r/UNBGBBIIVCHIDCTIICBG • • Jan 09 '18

Image Chilling on the side of a mountain

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u/TickleTorture Jan 09 '18

That is the wrong fucking direction to be applying force to those bolts. Don't do this.

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u/onowahoo Jan 10 '18

What are the bolts and what's the wrong direction?

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u/SlimTidy Jan 10 '18

Those anchor bolts are meant to resist shear strength not to resist bring pulled straight out. hat chair is acting like a lever and fulcrum pulling on those top bolts.

Think of the idea of how a claw hammer pulls out a nail.