So indeed this post is about something to do with what to do with an old rubber car tire.
Can an old rubber car tire be cut into dimensional pieces and bolted and then bolted together in order to form a Rubber Wheel Chock?
I think it can be done. I will draw a preliminary diagram.
A. Initial Design: Simple incremental length strips bolted together with pan head bolts coming upwards, nuts topside.
B. Alternative Design: Incorporates one strip that wraps "as" from top to bottom, with an eyelet on the right side in diagram. So that two may be placed on either side of a wheel and secured to the wheel with a ratchet strap through such eyelet gaps. See diagram label circled "D" Allowing for more positive fixation.
C. Diagram label C instructs that it is the flat center portion of the tire that is to be harvested for utilization in the project as primary material.
To provide superior performance wherever a wheel chock is needed or used.
Modification: Perhaps heat retread vulcanization process could be used to bond the layers into one instead of or in addition to the bolts.
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Ps. Alternatively as per diagram B. The wrap tire strip could be ~3/4 wrapped around a wood block of similar dimensions and angle defined structure.
Alternatively not shown in diagram but per diagram A, pertaining to, the second strip from the bottom could extend past the others on the non angled side and have a rope/lanyard hole center of its extension. And such could also be true of either the top strip or the second from the top strip. Thereby having two holes for a simple rope handle as well as ratchet strap slot as explained in above text.
Okay, get your youth groups to work now!
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