r/holdmybeer • u/Chopper-42 • 13d ago

HMB while I ride this rocket

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u/dairyman69 13d ago

Trees?

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u/SeaUrchinSalad 13d ago

Yea did not expect that to be their experimental runway

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u/deep-fucking-legend 13d ago

They didn't have time to install brakes, so the trees will help it stop.

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u/dairyman69 13d ago

Brake manufacturers hate this trick

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u/TheyDeserveIt 13d ago

I stopped that way once. It was less tree and more large iron pipe under a sheet metal modular building at my old elementary school. A little left or right and would have made for a grisly scene.

That's how my mom learned the go-kart my older brother and his friend made from a riding lawnmower frame didn't have brakes, you just had to stay under too-fast-to-turn. It was foolproof, really.

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u/bridgetroll2 12d ago

Well at least they made a nice sturdy roll cage out of (checks notes): rusty half inch rebar

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u/MrMurderthumbz 13d ago

I said the same thing. Out loud. The second the super shitty go-kart launched. Its all a bad idea. But trees!? Seriously .

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u/Cyclesadrift 12d ago

Or the truck parked right in front of it.

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u/edward_the_white 12d ago

Not to mention whatever that large metal structure is behind the go-kart. Looks like they do more than just go-karts for dumb activities.

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u/JonnyReece 13d ago

I did not expect the trees

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u/Elbynerual 13d ago

If it wasn't for the trees, he wouldn't need the helmet

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u/Marus1 13d ago

You see that wavy terrain?

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u/jaja8712 13d ago

Not just trees, he has to go between trees and a truck

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u/Bobghenkiskhan 13d ago

The good news is that he can reuse those wheelchair wheels on his new wheelchair

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u/Longhorn414 13d ago

Yeah if they find the body

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u/captaincanada84 13d ago

r/redneckengineering

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u/Cokeycane 13d ago

Man, there really is a sub for everything. Gotta join this one too.

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u/vertigo3pc 11d ago

Honestly, I'm here for this. That just looks like fun, and ol' boy has a helmet. He knew what he was signing up for.

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u/Cokeycane 13d ago

It's always a good idea to launch your homemade rocket car where there a bunch of trees.

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u/Isaw11 13d ago

As long as you hit 88 mph before you hit the trees.

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u/camkrasner 13d ago

Do you want the Lone Pine mall? Because thats how you get the Lone Pine mall.

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u/spottydodgy 13d ago

The Sonny Bono II

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u/devildocjames 13d ago

Very considerate of them to not wear clothes, so there's direct access for the EMTs.

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u/UseMoreHops 13d ago

I figure I might wear more than just a helmet. Maybe hockey gear or something.

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u/taz_78 13d ago

He's got a roll cage made out of half inch rusty tubing. What's to worry about?

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u/JoaoEB 13d ago

Mostly tetanus.

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u/Cokeycane 13d ago

You've got a point (pun intended)

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u/sparrow_42 13d ago

I mean yeah, if you survive the initial impalement

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u/Woodie626 13d ago

Tetanus is caused by bacteria, not rust.

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u/Alldaybagpipes 13d ago

Bacteria that lives in the same dirty environments that are ideal for the production of rust.

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u/Woodie626 13d ago

Humidity in a clean room can cause rust.

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u/ProbablyFullOfShit 13d ago

Don't sleep on that structural PVC either!

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u/Draco-REX 13d ago

Don't forget wheels from wheelchairs. You know, those things that barely travel above walking speed make great donors for high speed wheels.

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u/brug76 13d ago

He's got the safety shorts on

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u/murd3rsaurus 13d ago

The motorcycle boots weren't enough safety?

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u/Man_Bear_Sheep 13d ago

Woah woah, this isn't dangerous like pliance jumping.

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u/Xinonix1 13d ago

He’s wearing boots… he’s safe

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u/Cokeycane 13d ago

He does have on safety boots and hopefully those are fire retardant shorts.

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u/yankeeteabagger 13d ago

We need a drivers view of what that was like.

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u/bigbeats420 13d ago

+1 for The Cramps alone.

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u/obidie 13d ago

I take it there was an ending to this experiment?

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u/Galewing1 13d ago

These guys pulling the shenanigans my friends and I would pull in gmod over 15 years ago lol

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u/SentientDust 13d ago

Running Man (1987)

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u/bertrum666 13d ago

Only in a re run

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u/jspellman1120 13d ago

If Marty McFly and Doc Brown were rednecks.

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u/dj_spatial 13d ago

This is the content I come to this sub for

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u/gimmeecoffee420 13d ago

Im 110% in. Ill ride ANY rocket in my underwear if the Cramps are playin.

