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Do you think there is someone designing a hydraulic hand tool for the purpose of prying apart the metal slats of the border wall?

People intent in crossing illegally might be interested.

Posted - December 28, 2018
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  • 11145
    I imagine those jaws of life that fire departments use would do it. Cheers and Happy  New Year!
      December 28, 2018 5:30 PM MST
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  • 13395
    Right but probably kind of expensive. Need to design something cheat but effective. 
      December 28, 2018 5:48 PM MST
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  • 11145
    Well the Egyptians may have moved heavy stones with a method called rope twisting. They would tie a rope around a couple of stones then get a pole in the middle and start twisted the rope around the pole it took little effort to move the stones towards each other. If you Google "pyramid building + rope twisting" you might find more info. So what I'm thinking is if they tied a few ropes to a couple of the slates in the wall they could bend the slates towards each other which would create a wider opening between the slates on the other sides of the slates they are bending. Cheers and happy New Year! This post was edited by Nanoose at December 28, 2018 9:33 PM MST
      December 28, 2018 7:55 PM MST
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  • 13395
    Cheers and happy new year to you also.
      December 28, 2018 9:35 PM MST
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  • 6988
    A hand carried 20 ton jack could be designed to easily open bars in any jail.  However, the border patrol has cameras everywhere and generally can get to a trouble spot really quickly. 
      December 28, 2018 5:54 PM MST
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  • 46117
    The GHOST of Osama Bin Ladden?

      December 29, 2018 3:17 AM MST
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  • 22891
    anything is possible
      December 29, 2018 3:41 PM MST
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  • 7939
    Why bother when ladders and shovels exist and are cheaper?
      December 29, 2018 10:32 PM MST
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  • 53520

      It doesn't escape me that you certainly seem to know an awful lot about shovels, digging, law-breaking . . .

      December 29, 2018 10:42 PM MST
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  • 7939
    The truth is, I'm actually an undocumented immigrant. I dug a hole from Poland to get into the US. 
      December 29, 2018 10:49 PM MST
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  • 53520

      Wait until you hear how I got here!
    ~ This post was edited by Randy D at December 29, 2018 11:24 PM MST
      December 29, 2018 10:51 PM MST
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  • 7939
    I hope you used disinfectant after. 
      December 29, 2018 10:53 PM MST
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  • 53520

      I can't sit around here fooling around with you: I have to go make an anonymous phone call to the Border Patrol . . . 

    ~
      December 29, 2018 10:57 PM MST
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  • 7939
    Go right ahead. You'll only be tipping them off about you. :o
      December 29, 2018 11:08 PM MST
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  • I think you meant I not /  :-)
      December 29, 2018 11:03 PM MST
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  • :-) hear not here :-)
      December 29, 2018 11:08 PM MST
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  • 7939
    It's an "I" in italics.
    See: I
      December 29, 2018 11:09 PM MST
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  • 13395
    Once you pry the bars apart then a lot of people can pour through in a short time. Safer than a ladder. A tunnel would be more work and could cave in.
      December 29, 2018 10:50 PM MST
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  • 7939
    https://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1895418,00.html
      December 29, 2018 10:52 PM MST
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  • 13395
    Interesting. 
      December 29, 2018 10:59 PM MST
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  • Maybe like on the show " oak Island " we could have flooding tunnels.
      December 29, 2018 10:56 PM MST
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  • But then they would land on the minefield or get shot by the snipers or.... no wait....sorry I was thinking of N. Korea or maybe E. + W. Germany Or was it China, or was it...………..
      December 29, 2018 10:49 PM MST
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  • 3719
    Such hydraulic tools already exist but they are not very portable! Quite heavy and bulky.

    Wouldn't the people trying it, be spotted fairly quickly anyway?
      January 4, 2019 3:21 PM MST
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