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Old 12-09-2020, 09:33 AM   #31 (permalink)
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90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
tomorrow I need to:
  1. Buy 4 posts.
  2. Jack up each corner of the shed.
  3. Take 2x6es out of the shed and lay them down under each corner.
  4. Slide a post under each corner and lower it back down.
  5. Loop my big cargo strap and my tow strap; run them around the shed, and attach that with a good cargo strap to the digging bar.
  6. Crank, man, crank!
[Maybe I won't leave it on the rollers]

Timelapse video, please!

What's a digging bar?

For some reason I picture you doing something like this sunken Honda rescue from Russia ...





Skip ahead to 33 seconds.


But that would require you have a spare tree trunk to use as a lever, which would obviate the search for cheap posts to use as rollers.

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