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<blockquote data-quote="Idaman" data-source="post: 769563" data-attributes="member: 14119"><p>Some observation of interesting activities along the eighty mile road from the paved highway to the headquarters at Empire. It seemed that almost every time we went out to town, which was about once a month or less we would see something happening along the way.</p><p></p><p>One time a neighbor was swathing hay and the road to Gang Ranch and Empire ran right along the edge of his fields. An old car filled with Indian people was going along that road when it stopped. The occupants got out, raised the hood and worked under there for a while. Soon they must have been satisfied that it would run again so they all got back in and prepared for departure but the cussed thing wouldn't start. The battery must have been dead. There were four or five young men in the car so pushing should not have been a problem. However the car had stalled in the bottom of a dip in the road so pushing by the occupants was almost impossible. Their activities were somewhat limited by the amount of their intoxication.</p><p></p><p>There was quite a lengthy and at times heated discussion about the best course of action. Soon they hit upon an idea that all could agree on and they immediately put the plan into action. They raised one rear wheel of the car off of the ground by making a lever system using some old poles that were lying along the road next to the fence. Once the wheel was four or five inches off the ground they produced a lariat rope from the trunk of the car and wound the rope around the tire several times leaving about ten feet to pull on. Thus if they could pull the rope out fast enough, with enough momentum and force the car should start. Now they had the problem of deciding just which one would do the task of holding the clutch in long enough and then engaging it at just the right time to cause the momentum to start the car. Probably the decision hinged on just who was too drunk to pull on the rope. They "gently" placed this most inebriated one behind the steering wheel with loud and certain but maybe confusing instructions.</p><p></p><p>The other four positioned themselves along the rope and prepared to run with the end of the rope and spin the tire. Amazingly they wound the rope around the wheel in the right direction. That simply meant this wasn't the first time they had employed this ingenious idea. The clutch depressed and the four took off at high speed and the wheel spun beautifully. All should have gone well except the driver forgot to let the clutch out and after the rope unwound from the tire the four who were leaning into their pull so hard that they all fell down in a heap. Next some rewound the tire and the others dragged the driver out and tuned on him some or at least enough to make him remember to let the clutch out next time.</p><p></p><p>The next pull the driver sure didn't want to not let the clutch out so he let it out almost immediately and jerked the four pullers to the ground before they had gotten enough momentum to keep the wheel spinning. Again some rewound the tire while the others "educated" the poor driver. There were a couple more failed attempts but finally it all came together somewhat by mistake and the engine started. They put the car in neutral, lowered it off of the block and were ready for travel. They all piled back in with a new driver and raced on to wherever they were headed in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Idaman, post: 769563, member: 14119"] Some observation of interesting activities along the eighty mile road from the paved highway to the headquarters at Empire. It seemed that almost every time we went out to town, which was about once a month or less we would see something happening along the way. One time a neighbor was swathing hay and the road to Gang Ranch and Empire ran right along the edge of his fields. An old car filled with Indian people was going along that road when it stopped. The occupants got out, raised the hood and worked under there for a while. Soon they must have been satisfied that it would run again so they all got back in and prepared for departure but the cussed thing wouldn’t start. The battery must have been dead. There were four or five young men in the car so pushing should not have been a problem. However the car had stalled in the bottom of a dip in the road so pushing by the occupants was almost impossible. Their activities were somewhat limited by the amount of their intoxication. There was quite a lengthy and at times heated discussion about the best course of action. Soon they hit upon an idea that all could agree on and they immediately put the plan into action. They raised one rear wheel of the car off of the ground by making a lever system using some old poles that were lying along the road next to the fence. Once the wheel was four or five inches off the ground they produced a lariat rope from the trunk of the car and wound the rope around the tire several times leaving about ten feet to pull on. Thus if they could pull the rope out fast enough, with enough momentum and force the car should start. Now they had the problem of deciding just which one would do the task of holding the clutch in long enough and then engaging it at just the right time to cause the momentum to start the car. Probably the decision hinged on just who was too drunk to pull on the rope. They “gently” placed this most inebriated one behind the steering wheel with loud and certain but maybe confusing instructions. The other four positioned themselves along the rope and prepared to run with the end of the rope and spin the tire. Amazingly they wound the rope around the wheel in the right direction. That simply meant this wasn’t the first time they had employed this ingenious idea. The clutch depressed and the four took off at high speed and the wheel spun beautifully. All should have gone well except the driver forgot to let the clutch out and after the rope unwound from the tire the four who were leaning into their pull so hard that they all fell down in a heap. Next some rewound the tire and the others dragged the driver out and tuned on him some or at least enough to make him remember to let the clutch out next time. The next pull the driver sure didn’t want to not let the clutch out so he let it out almost immediately and jerked the four pullers to the ground before they had gotten enough momentum to keep the wheel spinning. Again some rewound the tire while the others “educated” the poor driver. There were a couple more failed attempts but finally it all came together somewhat by mistake and the engine started. They put the car in neutral, lowered it off of the block and were ready for travel. They all piled back in with a new driver and raced on to wherever they were headed in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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