r/redneckengineering • u/NitramTrebla • 4d ago

Saw this today and thought of y'all.

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Noticed this in a clients driveway and figured it fit here, nothing crazy.

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u/Psychological_Yak_47 4d ago

I guess that's one way to tell if the trailer is well balanced, the pitch fork isn't stabbing through the hunk of plastic

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u/theNewLevelZero 3d ago

That's called a forklift.

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u/NitramTrebla 3d ago

Oh shit lol.

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u/ImpossibleShoulder29 4d ago

Whatever lifts your hitch.

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u/concentrated-amazing 4d ago

I'm gonna try this out on my husband the next opportunity!

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u/Friendly-Pressure-62 4d ago

What the fork is happening!?!

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u/radiantwave 3d ago

Draining the water out of the rear plug on the boat.

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u/trapperstom 4d ago

So what’s your point /s

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u/Constant-Catch7146 4d ago

Well--- no duct tape involved, but still acceptable here. Lol.

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u/point50tracer 4d ago

Using a pitchfork to pitch a boat aft is peak redneck

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u/Jealous_Disk3552 4d ago

The physics work...

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u/trav1829 4d ago

I’m doing my normal doom scrolling thing while my wife is watching her bravo shows- I saw this and I’m like yeah - we can be friends

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u/poedraco 3d ago

"mousetrap is the name of the game 🎵"

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u/Chucheyface 4d ago

"I told Ezekiel when he gets back with dinner he better park the boat properly, but here he goes! It's bad enough he's got the horse pulling the boat, now he's going to ruin the driveway, which is fine because we're Amish and we don't need it!"

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u/AdImmediate9569 3d ago

Were you paid in moonshine?

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u/XROOR 3d ago

I’ve owned over seven Suburbans/Tahoes/Yukons, and always thought the flat metal pieces were to secure the tire tools……..

Nope!

Wheel chocks! Hahaha

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u/mjh2901 3d ago

You would have earned extra points by having the pitchfork go into a bail of hay

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u/WatchItAllBurn1 3d ago

this is absolutely a "y'all moment"

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u/CoderJoe1 2d ago

The job is done, stick a fork in it.