Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

Soundguy · Apr 5, 2014

top pic makes me cringe.. not out of safety.. but out of property damage.

bottom pic is funny.. but only cuz I may have participated in something like that before. middle pic.. i hope that is another country. I've seen pics of a truck tipped up on side held there with a landscape timber while some guy lays under it with a torch .. looks like he's torching off the fuel tank brackets or something

what could possibly go wrong with that?!?

cqaigy2 · Apr 7, 2014

shepherd said:
View attachment 368408 a buddy of mine. wasn't around when it happened. just seen it after the fact

You have to make adjustment when you have to go sledding!

kebo · Apr 11, 2014

Saw this Prius this morning pulling a trailer with a HD strapped down on it. Probably not over the max tow rating, but I bet they are not rated for much weight. Anybody know?? I think this was the first Prius I've seen with a trailer behind it and it was squatting pretty good. He was taking his time too. Sorry for the blurry pic, was trying to snap it and not wreck at the same time.

3930dave · Apr 11, 2014

kebo said:
Saw this Prius this morning pulling a trailer with a HD strapped down on it. Probably not over the max tow rating, but I bet they are not rated for much weight. Anybody know?? I think this was the first Prius I've seen with a trailer behind it and it was squatting pretty good. He was taking his time too. Sorry for the blurry pic, was trying to snap it and not wreck at the same time.

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Many small cars aren't rated for more than 1,000#. The Hawg alone nails that.

Then people wonder why the trani packs it in early.....

Rgds, D.

kebo · Apr 11, 2014

Yeah, I was gonna guess 800# for the HD, and prolly 500# for the trailer. So, it might well be more than that little gas motor is rated for. I bet with that rig behind it, the mileage probably drops in half? You know he wasn't headed to the mountains either lol.

joshuabardwell · Apr 11, 2014

kebo said:
Saw this Prius this morning pulling a trailer with a HD strapped down on it. Probably not over the max tow rating, but I bet they are not rated for much weight. Anybody know??

Prius is not rated to tow. At all. Source: A friend owns one.

chopped · Apr 11, 2014

Many cars are not rated but you can buy a hitch and they do fine. Like mine. Its not supposed to but i got a hitch on it and tow a trailer . without any troubles. luckily its a standard so not to much abuse.

joshuabardwell said:
Prius is not rated to tow. At all. Source: A friend owns one.

94BULLITT · Apr 11, 2014

kebo said:
Saw this Prius this morning pulling a trailer with a HD strapped down on it. Probably not over the max tow rating, but I bet they are not rated for much weight. Anybody know?? I think this was the first Prius I've seen with a trailer behind it and it was squatting pretty good. He was taking his time too. Sorry for the blurry pic, was trying to snap it and not wreck at the same time.

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He needed a weight distribution hitch:laughing:

3930dave · Apr 12, 2014

chopped said:
Many cars are not rated but you can buy a hitch and they do fine. Like mine. Its not supposed to but i got a hitch on it and tow a trailer . without any troubles. luckily its a standard so not to much abuse.

A smart/skilled driver, with a stick trani, can cope OK with a tiny trailer. People in Europe and elsewhere do it all the time. Less common here, though I've know motorcycle guys to do well with small cars and MC trailers....

With an automatic, and given the avg consumers lack of mechanical knowledge, I'd advise keeping a hitch off anything with zero tow rating, at least till the warranty was up. I wouldn't want to know what a replacement trani on a Prius is worth.

I talked to a lady that towed a small trailer from Calgary AB to Ottawa ON with a Prius. Got 18L/100km, about 13mpg US. My one ton on a bad day does way better than that. It would have been way cheaper for her to ship her stuff by commercial truck.

Rgds, D.