kalkulat@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoINSIDE those OLD pinball machineswww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1389arrow-down116file-text
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minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoPart of the suction solution was to simply over-engineer things, which is why old anything mechanical is seriously robust. Looking at cars, an A-arm from a 1950’s vehicle can easily weigh 2x-5x more than in a similar new vehicle.
minus-squareevranch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoGood point. I run a lot of old equipment and compared to what new stuff could handle, I absolutely abuse it. My flatbed “1-ton” F350 used to be a grain truck. 1 ton of grain wouldn’t even fill half the box. I can put 4 round bales on the deck, well over 2 tons, and the overload spring pack isn’t even touching the mounts yet. It was overbuilt, all right.
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suctionsolution was to simply over-engineer things, which is why old anything mechanical is seriously robust.Looking at cars, an A-arm from a 1950’s vehicle can easily weigh 2x-5x more than in a similar new vehicle.
Good point. I run a lot of old equipment and compared to what new stuff could handle, I absolutely abuse it.
My flatbed “1-ton” F350 used to be a grain truck. 1 ton of grain wouldn’t even fill half the box.
I can put 4 round bales on the deck, well over 2 tons, and the overload spring pack isn’t even touching the mounts yet. It was overbuilt, all right.