Video: Creative carpentry – tree branch used as spare tire

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A greener kind of spare tire – Click above to watch video after the jump

Man’s indomitable spirit and ingenuity are wonderful things – they allow for man to persevere in the most trying of situations. Aron Ralston hacked off his own arm and survived after a boulder trapped him in Blue John Canyon, for example. In this case, one man was tasked with a problem and a need to solve it at any cost. His trailer was missing a wheel – or maybe a wheel and an axle – and a spare was apparently nowhere in sight.

Rather than succumb to the pressure and admit defeat, he did what anyone entering survival mode would do – improvise. Finding a sturdy tree branch, he fashioned it into a support device and set off down the road. Disaster averted.

Hop the jump to see the human spirit in action (or to watch a clever idiot put his and other vehicles at risk – we’re really talking about one and the same here).

[Source: YouTube]

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Car Gifts for Christmas: Stuff For Under the Tree

Autoblog Car Gifts For Christmas Guide
‘Tis the season once again. We were scratching our heads wondering what to get the car-obsessed men and women in our lives, so we made some lists. This first list contains ideas for stuff that goes under the tree, the kind of car gifts that don’t cost an arm and a leg but go over well with the auto lovers in your family.

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Car Gifts for Christmas: Stuff For Under the Tree originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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