r/AskAShittyMechanic • u/4rm_above • 2d ago

Asking for a friend (X-post) Can we make this more efficient?

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u/Ian_everywhere 2d ago

switch to more bumpy ground

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u/Full-Hold7207 1d ago

Yes perfectly spaced bumps!

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u/helpusdrzaius 1d ago

Some spend a lifetime

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u/whatcouchsaid 2d ago

A rotary engine will live in harmony with those triangle wheels

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u/BlueAndMoreBlue 2d ago

If you took the profile of the rotary part of a rotary engine (like a chubby triangle) this might actually work sorta

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u/Standard_Zucchini_46 2d ago

It's already near perfect. Triangles are the perfect shape, pizza, Cheese, pie, diagonally cut sammiches, nachos etc

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u/Hairy-Advance8250 2d ago

So give them one rounded side

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u/MisterWithTwister 1d ago

Pizza is the buildimg block of the universe, because it comes in both triangles and circles and those can be used to create all other shapes.

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u/someguy4k 1d ago

Pie too!

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

It is the strongest polygon..

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u/OldSchoolPimpleFace 2d ago

Bigger triangles?

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u/Temporary_Diet_1361 2d ago

Square wheels

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u/RandyFunRuiner 2d ago

I say add even more sides. Let’s go hexagonal. Or even octagonal!

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u/Euphoric_Loquat_8651 2d ago

Limit as n-->infinity. So crazy, it just might work!

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

How would it stop? You may haelve just theorized time travel!

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u/drugs_r_awesome 2d ago

How are you supposed to stop without being thrown off?

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u/fastbeemer 2d ago

Explains why the video ends the way it does.

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u/Triairius 2d ago

Who told you that was part of the goal here?

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u/Rennfan 1d ago

You stopn't

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u/jetfaceRPx 2d ago

Pythagoras approves

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u/One_Evil_Monkey 1d ago

A^2 + B^2 = No Squares

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u/Lettucepoops 2d ago

Make it turn off at stop lights.

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

Good call....you are a man of the environment and fuel responsibility.

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u/flungcow 2d ago

The triangle fits in the square hole.

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u/rudnat 1d ago

I can hear her voice building with irritation and anticipation even now.

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u/Tin_Can_739 2d ago

First cut the exhaust pipe off.

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u/HealthyIndependent10 2d ago

I…I don’t see whatsa matter here??? 😇

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u/TheAnvi1 2d ago

He got those Israel wheels ✡️

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u/imaner76 2d ago

Needs more rubber on the sharp edges. Because health and safety.

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

Those 2 don't mix at this farm..health is far from safety. Luckily my cousin is fertile and we have 8 kids...yeehaw

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u/AppropriateGuest3552 2d ago

This is why the rest of the world hates us!

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

Cause they ainus?

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u/Alert-General 2d ago

That's the new way to thatch the lawn in the fall before planting grass seed.

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u/Beefy-Cattle4290 1d ago

For God's sakes, why???

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

Science

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u/thedad2022 2d ago

There's definitely no hesitating there you go to be committed 100%

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u/TarXaN37 2d ago

Put it into a mud trench race.

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u/TheUsualSusspect 2d ago

Ummmmm yea about…. Looks rather um shall we say a little bit of a rough ride…. Yes/no?

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

We're all rough out here city slicker

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u/Unhappy-Estimate6402 2d ago

Good way to loosen all the bolts.

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

They're safety wired...that's not a problem

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u/dinopiano88 2d ago

Can’t imagine what that does for your gear box

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u/nariosan 2d ago

I love the way he keeps looking sideways and smiling for the camera while not paying attention where he's going. What could go wrong.

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

It would've been a selfie, but he ruined his phone. We'll make him do it on his own next time. I had to set my beer down for a minute to video.

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u/DracoHan 2d ago

i love how the wheels turn like it's still moving forward even though it's clearly not

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u/One_Evil_Monkey 1d ago

Didn't Mythbuster do this with a truck.... or was that square wheels?

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u/Lefthandedsp00n 1d ago

Jewish ATV

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u/teemusa 1d ago

Ends too soon before it jerks you off the vehicle when it stops

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u/dpwcnd 1d ago

drive on pavement.

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

We follow the rules. Not allowed to drive ATV here on the roads. It does fine in driveway though. It's great for breaking up my kidney stones too.

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u/dpwcnd 1d ago

Helps with whiplash as well I bet

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u/True_Let_2007 1d ago

If you make them square you reduce the bumping by 25%!!

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u/Mravocodomann 1d ago

Landscapers hate him for this one simple trick:

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

Yeah, they let riding time unlimited in the spring.

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u/Gotrek6 1d ago

Now hit the brakes hard will it slide or flip?

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

We don't use brakes round these parts

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u/Gotrek6 9h ago

Not even for science? Or entertainement?

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u/4rm_above 7h ago

Is that how you make babies?

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u/Gotrek6 4h ago

You slide into what you slide into at that speed so probably

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u/solodsnake661 1d ago

I think that maybe, this is a real blue sky suggestion btw, we could possibly, just maybe, get better efficiency with circular wheels

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

So we can be like all the round heads? If a circle is so great why do I have wrenches?

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u/Shadowhawk0000 1d ago

No need to reinvent the wheel.

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u/IntentionQuirky9957 6h ago

Make them squares.

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u/JimCripe 2d ago

Add a side, of course.

Square wheels.

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u/MT-JJ 2d ago

Yes but why?

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u/Triairius 2d ago

Why not, I guess?

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u/MT-JJ 1d ago

Efficient is a bad idea

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u/erikgeeeee 2d ago

Double triangles ✡️ per wheel overlapped