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[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 hours ago

I bought a locker a while back, like the kind you would find in the employee room of a closing bed bath and beyond. It didn't quite fit as expected so we ended up just tying the back hatch as closed as it could with a single rope and took back roads the whole way home. I don't think we went above 20mph for fear of the damage this giant steel box would cause if it fell out. Also got a tetanus shot the next day because I managed to rip my hand on its rusted foot. Good times, I love that locker

[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 23 points 4 hours ago

I worked at home depot, and our manager made people sign a form before having a Hi-Lo load a pallet of floor tile into their truck because it would cause their suspension to bottom out. They'd do it, and drive off with zero leeway on their shocks.

We had one guy come in bragging about how his super-expensive hydraulic suspension could handle it. We loaded 2 pallets of tile into his truck bed. I bet he felt every little crack in the road driving to the job site.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 11 points 3 hours ago

Imagine buying truck just for this moment and then screwed up the loading part.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 hours ago (4 children)
[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Plural of genre. Still should have been singular "genre" though, unless there are multiple genera of these images.

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I think the word genre comes directly from the french word ("genre", meaning "type"), which in the plural form is "genres". I don't think "genera" means anything, it's probably a typo

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

"Genera" is a plural form of "genus" (i.e. also "type," but in the fancy scientific sense used in taxonomy).

[–] proti@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

it's very much ai,
generation?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that's Italian for genre. Or a weird typo/autocorrect error/both 😁

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

nope. it's the plural.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 76 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

The guy with a truck had a concept of a plan

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 34 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

You all laugh, but one time I was young, dumb, and just did what people told me to do.

In this regard, I found myself pulling a grain auger on a much-too-small flat deck trailer. The trailer was maybe 10ft long by 6 ft wide, so we put one wheel of the grain auger on the deck, and one on the external tail light of the trailer which was relatively sturdy. 'are you sure this is a good idea?' 'fuck it, she'll go. Just go slow'

So I start driving. No immediate problems. Turns out that going down a major, winding hill at the 100 km posted speed limit is not a good idea with an awkward load. It's also a pretty interesting time to figure out that if you brake, you make the trailer sway worse. Hmm so speed up it is! Started at the top of the hill at about 90 km/hr and came out for it at about 120 km/hr. Lol.

And that's just one of the times I shoulda died! Whee.

This is also why I mentor the fuck out of any junior I work with. too many stories like this.

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 12 points 3 hours ago

I've also got a story of other people saying "it'll be fine" while I should have been thinking for myself.

I used to be a garbage truck driver. I was sent to pick up a bin at some fishing club. It was at the end of a dead end road. I drove my truck to the end hoping there would be enough room to turn the truck around. Of course there wasn't. That's when I should've just decided to back out, but I didn't. I asked the members of that club if the garbage truck usually turns around or backs out. They said "sure you can turn it on the grass, they do that all the time".

So I started turning, one small moment later, I was stuck in the grass. My back wheels just kept slipping and digging in deeper. I putting gravel and wooden boards under the wheels, but nothing really worked. In the end we got like 6 of the fingers to push the truck (10.000+kg) out of the grass.... and they fucking did it! It took a little back and forth, but we managed to get the truck out with teamwork.

It was a pretty stupid decision of mine, but I learned from it. It was 10 years ago, but I still remember it well,because it was just and awesome experience of teamwork and humanity.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I keep looking at it wondering ... Why? The others are common. The truck, however took a little special reasoning.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 11 points 4 hours ago

Underestimating the bed rail loading. I'd love to make a Ford joke, but let's be real, all truck beds would crumple like that.

[–] Avg@lemm.ee 20 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

They will rent you a fucking truck, it isn't that expensive either.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 17 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

in my experience, it's better to fuck in a van.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 hours ago

Really it depends. Truck fucking can be way more fun, if you can find somewhere to bend over the tailgate while getting railed. It's really quite exhilarating. But if you're in the cab, van is definitely better.

[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online 34 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Once again the minivan heavy portfolio pays.

*The damage to the drywall was like that from the store it was 75% off and being used to make some patches and fill a small renovation.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Not only did I haul drywall home in a minivan, I even had the foresight to buy a couple of 2x4s to act as rails to slide it on so the edges wouldn't get chewed up by the rounded rear hatch opening.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 27 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

See also: people struggling to fit IKEA packages in their vehicle.

Bonus: while the cursed, multi-directional-wheeled carts roll out from under them.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 points 6 hours ago

I prefer stuck mining equipment tbh

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

Wow, a biblically accurate Honda accord

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Believe me, those folks with the small cars had a plan. They just got carried away. Always amazed at what I can get into my Yaris with a little creative thinking.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Concepts of home improvement.

That, or they got the idea from watching Home Improvement.

[–] francisfordpoopola@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Listen Linda.... Sometimes you go to HD, buy stuff, and then forget you have to get it home.