This should work ....!!

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

What could possibly go wrong here...............

[Hoges (John)]

That's a disaster!! All those sharp edges should have been smoothed off - someone will do themselves a serious injury if they run their leg into it.

[astro744]

Originally Posted by Hoges

That's a disaster!! All those sharp edges should have been smoothed off - someone will do themselves a serious injury if they run their leg into it.

That’s the least of their problem as I can see the cross pin being ripped straight through the grain of the wood. Maybe it’s high tensile ‘hard wood’.

[mura_gadi (Steve)]

Another step towards a greener car!

Good to see its radiata pine for sustainable forestry I say, easy to work and quick to replace in softwood... a lot of thought I say.




Ps. You'd go out of your way if you saw that pull up at the lights and towing...

[leon]

Hmmm, it seems my response to this thread, disappeared.

Leon

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by leon

Hmmm, it seems my response to this thread, disappeared.

Leon

No Leon.
You haven't posted anything prior to this.

RB

[fsphotography (Frank)]

There's a serious risk of splinters in the hand.
Frank.

[AdamJL]

That’ll last maybe 2-300m before being shredded out. Soft wood and a pin in the direction of grain… hilarious

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Love your responses Lads .....very good ...especially John's .....smooth out those edges and splinters in the hand.

[Boozlefoot]

I wooden have thought it would be that hard to finish the job properly..........but then again as a member of a splinter group I usually go against the grain.

[julianh72 (Julian)]

That towbar has been fitted to the wrong car - it is obviously intended for something like the attached image. (Or maybe it's for a Morgan, so as to not overstress the wooden chassis rails?)

[leon]

OK Andrew, I was sure I had, maybe it went somewhere else, no big deal though.

Leon

[ChrisD (Chris)]

I think it should work without a HITCH.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Wood is stronger than steel in an earthquake, so obviously a superior solution.

[bobson (Bob)]

Pine wood would not be strong enough but jarrah wood would be

[mura_gadi (Steve)]

Originally Posted by bobson

Pine wood would not be strong enough but jarrah wood would be

Wood is under going an amazing transformation with modern science.

Compressed wood which breaks down the gaps in the cellulous using chemicals and pressure is said to be the steel of the future. There are plans to replace steel in sky scrappers with compressed wood in construction. Same with cars in fact... or any steel reliant product.

Other are taking the dyes from wood and we have opaque wood already, they are aiming for windows to be made from wood.

In 50 years mining could be replaced by forestry for a lot of our construction/industry needs.