I was pulling my trailer from NC to CO and had a frayed edge of the serpentine belt whip around the transmission coolant hose and pull it into a pulley, where it quickly wore a hole in the hose and spewed forth the contents of my transmission all over the exhaust manifold. This is 500 miles from home in Kansas. I duct taped the hole in the hose, and held it in place with hose clamps from a truck stop. I promised myself if that duct tape got me home, I would never ever bad mouth duct tape again. It held for six months until I did a proper repair.

Be even more realistic if I hit the base of it with my propane weed burner.