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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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First, wear your dust mask. Who knows where these machines have been?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Part of the ~~suction~~ solution was to simply over-engineer things, which is why old anything mechanical is seriously robust.

Looking at cars, an A-arm from a 1950's vehicle can easily weigh 2x-5x more than in a similar new vehicle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Good point. I run a lot of old equipment and compared to what new stuff could handle, I absolutely abuse it.

My flatbed "1-ton" F350 used to be a grain truck. 1 ton of grain wouldn't even fill half the box.

I can put 4 round bales on the deck, well over 2 tons, and the overload spring pack isn't even touching the mounts yet. It was overbuilt, all right.