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  1. Jan 27, 2020, 11:01 AM #1
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    Jumping jack compactor - GIF

    Jumping jack compactor/tamper.



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  3. Jan 27, 2020, 06:20 PM #2
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    That looks like a diesel powered jumping jack. But it must be gas powered since the guy said the sparkplug wire keeps coming off.

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    I remember a gasoline powered pogo stick when I was in engineering class back around 1973. We studied how it worked, no spark plug, just a wire that sparked to the piston at the top of stroke.
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    A guy I worked for 40 years ago called those a Tfote...the feet of a thousand elephants.
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    looks like a movie prop from star wars
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