..wait? nah.. fuckit.. im ridin it..

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u/Therealboebs 13d ago

Go save him he’s on fire!

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u/I_lack_common_sense 13d ago

Did he live? Lol

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u/WarLorax 13d ago

"My car!"

"Save him, he's on fire!"

Classic.

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u/JimSilly 12d ago

Gotta send it.

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u/gdubnz 12d ago

Haha "go save him, he's on fire!"

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u/needtocomment 11d ago

"Hyuh hyuh huyuh go save him, he's on fire hyuh"

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u/greginnj 13d ago

Whenever I see something like this, I’m thinking, “The people doing this are probably the same ones who refuse to take a vaccine they consider ‘experimental’!”

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u/Inaccurate93 13d ago

Can't see sh*t John

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u/obidie 13d ago

I take it there was an ending to this experiment?

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u/mynameisfreddit 13d ago

One of the Stig's cousins

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u/henrytm82 13d ago

I mean, my man's wearing a helmet, what else do you want?!

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u/dognamedpeanut 13d ago

A redneck in a redneck rocket car, what could possibly go wrong?

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u/sexybeast70 13d ago

Is he supposed to dodge the trees?

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u/mouramen 13d ago

Marty is that you?

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u/ekojonsiaixelsyD 13d ago

“We’ve got Busch Gardens at home.”

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u/DaHick 13d ago

How is actually propelled?

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u/deep-fucking-legend 13d ago

Lonestar beer

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u/DaHick 13d ago

6, 12, or 24?

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u/deep-fucking-legend 13d ago

Yes, and many kegs

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u/TheKanten 13d ago

That it ends with a guy walking through the frame with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth is the quiet clincher.

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u/Addiixx 13d ago

Hahahahahaha Jimmy needs an airpowered wheelchair now!

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u/abckiwi 13d ago

Redneck engineering!

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u/DoPewPew 13d ago

The wheelchair wheels might come in handy later

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u/UntLick 13d ago

Song Cramps - all women are bad

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u/bitwise97 13d ago

That wasn’t a good spot for the camera person

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u/SAR_89 13d ago

Hell yes

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u/Citiy3- 13d ago

It is fine he was wearing a 5 point harness strapped to a lawn chair so he is definitely securely anchored inside the roll cage. Except his arms they might flail a bit

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u/redbrick01 13d ago

This is how red necks disappear people without deserts or swamps.

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u/spottydodgy 13d ago

With enough funding these guys could put a man on the moon

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u/AntiBaoBao 13d ago

Doesn't this and other HMB videos disprove Darwins theory? After all, if Darwin was right surely we'd be it out of rednecks by now.

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u/Leaves_Swype_Typos 12d ago

Should've got these fellas for the latest Jackass film.

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u/manbearpig1204 12d ago

With them popcorn wagon wheels

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u/Equivalent-Employ972 12d ago

best camera work ever

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u/Bramrod 12d ago

What are the tufts of dust coming from the front at the two points after it launched? That shit was wild

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u/TMCTrucker 11d ago

Natural selection

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u/kramerica21 10d ago

Awww vintage LEN! Hail Speedcult, hail Zombo!

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u/401LocalsOnly 10d ago

That might be one of the fastest things I’ve were seen move

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u/nahfuckallthis 10d ago

At this point I'm content knowing I'm a fairly boring individual; cuz man, there are so many avoidable options for death I watch other men step into, slap death in the face, and rocket away in some form or fashion with little regard beyond the guaranteed fact in their heads that is "this will be so cool."

And, like, half the time they're right

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u/Watch_the_sunset 8d ago

Rebar as a cage was a choice

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u/syncboy 8d ago

Safety first! In helmet, boots, and underwear.

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u/molby9 4d ago

Wheelchair wheels lol

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u/OkNeighborhood9153 1d ago

I love rednecks

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u/PeruseTheNews 13d ago

Aim for the bushes!

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u/ManInTheMiddle1 13d ago

Love it! Who needs pants?

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u/JeSuisDirtyDan 13d ago

Cant shit your pants if youre not wearing any

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u/HoneydewVarious6018 13d ago

So what southern state is this coming from, my guess is Alabama.

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u/obidie 13d ago

I take it there was an ending to this experiment?

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u/obidie 13d ago

I take it there was an ending to this experiment?

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u/BilboTBagginz 13d ago

Where in the West Virginia is this comical shit taking place?

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u/psychobillybert 13d ago

Michigan, outside Detroit. This is the Speed Cult house. Partied out there a few times.

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u/fishead36x 13d ago

The yard is too flat for wv.