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10 inch slat gaps?
The length of a Ford Explorer is 198.3"
The Explorer pictured below traverses 11 of the "steel slats."
With equal width slats and gaps, that means there is a nearly 10"
gap between each spiked slat of horror.
Plenty of room for half-starved refugees to fit through.
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Mopar151
(9,997 posts)With the right kind of "hook" to catch the top of the poles, a couple wreckers could pull it over!
if the "slats" are formed from plate steel, an oxyacetylene torch will make short work of them at the base.
Or it could be a job for Thermite! or some of it's tricky cousins....
safeinOhio
(32,715 posts)Slide right through.
nuxvomica
(12,442 posts)Even if the slats are fixed to the base there is nothing to keep them from vibrating. What kind of sound will those 20-foot tuning forks make when a good wind comes along?
Roland99
(53,342 posts)How long til theyre covered in guano?
Igel
(35,356 posts)is a construction drawing.
It's like saying, "Pshaw, what kind of a vehicle has grey brake lights and black windows? And just look at the boarder guard logo on the truck, all grey like that. Who authorized the redesign?"
earthshine
(1,642 posts)pnwmom
(108,994 posts)Vinca
(50,303 posts)Raven
(13,899 posts)razor blades...
Maeve
(42,288 posts)First, notice that the SUV is shortened (the tires are oval, rather than round). This article figures 10 inch slats and 9 inch gaps--still plenty of room to fit between and there is a resaurant in China where you eat free if you fit thru a 5.9 inch gap https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2018/05/29/want-a-discount-try-squeezing-through-narrow-metal-bars-in-this-chinese-restaurant/
Here's the WashPost article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/23/based-trumps-detailed-diagram-his-slat-wall-we-did-some-advanced-mathematics/?utm_term=.6de2d2725cfd and this note: