what's going on with the front bumper things that go under the car? I don't believe I've ever seen anything like that sort of design for front bumpers... or pushbars. But that's got to be a pushbar, right?
It looks as if those braces operate in tension rather than compression, and I'm guessing without them the upper part of the bars/guards would be easily pushed back into the grille, because they are so high above the bumper's pivotal mounting point.
I believe this is a bolt on device that vibrates while driving on rural roads to scare off small animals from being hit. While working in Kansas we installed a set for a lady that delivered medications to people that lived far from populated areas. After hitting deer and other animals over a period of time she found out about these device and was never hit again. I have no idea how thet work but he is a link that might tell you. they are called Wimple Sticks. Try this.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_strip
you mention Wimple sticks, but link to Rumble Strips... anyway, neither of those show up as deer whistles, which I'm familiar with as they were invented in the 80s, when I was living in Michigan, near Lake Superior, where a LOT of white tail deer are native, and nuisances to everyone commuting to work. I don't know what the effectiveness of the deer whistles are, or have proven to be, but a lot of people believed in them then
Jesse, I just did a general search by what the device did and it called them Wimple Sticks. Wikipedia called them Rumble Strips. Go figure. Either way I now know what they are and basically how they work. Not bad for a one eyed pistol shooter!
Wow, I never would have guessed that they were animal scaring devices. My understanding is that the reason we don't see deer whistles around much any more is that unfortunately they didn't work well if at all. I've dodged many many a deer over the years and hit a few, and I'm pretty sure part of the problem is that when scared they just freeze, and when not scared, they tend to run fast from nowhere, and when they're not sure which way to go they often choose the wrong way (as many animals do). ' Way back in the 60's I did get hit BY a deer once. And I would have had trouble telling the tale, except that as it happens I was driving to school and at the very same moment my dad was coming the other way back from work, and he saw it too. A deer jumped out from a ditch beside the road, and leapt clean over the rear end of my car, just hitting a hoof on the rear fender. I had the dent to prove it, but if my dad hadn't seen it, I think I'd have been in the same pickle as Martin Luther. He once claimed the devil had appeared before him, and he'd thrown an ink pot at him. Asked for proof he pointed to the ink stain on the wall.
It looks as if those braces operate in tension rather than compression, and I'm guessing without them the upper part of the bars/guards would be easily pushed back into the grille, because they are so high above the bumper's pivotal mounting point.
ReplyDeleteI believe this is a bolt on device that vibrates while driving on rural roads to scare off small animals from being hit. While working in Kansas we installed a set for a lady that delivered medications to people that lived far from populated areas. After hitting deer and other animals over a period of time she found out about these device and was never hit again. I have no idea how thet work but he is a link that might tell you. they are called Wimple Sticks. Try this.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_strip
ReplyDeleteyou mention Wimple sticks, but link to Rumble Strips... anyway, neither of those show up as deer whistles, which I'm familiar with as they were invented in the 80s, when I was living in Michigan, near Lake Superior, where a LOT of white tail deer are native, and nuisances to everyone commuting to work. I don't know what the effectiveness of the deer whistles are, or have proven to be, but a lot of people believed in them then
DeleteJesse, I just did a general search by what the device did and it called them Wimple Sticks. Wikipedia called them Rumble Strips. Go figure. Either way I now know what they are and basically how they work. Not bad for a one eyed pistol shooter!
DeleteWow, I never would have guessed that they were animal scaring devices. My understanding is that the reason we don't see deer whistles around much any more is that unfortunately they didn't work well if at all. I've dodged many many a deer over the years and hit a few, and I'm pretty sure part of the problem is that when scared they just freeze, and when not scared, they tend to run fast from nowhere, and when they're not sure which way to go they often choose the wrong way (as many animals do).
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Way back in the 60's I did get hit BY a deer once. And I would have had trouble telling the tale, except that as it happens I was driving to school and at the very same moment my dad was coming the other way back from work, and he saw it too. A deer jumped out from a ditch beside the road, and leapt clean over the rear end of my car, just hitting a hoof on the rear fender. I had the dent to prove it, but if my dad hadn't seen it, I think I'd have been in the same pickle as Martin Luther. He once claimed the devil had appeared before him, and he'd thrown an ink pot at him. Asked for proof he pointed to the ink stain on the wall.
Being frugal, or cheap, I took the deer whistles of my '99 Silverado before trading it in. On the way to get my new one, POW! Nailed by a deer.
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