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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 97013" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: holy crap, what a nightmareI have thought about it-but while i have a lot of &quot;war stories&quot;, there are MANY MANY more out there for so many other people.It is a wild and crazy business and some things you just can&#039;t believe happening-but they do.&nbsp; Just part of the job.&nbsp; And it happens on all levels of the business-from the small clubs to large concerts.&nbsp; The range of stupidity is simple amazing.And then there are great stories associated with the business that have nothing to do with the business.&nbsp; The weirdest thing I ever did vehicle wise was on a early Sunday morning (around 5am) during Feburary starting to go up a steep mountain in Tenn.&nbsp; Mount Eagle between Nashville and Chattanoga).The fan belt on the 24&#039; truck broke.&nbsp; NOW we have a problem.&nbsp; It is cold outside-and the engine won&#039;t circulate the radiator fluid-so we can&#039;t stay warm.&nbsp; So we started thinking one guy mentioned he had heard about using pantyhose for a fan belt-but I reminded him that we left all the girls back at the show----------------.But we do have DUCT TAPE!&nbsp; So we dug through the back to get to the work box to get it.I doubled it over on itself (sticky side to sticky side) put it on.&nbsp; We filled the radiator with the cold water running off the mountain.I started it up and IT WAS TURNING THE WATER PUMP!&nbsp; We let it run until the temp came down then started up the mountain.We made it almost to the top when it broke-because I could see the temp starting to rise.&nbsp; But being a large engine--to takes awhile to heat up-so we kept going.So we pulled into a Waffle house-had breakfast and asked around for a truck parts place.&nbsp; We found one a mile down the road and he had the belt in stock.&nbsp; We had to put it own ourselves since he did not have a mechanic available-but no big deal-we just asked to pull the truck into his bay so it would be a bit warmer.YES that is a TRUE story.&nbsp; So I made a fanbelt out of duct tape and climbed a mountain with it on a kinda large truck.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 97013, member: 30"] Re: holy crap, what a nightmare I have thought about it-but while i have a lot of "war stories", there are MANY MANY more out there for so many other people. It is a wild and crazy business and some things you just can't believe happening-but they do. Just part of the job. And it happens on all levels of the business-from the small clubs to large concerts. The range of stupidity is simple amazing. And then there are great stories associated with the business that have nothing to do with the business. The weirdest thing I ever did vehicle wise was on a early Sunday morning (around 5am) during Feburary starting to go up a steep mountain in Tenn. Mount Eagle between Nashville and Chattanoga). The fan belt on the 24' truck broke. NOW we have a problem. It is cold outside-and the engine won't circulate the radiator fluid-so we can't stay warm. So we started thinking one guy mentioned he had heard about using pantyhose for a fan belt-but I reminded him that we left all the girls back at the show----------------. But we do have DUCT TAPE! So we dug through the back to get to the work box to get it. I doubled it over on itself (sticky side to sticky side) put it on. We filled the radiator with the cold water running off the mountain. I started it up and IT WAS TURNING THE WATER PUMP! We let it run until the temp came down then started up the mountain. We made it almost to the top when it broke-because I could see the temp starting to rise. But being a large engine--to takes awhile to heat up-so we kept going. So we pulled into a Waffle house-had breakfast and asked around for a truck parts place. We found one a mile down the road and he had the belt in stock. We had to put it own ourselves since he did not have a mechanic available-but no big deal-we just asked to pull the truck into his bay so it would be a bit warmer. YES that is a TRUE story. So I made a fanbelt out of duct tape and climbed a mountain with it on a kinda large truck. [/QUOTE]

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