin and my little sister in 1 of them. 4 of us boys ran along side rolling the tire with the youngers screaming to the tops of their lungs while the girl cousins ran behind cheering everyone on. All was fun even for the 2 inside until the slope quickened just enough for the tire to get away from us and rolled into the stock pond. the middle of the winter is not a good time to be stuffed inside of a tire and it laying flat in 2 feet of water. Both of them managed to crawl out of the tire and crawl to the shore just about the time the rest of us had reached the pond. We hastily built a fire had them strip off their clothes and dried them and their clothes off but we still had to retrieve the tire. Now skinny dipping was a big thing for all of us in the summer time but in 40° weather 8 naked kids 5 boys and 3 girls ranging in ages from 7 to 15 scrambling around trying to extricate a 200 lb tractor tire stuck in the mud was a scene not even Norman Rockwell could have thought of

[Jon]

I like when it comes back for seconds.

[Frank S]

I like when it comes back for seconds.

That was retribution for cutting a large enough hole in one end so the guys could get inside and roll it down hill in the first place causing it to loose half its core.
Those wooden spools have feelings too you know.

[Jon]

For when there are no hills nearby.

[Big Sexy]

This stuff makes feel all warm and fuzzy!

[TrickieDickie]

Thank you Frank it had to be stated

[high-side]

Rolling downhill inside a cable drum.

<video controls autoplay loop> <source src="https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net/downhill_inside_cable_spool.mp4" type="video/mp4"> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video>


Previously:

How cable drums are made - video
Cable stripping machine - GIF
How electrical cables are made - GIF

I think I recognize some of them from a Bernie Sanders rally I saw the other night.

[old kodger]

though I never thought it possible,...my flabber is gasted