Camper Design, What Were They Thinking?
I had a call from a friend yesterday to help him with his Cougar 5th wheel. They bought it last fall from CW and have had it in storage this past winter. Moved it to their house to pack and get re...
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fj12ryder wrote:
And broken arms from the crank kicking back were not unheard of either.
And broken/dislocated thumbs, too! My dad taught me before I was a teen that the proper way to grab a starter crank handle was with my thumb tucked right up next to my index finger and NOT wrapped around the handle. Even then, you can still get bit, as I can attest. Starting my dad's 1.5 hp John Deere hit 'n miss and it fired hard and, even with the folding handle, it hit the end of my thumb right at the hinge and jammed it. That was over 10 years ago and it =still= hurts!
Lyle
