I suppose you could also you use a dog or even a cat, instead of a small child.
The hard part is getting them to lie in front of the car while you drive up
onto
them. Personally I've found that they have a tendency to 'jump out of the way'
at the last moment. Even if you were able to park on top of them, who is going
to clean up the mess afterwards??
Try explaining that one to the humane society or child services ;-)
- Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
San Jose, CA
>Cc: cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com, spridgets@autox.team.net
>Original-From: "R. C. Brown" <rcbrown@ixstar.ih.lucent.com>
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>To: Ajhsys@aol.com
>Original-CC: cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com, spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Can you lift your Spridget?
>
>Does anyone other than me ever wonder if Allen if playing with a
>full deck?
>Bob
>
>Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 9/21/99 11:45:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com writes:
>>
>> << Go ahead and try it. I'll bet a small child is strong enough to lift the
>> car an additional inch or so, which is enough to place the wheel onto the
>> lugs. >>
>>
>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>
>> So you had your rear (of the car) jacked up with the wheel off. I would
>> assume you jacked it up by the frame, and not the axle. Your wife came along
>> and lifted the corner of the car OFF THE JACK high enough to get the wheel
>> back on.
>>
>> I can see lifting the sprung weight of just the body, if the car was jacked
>> up by the axle, but not lifting the entire car including the unsprung weight
>> of the axle. Lifting the body wouldn't change the position of the hub to
>> attach the wheel. You'd have to lift the axle too.
>>
>> The rear corner of a Spridget must weigh about 400 lbs. How much can you
>> bench press...or did your wife clean and jerk that corner of the car?
>>
>> Now we've started an "I've lifted my Spridget" thread!
>>
>> Allen Hefner
>> '77 Midget
>> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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