What is this? - Page 112

Flint · 10-09-2011, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyt

... and yes I Know they are Big Fucking Metal Bars ...

I love that you guys still say this. I don't discriminate between "laughing with" and "laughing at" --I'll take either one.

GunMaster357 · 10-09-2011, 05:46 AM

These look like steel bars used in building construction to reinforce a concrete structure.

zippyt · 10-09-2011, 02:52 PM

Nope

Lamplighter · 10-09-2011, 03:02 PM

Zippyt, don't you have something to do with large (weighing) scales ?
Maybe there in a new huge scale in your future.

zippyt · 10-09-2011, 03:15 PM

Oh they get weighed. but No its Not a Scale

GunMaster357 · 10-09-2011, 06:41 PM

Some propeller shafts maybe?

glatt · 10-09-2011, 06:48 PM

They are huge, so the obvious answer is a drive shaft for something big. Like a ship. But they could also be for some sort of manuffacturing. Like maybe the shaft for a roller in a carpet factory.

ZenGum · 10-09-2011, 09:19 PM

(a) are you getting enough dietary fibre, Zippy?

(b) axle for the missing (second-to-) back axle of that truck.

(c) I doubt drive shafts, beacuse (c.1) I can't see any attachment points at the end and (c.2) There is a big pile of these things in the background. Too darn many for drive shafts.

So, despite (c.1) I'm going for ... dunno what they are called ... when they're drilling for oil or whatever, and they've got the drill bit into the earth, they need to keep putting extension bars on it to keep going deeper. Probably wrong, 'cause I think the drill thingies should be hollow, but oh well.

zippyt · 10-09-2011, 09:35 PM

Does this help ??

BFMB2 by zippyt, on Flickr

ZenGum · 10-09-2011, 09:38 PM

Definitely not drilling thingies, then.

Reverting to what I was originally going to guess ... rollers for an industrial size conveyor belt / roller-slide thingy.

My vocab sucks at this stuff.

ZenGum · 10-09-2011, 09:42 PM

I'm puzzled by the trucks. They're obviously not limited by space, so it must be by weight. If they had chosen trucks with a third back axle, they could carry more weight, which means more of these tube thingies per trip, and save costs. yet they didn't.

Is this a red herring?

zippyt · 10-09-2011, 09:43 PM

How about now ??

BFMB3 by zippyt, on Flickr

wolf · 10-09-2011, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyt

How about now ??

No, because they are looking less and less like torpedoes.

zippyt · 10-09-2011, 09:44 PM

They are Rail car Axles ,

Photo070 by zippyt, on Flickr

ZenGum · 10-09-2011, 09:45 PM

Whoah, are those big suckers on the truck blanks that get cut down on a lathe or something?

10-09-2011, 05:46 AM	#2
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	These look like steel bars used in building construction to reinforce a concrete structure. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

10-09-2011, 02:52 PM	#3
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Nope __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-09-2011, 03:15 PM	#5
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Oh they get weighed. but No its Not a Scale __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-09-2011, 06:41 PM	#6
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	Some propeller shafts maybe? __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

10-09-2011, 09:19 PM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	(a) are you getting enough dietary fibre, Zippy? (b) axle for the missing (second-to-) back axle of that truck. (c) I doubt drive shafts, beacuse (c.1) I can't see any attachment points at the end and (c.2) There is a big pile of these things in the background. Too darn many for drive shafts. So, despite (c.1) I'm going for ... dunno what they are called ... when they're drilling for oil or whatever, and they've got the drill bit into the earth, they need to keep putting extension bars on it to keep going deeper. Probably wrong, 'cause I think the drill thingies should be hollow, but oh well. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-09-2011, 03:02 PM	#4
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Zippyt, don't you have something to do with large (weighing) scales ? Maybe there in a new huge scale in your future.

10-09-2011, 06:48 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	They are huge, so the obvious answer is a drive shaft for something big. Like a ship. But they could also be for some sort of manuffacturing. Like maybe the shaft for a roller in a carpet factory.

10-09-2011, 09:35 PM	#9
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Does this help ?? BFMB2 by zippyt, on Flickr __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-09-2011, 09:38 PM	#10
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Definitely not drilling thingies, then. Reverting to what I was originally going to guess ... rollers for an industrial size conveyor belt / roller-slide thingy. My vocab sucks at this stuff. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-09-2011, 09:42 PM	#11
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I'm puzzled by the trucks. They're obviously not limited by space, so it must be by weight. If they had chosen trucks with a third back axle, they could carry more weight, which means more of these tube thingies per trip, and save costs. yet they didn't. Is this a red herring? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-09-2011, 09:43 PM	#12
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	How about now ?? BFMB3 by zippyt, on Flickr __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-09-2011, 09:44 PM	#14
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	They are Rail car Axles , Photo070 by zippyt, on Flickr __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-09-2011, 09:45 PM	#15
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Whoah, are those big suckers on the truck blanks that get cut down on a lathe or something? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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