[mrein3]

I broke one about 20 years ago when my 4x4 was still a three on the tree.

I was just cresting the top of the bridge out of Red Wing, MN to sneak back to my MN house via western Wisconsin. At the top of the bridge I pushed in the clutch and BANG! No more clutch. I coasted to the bottom of the bridge on the Wisconsin side.

I had AAA at the time as I was fishing a lot of bass tournaments - which is why I was down there at the time. I called AAA. I could urinate on MN from where my truck was but because I was on the Wisconsin side they had to call a truck to come 10 miles from the nearest po-dunk Wisconsin village verses a larger town, Red Wing in my rear-view mirror.

After some choice words I convinced the good people of AAA to have me pulled a few feet back to MN where a shop replaced the ball stud.

I sure don't miss the jam-o-matic three on the tree. Especially at the boat ramp.

It probably was simply fatigued after 50 years of you and others pushing on it.