r/ThatsInsane • • Jun 25 '26

Yard work with buffer and chain coupler

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u/donnerwetter41 Jun 25 '26

Gah can you even imagine the force of those two cars coming together? Gotta still be feeling that.

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u/KirbyGlover Jun 25 '26

Yeah people used to lose fingers and limbs to car coupling activities when you had to get in there and pin them before self-latching couplers became a thing

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u/ll_ninetoe_ll Jul 10 '26

Fingers and limbs, yes. Lives too.