> Ooops!  Sorry 'bout that.  Didn't notice that you were "jerry" too!
Oh, I knew you weren't refering to me in that tale. :) I used to go by my 
given name but gradually it has has given way to Jerry by most of friends and 
people at work.
 > Our guy really was named Jerry, and the similarity to "Cherry" is what
 > staarted the "Jerry Bomb" tale.  It's practically an urban legend around
 > here and every shade tree mechanic for miles around knows the Jerry Bomb
 > story.
Nothing like being famous. 
 >-> Ain't no fun in being/getting old, that is but unless you've got a
 >-> good reason to shorten the process? 
 > Well, I don't want to be blown up by a water heater tank  but I
No I don't trust those things either even though they are tagged as tested to 
350 lbs at the factory. I've never taken the time to hydro test one either.
 > don't worry about LONG TERM solutions as much as I used to.  For most of
 > my life I've belonged to that weird group who feel compelled to build
 > everything ten times stronger than it needs to be.  Since I've smoked
 > myself half to death I've decided that just FOUR times as strong as
 > reasonable is damngood enough!  
I seem to be inclined to do the same. I've built numerous trailers and other 
items over the years. Only one came back with a bent axle. When I got the 
full story and ran a few calculations I didn't feel too bad. It had an 
extended box designed to haul snow machines but also double as a utility 
trailer. The guy was hauling gravel for his yard and when we did the numbers 
he had about two yards on it. That's 6000 lbs on a two wheel trailer that was 
never designed for anything that heavy as legally over 3000 lbs requires 
brakes. It took a few hard bumps along the route and cambered the wheels a 
bit! He wondered why he was having so much trouble getting out of the gravel 
pit.
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