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Caption This for 08/29/14

Posted August 28, 2014 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/28/2014 4:55 PM

New "auto tightening" straps first displayed here on CR4.

Next up, the improbability drive.

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08/29/2014 9:15 AM

You sure that's not Immobility drive?

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/28/2014 5:27 PM

Checking the springs and dampers on the truck.

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/28/2014 5:29 PM

Hey Cokebottles! Did you tie that quad down really good?

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/28/2014 5:59 PM

If you don't have The Club....

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/28/2014 6:11 PM

susanto, Parimalam and two of their anonymous poster EE buddies getting ready to go 4 wheeling.

This tie down thumb rule will never catch on.
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08/28/2014 6:19 PM

They said it would never work?

Regards JD.
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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/28/2014 6:34 PM

You guys wanna go ridin'?

My Daddy finally turned the business over to me, and these were the first two things I bought with the company credit card!

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/29/2014 2:10 PM

You've read my mind, how such a mentally impaired guy would make the money to buy that stuff ?.

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/29/2014 4:53 PM

I see it all the time.

Most of them are probably either selling drugs or spending their parent's hard earned money.

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/28/2014 8:47 PM

Dear respected Guru's, when I put my truck into gear it will only move a few inches then stops....It feels like the brakes are locking up....It was fine just a while ago....What could it be??? Please help!!!

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08/28/2014 9:16 PM

Priceless.
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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/29/2014 10:19 AM

Does the truck squat when you try to take off?

It may be that you are parked over a magnetic anomaly, try facing the other way.

There may be someone passed out under on or more tires. This should be corrected, as wine bottles can cause punctures.

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08/29/2014 1:19 PM

Please re-post under your real identity - "Anonymous Poster" - JHF

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/28/2014 10:37 PM

Gimme a few kilometers and ain't NOBODY getting this tied down ATV.....

Flat tyres and all!!! May need to work on my truck a little.

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Re: caption This for 08/29/14

08/28/2014 10:53 PM

Bumpy ride ahead!

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/28/2014 11:18 PM

I found a cure for my Broken parking brake.

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/28/2014 11:42 PM

Shotgun wedding.
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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/29/2014 6:25 AM

Considering my soon to be ex-wife just kicked me out of the house, she sure was helpful in helping me tie down my ATV to the truck.

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/29/2014 8:17 AM

Hold still Honey and we'll have a Club Car this time next year!

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/29/2014 8:53 AM

A good job that ensures nothing will move and be wayward!

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08/29/2014 10:06 AM

It ain't goin' nowhere now!

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/29/2014 10:41 AM

These free spinning wheel centers get a lot of laughs,

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/29/2014 11:56 AM

Solution: Put down your beer and do it yourself or train wife properly.

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/29/2014 12:49 PM

Wondering if the Chinese reverse engineers will copy, errr steal, the design off the U.S. Patent?

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/29/2014 1:05 PM

See next to last (page 1) of the new Lyndor Publishing "Proper techniques for Load Securement - DOT Approved" book on tying down loads on you pickmup. -- JHF

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/29/2014 1:55 PM

Why is everyone so wound up about this?

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/29/2014 6:05 PM

You laugh, but those tires were flat before I pulled them up with them straps!
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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/29/2014 6:10 PM

I can't think of a witty caption, but this picture is hilarious, mainly because it looks like something someone would actually do without thinking!

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

08/30/2014 9:28 AM

This is how to engage 4WD manually

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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

09/01/2014 2:57 PM

Clearly this truck is more efficient with the tailgate up.
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Re: aption This for 08/29/14

09/02/2014 3:26 PM

"If my calculations are correct, when this baby reaches eighty-eight miles per hour, you're going to see some serious shit!"

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Re: Caption This for 08/29/14

09/04/2014 5:31 PM

Math Quiz: How long will it take for the truck tire to lift off the ground after takeoff?
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Re: Caption This for 08/29/14

10/11/2014 6:47 PM

''MIT theory seems to be slightly at odds with Bubba Joe's practice...''

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