Mystery Gadget 33

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Tamp down fresh asphalt? Transport wounded from the battlefield? Spread DDT in pellet form?

The answer is here.
     Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 04, 2015
     Category: Technology | 1940s





Comments
NAFC!

Seriously, this DIDN'T catch on? U'da'v thought every Yuppie in the world would have, at least one!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 12/04/15 at 09:23 AM
Obviously the normal mode of transport on Venus!
Posted by TheCannyScot in Atlanta, GA on 12/04/15 at 10:19 AM
Is that thing supposed ot be motorized? It looks too bulky too push up onto a curb.
Posted by KDP on 12/04/15 at 03:47 PM
Never in a million years would I have guessed that!

With then-current materials and tech, it had to weigh close to two hundred pounds. What with tracks being so much harder to push than wheels, it'd have felt like you were shoving around a Volkswagen.

God help you if you need to take it somewhere -- it looks too wide to fit into the pickups of the time.
Posted by Phideaux on 12/04/15 at 04:05 PM
I'll just say that my guess was wrong and elephants can swim!
Posted by BMN on 12/04/15 at 08:52 PM
Snow removal? Link comes up a blank page for me.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 12/05/15 at 10:21 AM
Rubber baby buggy bumpers. With tank tracks.
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 12/05/15 at 10:26 AM
Put on a gun turret and its an anti pedophile device.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 12/05/15 at 10:29 AM
Underwater device? Going to check the answer to see how wrong I am.
Posted by GFinKS on 12/07/15 at 01:32 PM
Whoops, not even close unless you're a sick mother.
Posted by GFinKS on 12/07/15 at 01:34 PM
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