"RacinBob" (racinbob)
05/13/2018 at 18:19 • Filed to: None
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"RacinBob" (racinbob)
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Robots for moving your trailer...
Urambo Tauro
> RacinBob
05/13/2018 at 18:29 |
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Warning: do NOT look at the prices while eating or drinking anything.
https://www.trailervalet.com/shop/rvr/
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> RacinBob
05/13/2018 at 18:31 |
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That is seriously cool. I wonder how it does on a slope, particularly for braking, since I don’t know many folks with a driveway approaching anything even relatively close to level.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> RacinBob
05/13/2018 at 18:33 |
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Sounds like a good base for my Battlebot
daender
> Urambo Tauro
05/13/2018 at 18:51 |
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Huh, I expected it to be a lot more expensive. Hell, a robot for FIRST competition can not exceed $4,000 in value and it sure as hell won’t look as good or perform as well at that!
winterlegacy, here 'till the end
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
05/13/2018 at 18:58 |
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Considering the gearing required, I don’t think it would be too much of a problem.
However they do say the maximum grade it should handle is 5º, so...
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> RacinBob
05/13/2018 at 19:04 |
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That’s really cool
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RacinBob
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
05/13/2018 at 19:20 |
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I recall the video indicated it can do up to a 5 degree slope.
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RacinBob
> Urambo Tauro
05/13/2018 at 19:23 |
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First world problems come with first world prices!
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> Urambo Tauro
05/13/2018 at 19:41 |
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Ball size converter. Heh.
Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
> RacinBob
05/13/2018 at 19:52 |
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A gadget for the wealthy and incompetent.
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> RacinBob
05/13/2018 at 20:03 |
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My grandfather had something that did the same job that was old by the time I was born in the 1980s. I couldn’t imagine it was this expensive.
functionoverfashion
> RacinBob
05/13/2018 at 21:04 |
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That would have been amazing when I worked for a marina, and we stored a lot of trailered boats in a huge warehouse. I spent a lot of time backing trailers into spaces with near-zero clearance, totally blind, and by myself. We used a small electric forklift with a ball on one of the forks a lot of the time - it was a lot more maneuverable than a pickup truck - but still you can’t see behind the boat. So there was a fair bit of wrestling by hand, too.
Someone else in the building had a gas-powered thing that you could use to move trailers, basically like a lawn mower with a ball on top and wheels that were powered, but it was so loud and slow, and you had to lower the trailer down to it so far, I never ended up using it. This would have been amazing.
itranthelasttimeiparkedit
> Urambo Tauro
05/13/2018 at 21:09 |
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Thats kind of what I was expecting for something like this. If I had an airstream and a big garage like that, might be worth it though to be able to tuck it out of the way...
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> RacinBob
05/13/2018 at 21:30 |
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My grandpa had something like this with a hydraulically-lifted ball and an electric motor (forward/reverse). It could be powered from a wall or from my grandpa’s truck.
DipodomysDeserti
> RacinBob
05/13/2018 at 23:29 |
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1st world solution to camping: trailers. Not actually cool at all.
Matsayz
> RacinBob
05/14/2018 at 00:33 |
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Come at me Bro. I bought one of these for my workplace. It’s AMAZING!!!