Burning Rubber
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:32 am
I got reminded of the story a year or so ago about the couple guys that got stuck up in the mountains and they ended up burning their machines to survive.
It made me wonder if they had a knife? I know by the time you decide to do something like that, you're probably pretty desperate. With a knife, you could cut the track off and cut it into smaller pieces to make it last longer. Cut the seat off to burn as well, and even poke a hole in the gas take if you are not able to roll the machine.
Not much else on the machine will actually burn.
I know in desperate times, money is not a factor, but wouldn't that be a better alternative then torching the whole machine? Seems like it would stretch your survival longer too.
It made me wonder if they had a knife? I know by the time you decide to do something like that, you're probably pretty desperate. With a knife, you could cut the track off and cut it into smaller pieces to make it last longer. Cut the seat off to burn as well, and even poke a hole in the gas take if you are not able to roll the machine.
Not much else on the machine will actually burn.
I know in desperate times, money is not a factor, but wouldn't that be a better alternative then torching the whole machine? Seems like it would stretch your survival longer too.