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Chris in Mass · 08-26-2006, 10:31 AM

What's the history behind the manual bail? Did someone think this through in the lab (reduce weight/complexity issues, etc)? Or did some jetty jock in the 40's break his bail during a fall, cut it free and said, "Hey this still works"?

08-26-2006, 10:31 AM	#1
Chris in Mass __________________ iTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Recently relocated to the shores of Rhode Island - East Bay! Posts: 505	Manual (Bail) Pick-up What's the history behind the manual bail? Did someone think this through in the lab (reduce weight/complexity issues, etc)? Or did some jetty jock in the 40's break his bail during a fall, cut it free and said, "Hey this still works"?