As you may well of heard, the UK is in the midst of an almighty Arctic mini ice-age which has closed all the roads/railways/airports and caused the country to grind to a halt while we work out what all this white stuff is.
By this I mean that we've had around two inches of snow and the country has become totally broken.
Where I live there aren't too many decent sized hills to go sledging on, that and trudging back up a hill in the cold gets old pretty quick.
If you've been around facepunch for a while you'll probably know how I like to [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=130750]get creative[/url] when confronted by [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=634155]such problems[/url].
Anyway, we searched around for a bit looking for something we could use as a toboggan, with no joy. Then we had the bright idea of using the bonnet of my truck.....
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(I bought the truck for £300 several years ago for fun and [url=http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs115.snc1/4844_103375336716_592776716_2572600_1064555_n.jpg]general carting stuff about[/url], and it's certainly [url=http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs115.snc1/4844_103378921716_592776716_2572666_6065775_n.jpg]been through some scrapes[/url].)
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This was fun for a while, but then we realised it was missing something.
Yes, a take-off ramp....
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Got the machine out to scrape a bit of snow up, and the ramp was born...
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After we'd finished I put the bonnet back and it was good as new (sort of)...
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Also, only eat yellow snow if the discolouration is due to lager...
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So yeah, that was how I spent my Sunday afternoon.
Beer & bruises, the perfect combination.
If you still give a shit there's some more photos on [url=http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=150770&id=592776716]facebook[/url].
Not a good idea giving out your Facebook profile to a bunch of lonely 13 year old nerds.
Cool, but it's better with a hill and a real sled.
i'm surprised you didn't dent it
I wish i had thought of this when it was snowing last week.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;19566767]Not a good idea giving out your Facebook profile to a bunch of lonely 13 year old nerds.[/QUOTE]
I don't add people unless I know them, so that doesn't bother me too much.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;19566767]Not a good idea giving out your Facebook profile to a bunch of lonely 13 year old nerds.[/QUOTE]
Yeah because a bunch of "lonely 13 year old nerds" (your words, not mine) are really going to hunt him down. Anyway, looks pretty awesome to me, too bad we never get snow here around Norfolk D:
I wish I had snow. :saddowns:
fuckin a man i thought i was the man buildin cool shit with skidloaders what not but jesus christ thats a front end loader.
[QUOTE=Gorgonoth;19566809]Yeah because a bunch of "lonely 13 year old nerds" (your words, not mine) are really going to hunt him down. Anyway, looks pretty awesome to me, too bad we never get snow here around Norfolk D:[/QUOTE]
Come live in Norfolk in the UK, we've had plenty.
that is fucking AWESOME.
Why the fuck does america escort you off your own property if you do that.
[QUOTE=AxisofIdiocy;19566847]fuckin a man i thought i was the man buildin cool shit with skidloaders what not but jesus christ thats a front end loader.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, last time we had this one...
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Now got a bigger one...
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fuckkin baddass man.
I wish I had a car bonnet to go tabogoning.
I wish we had snow :(
What happened here?
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but uh
doesn't the term redneck apply to people from the southern united states
wow you brits call the hood of your car a bonnet that is just about the weirdest thing I've heard what is your car a baby ??
[QUOTE=Daman3456;19567711]wow you brits call the hood of your car a bonnet that is just about the weirdest thing I've heard what is your car a baby ??[/QUOTE]
I'm in Australia and no one calls it a "hood".
Bonnet is the gayest name for anything.
Call it a hood like a real American. :patriot:
[QUOTE=gamefreek76;19569108]Bonnet is the gayest name for anything.
Call it a hood like a real American. :patriot:[/QUOTE]
But you don't put it over your head on cold/wet days...
[QUOTE=Kamern;19569201]But you don't put it over your head on cold/wet days...[/QUOTE]
I could say the same for a bonnet.
[QUOTE=gamefreek76;19569282]I could say the same for a bonnet.[/QUOTE]
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Uh...
I need one of those for my dick.
i did this exact same thing with a plastic bed liner
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like this
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tied behind a jeep wranger
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it seats like 4
Fosters, really?
Whoa nice air time.
i have done this too except with a snowmobile and a pulk
Fuck you and your snow, it was 45 degrees (Celsius) in Melbourne today. People where worried that most of the state might burn down.
Shit like this makes me wish I lived on a farm.
We've got some family friends who own an island off the coast of Ireland who get up to similar shit. They've got more vehicles and land than they know what to do with.
Someone died doing that exact same thing last year, I think.
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