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Post by Mahnarch on Nov 17, 2007 3:21:47 GMT -5
Can you swipe me a train horn (Cannon Ball, or similiar) when no one is looking?
Keep it under a blanket, or something?
I wanna put one on my Volvo Tractor - I already have air capabilities (governed at 125psi for brakes and 'weak' horn. Should suffice.)
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Backstory:
For some reason, after watching a YouTube vid of Sam Kinnison a link to a train horn mounted on a car came up.
Now I've been watching train horns mounted to cars...and to trains for about an hour and I've decided I must have one but, they're godly expensive new and they don't accept pocket lint as payment......I asked*.
Can I get any help, here?
*Ok, no I didn't. But, I doubt they will.
[Edit: Sam Kinnison rocked!]
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Post by Kimm on Nov 17, 2007 13:22:20 GMT -5
Id like to put that on my little green Plymouth Acclaim that would be funny.
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Post by farti1 on Nov 17, 2007 21:55:02 GMT -5
I have a friend that put a train horn on his big rig. His favorite place to use that horn is waiting at a train crossing with a few cars ahead of him. A car will try to sneak past the cross arms and he will let that horn rip! Wal-Mart sells alot of new underwear because of him.  |
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Post by Blastgirl on Nov 17, 2007 22:40:31 GMT -5
That's a dirty trick. Funny though. That would keep everyone guessing for a while. ;D
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Post by Demona on Nov 18, 2007 17:03:34 GMT -5
I have a friend that put a train horn on his big rig. His favorite place to use that horn is waiting at a train crossing with a few cars ahead of him. A car will try to sneak past the cross arms and he will let that horn rip! Wal-Mart sells alot of new underwear because of him. lots of new underwear and possibly diapers too! |
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Post by Phil on Nov 18, 2007 20:52:02 GMT -5
Yeah it it pretty loud. Some of the guys lose their haring after a while. Not always for good but there's hearing lapses and difficulties for a while.
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Post by farti1 on Nov 19, 2007 0:00:45 GMT -5
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Post by Phil on Nov 19, 2007 14:11:34 GMT -5
For sure that does get some reaction. It's a little scary if you're not expecting it.
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Post by Mahnarch on Nov 21, 2007 4:03:18 GMT -5
My Volvo only has one set of dual air horns, currently.
I also like to blow my horn when a train comes up on a crossing but, the difference isn't subtle. That's the only thing I liked about my old Freightliner rig. It had dual pipes that sounded similar but that was outweighed by the uncomfortable ride and shifting difficulities.
Also, something that irritates, my Volvo has the air horn (along with the 'regular horn') mounted on the steering wheel instead of a pull rope.
They also, for some reason, put the headlamp and clearance (the ones you flash to 'thank' for passing) buttons on the steering wheel.
When you fling the wheel around you're almost guarenteed to hit any one of those and either: give off a small light show, or honk the horn.
Also, I picked up my turkey from work today and, as I was sitting in the driver's seat, adjusting to hoist the bird into the passenger's seat, the box got wedged between the air horn and my gut.
So, there I am, in the middle of my work's main campus, blowing the air horn for about 4 seconds when everyone is standing around......
I was awesome.
.....would've been awesomer if I had a train horn.
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And, to top it off, tonight is the first time in over a year and a half that my mom's seen my work truck.
I called her and told her to meet me outside her park and the first words out of her mouth are, "Jebus! How do you drive something this big?" (sitting inside the tractor) "You can curl up in a ball and sleep in between the seats!!" (my mum is 4'9"/89lbs - easier for her, me thinks...)
Apparently my mother's never seen a semi before....
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Post by Phil on Nov 21, 2007 14:52:24 GMT -5
A train horn could send people through the roof as it is and to have in unexpectedly is really a double whammy.
This is nothing close to a train horn but I was putting oil in my truck during an oil change and my 4 year old was playing in the cab and hit the horn that startled me without it even being close to train horn volume.
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Post by Classicblast on Nov 21, 2007 17:58:06 GMT -5
I realize that your four year old son probably didn't realize the results of beeping the horn with you right under the hood.
There's some people who will do that for a joke when you're working on a car. My father-in-law just about killed a kid for doing that once or twice.
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Post by Mahnarch on Nov 22, 2007 4:03:12 GMT -5
There is an unofficial rule about that in the auto repair industry: If someone blows the horn while you're under the hood, you are 'legally' obligated to hit them in the face with whatever tool you're holding at the time. That's why I always carry my 32oz 'Dead Blow' hammer with me......  |
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