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The following
is a quote from a time gone by:
"You
haven't seen a four-wheeler fly until you've seen ours being
jerked to an abrupt stop by a parachute made from a tarp.
The parachute is about 15'x15' square. The first day that we
tried this, the wind was blowing about 40mph and we would
deploy the chute at a ground speed of about 35mph. The force
of this was enough to lift the rear-end of the 1000lb+ four
wheeler off of the ground and stop it in less than 15 feet,
then pull it backwards. This was one of the most fun rides
that we ever made. One time I went too fast and the rope
broke, so maybe we will add a second parachute or
something."
Unfortunately,
the four wheeler was recently traded for a finish mower, so
there will be no more experiments involving parachuting
ATV's. Maybe we could try something with one of the
garden tractors.
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