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Cunning doo-hickey for travellers
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:40 pm
by wibble_puppy
Ello chaps,
Saw this on a traveller today and though, yup that's cunning.
Without doo-hickey:
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:40 pm
by wibble_puppy
And with doo-hickey:
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:15 pm
by jonathon
Doo-Hickey ?? looks ghastly Wibbs
Might just be easier to not cut the drain slot in the first place. Explain yer idea.
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:32 pm
by wibble_puppy
I dunno, dude, I know nothing about travellers and I thought looking at these two that this wide gap in the gutter was standard? in which case, I thought the little home-made doo-hickey was a cunning plan to stop the water rotting the top of the rear pillar kinda thing
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:46 pm
by bmcecosse
Good grief!
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:48 pm
by jonathon
I think you are correct dude, and the gap is indeed for drainage. Just seems a tad crude too me
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:58 pm
by wibble_puppy
Do all travellers not have this gap?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:12 pm
by jonathon
I'd say all travellers have this gap, its only really needed when the car is stationary and under heavy rainfall. I'm sure that it can be left out but it would require great patience to form the corner without it, if indeed its possible anyway.
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:26 pm
by MGFmad
That gap looks bigger than normal.........goes off to check!
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:32 pm
by jonathon
Agreed
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:01 pm
by Peetee
And the way that doo-hicky has been bodged on with a gap at the top it's probably going to make the rot worse.
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:00 am
by bmcecosse
Not to mention the screw that will lead moisture deep into the wood!
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:23 am
by wibble_puppy
Well, there you go. Travellers. Nothing but trouble
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:25 am
by 8009STEVE
Travellers. Nothing but trouble
Not all travellers
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:06 am
by Kevin
Nicely done Wibble.
You know full well that the doo hickey was developed in a wind tunnel to improve aerodynamic drag when stationary
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:49 am
by wibble_puppy
8009STEVE wrote:
Travellers. Nothing but trouble
Not all travellers
*grins*
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:07 am
by Kevin
Well you fooled some with the Travellers remark but not those of us who have both types nearby
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:59 am
by tortron
you could make one of them part of a wind deflector - as seen on 1970's station wagons. they break up the wind flow to prevent dust blowing back in the rear window
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:24 pm
by simmitc
It's got me thinking about transplanting some rather nice gargoyles that I saw on a cathedral.......