Steering: what to do with thumbs?

[Teseo]

"Where to place thumbs" says and found old stories thread

[RustySocket]

Originally Posted by humfrz

I allow my thumbs to help hold onto the steering wheel......

You're going to put your eye out.

[Sarlacc]

[RustySocket]

Originally Posted by Teseo

"Where to place thumbs" says and found old stories thread

That's the way we roll..

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Supposedly for snow plowing but really just because he liked tractors. And old in repairable cars, and dump trucks that never hauled anything, and just about anything he could get for free and pile up in the fields. He was the king of the Canadian rednecks to his dieing day. Hell we even had a school bus with no wheels and a 1942 road grader at one point.

WOW! ......that must have been a fun "play yard" for you when you were a youngster ......

Was the road grader a "motor grader" or did it need to be pulled ..... ??


WHO started this thread and WHY .........


humfrz

[DuMa]

[humfrz]

OK, to get back on topic (steering a car) ........ anyone remember this ...... ??

It had several names including a spinner knob, necker knob, granny knob, suicide knob ...... and at least one other name.

Can you name the other name for it ..... ??

And, why was it sometimes called a "necker knob" ....... ??


time fer ma mid day meds ...... humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

WOW! ......that must have been a fun "play yard" for you when you were a youngster ......

Was the road grader a "motor grader" or did it need to be pulled ..... ??


WHO started this thread and WHY .........


humfrz

It was a fully functioning motor grader that had been used by the US in the Pacfic during WW2. How and where he got it I do not know but we had it a few years. We had 5 acres of land and it was usually so full there was no place to park the rare working vehicle that showed up.
The only time I saw the dump truck (a 52 or 53 if I recall) work was once when he wanted to move the garage. Backed the truck in, lifted the box, picked up the garage and drove away.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

..........................The only time I saw the dump truck (a 52 or 53 if I recall) work was once when he wanted to move the garage. Backed the truck in, lifted the box, picked up the garage and drove away.

Now THAT painted a picture made my day .......

A true redneck at work .........


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

OK, to get back on topic (steering a car) ........ anyone remember this ...... ??

It had several names including a spinner knob, necker knob, granny knob, suicide knob ...... and at least one other name.

Can you name the other name for it ..... ??

And, why was it sometimes called a "necker knob" ....... ??


time fer ma mid day meds ...... humfrz

We called them Brody knobs but I have no clue why. Still have them on forklifts here.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

We called them Brody knobs but I have no clue why. Still have them on forklifts here.

BINGO! ........ ol Tcoat beat ol @Ultramaroon to the answer to the old trivia question of the day .....

Wiki tells me:

The "spinning knobs" once commonly bolted to the steering wheels of farm implements and trucks prior to the advent of power steering were referred to as "suicide knobs" and, by association, "Brodie knobs," as their misuse could lead to loss of control of the vehicle.

(referring to Steve Brodie)


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

BINGO! ........ ol Tcoat beat ol @Ultramaroon to the answer to the old trivia question of the day .....

Wiki tells me:

The "spinning knobs" once commonly bolted to the steering wheels of farm implements and trucks prior to the advent of power steering were referred to as "suicide knobs" and, by association, "Brodie knobs," as their misuse could lead to loss of control of the vehicle.

(referring to Steve Brodie)


humfrz

Had to go look up who Steve Brodie was. Strange how that name would spread for a knob. We spell it wrong though.

[Ultramaroon]

I was too busy stressing myself to death today. Uggh.

I only knew them as suicide knobs, anyhow. Guess I need my redneck card revoked.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Had to go look up who Steve Brodie was. Strange how that name would spread for a knob. We spell it wrong though.

That's what she said.