Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[garacuda]

I wondered if that's what it was. Didn't get a good look as to whether it was a toy hauler or not.

I was guessing he had a waterbed in that top bunk.

 

[Wnc3]

Not the worst I've seen, but chains would be better.








Well the second picture says it will hold upside down....

 

[Bigfoot62]

Not the worst I've seen, but chains would be better. . .

Agreed. I've seen worse, but chains are required on that load.

On this side of the Sabine River, those straps would get you a ticket. Probably would in TX too.

 

[terryknight]

you're kidding me right.... not even 10K lbs. DOT doesn't require chains until 10K lbs

after looking more closely at the pictures i and to take my comment back, but not because of the straps, the fact that th loadr and bushhog aren't strapped bothers me

 

[Wnc3]

One single strap across the back is not enough and the small one on the mower would barely count.
4 individual 3" straps(3000 lbs. each) would pass. Plus one for attachment
If one of the 4 breaks, then the other 3 will hold.

 

[Renze]

Youtube is full of Russian road madness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ingNReUHBXA

 

[rd_macgregor]

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This photo was on Facebook, it was taken near Ocala FL. , it said the truck was traveling about 50 mph.

Shouldn't this one be in the chains and load binders thread?

 

[rd_macgregor]

Youtube is full of Russian road madness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ingNReUHBXA

I watched those with sort of sick fascination. For me, the very last clip was creepy, like some kind of weird nightmare.

Russian clips are so common, I wonder, does every driver in Russia have a dash cam?

 

[fordmantpw]

Russian clips are so common, I wonder, does every driver in Russia have a dash cam?

Quite a few do since fraud is so common there. People fake injuries and what-not, so many use dash cams to have proof otherwise.

 

[paulharvey]

I watched those with sort of sick fascination. For me, the very last clip was creepy, like some kind of weird nightmare.

Russian clips are so common, I wonder, does every driver in Russia have a dash cam?

My understanding was they are required by law; maybe not Federation wide, but at least in some Oblasts, and/or republics. Keep in mind there are Oblasts (basically states) as well as autonomous republics within the Russian Federation.

 

[Renze]

Quite a few do since fraud is so common there. People fake injuries and what-not, so many use dash cams to have proof otherwise.

Here in Holland, a colleague of my neighbour was set up, proven by his dashcam (you get them for 25 euro nowadays) however the judge ruled that it was illegal to videotape others in public space and that the proof was rejected, and he was found guilty...

The driving habits are the same for most former Warschau pact countries. I have been told that traffic violations were the only rebellion against the system that didnt get you killed or sent to a Gulag, because you could bribe the traffic cops... It is a mindset, a custom that has grown into a national habit due to the system they used to live in... Speak up about whats REALLY wrong in the USSR against the Party and you'll be tortured and sent to a Siberian prison camp, but slip off the authorities through your driving habits and you could get away with a bribe.

The history of Russian political systems has distorted the Russian culture and traces are still visible today, is what i understand... And i still dont grasp enough of the Russian culture to put recent happenings (MH17 shootdown, the Ukraine war) into the right perspective...

 

[chopped]

YIKES around 5.12 a tractor tire explodes I think.

Youtube is full of Russian road madness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ingNReUHBXA

 

[edkemper]

You've got to wonder what they were thinking. This is a hard one to understand.

 

[Redneck in training]

Here in Holland, a colleague of my neighbour was set up, proven by his dashcam (you get them for 25 euro nowadays) however the judge ruled that it was illegal to videotape others in public space and that the proof was rejected, and he was found guilty...

The driving habits are the same for most former Warschau pact countries. I have been told that traffic violations were the only rebellion against the system that didnt get you killed or sent to a Gulag, because you could bribe the traffic cops... It is a mindset, a custom that has grown into a national habit due to the system they used to live in... Speak up about whats REALLY wrong in the USSR against the Party and you'll be tortured and sent to a Siberian prison camp, but slip off the authorities through your driving habits and you could get away with a bribe.

The history of Russian political systems has distorted the Russian culture and traces are still visible today, is what i understand... And i still dont grasp enough of the Russian culture to put recent happenings (MH17 shootdown, the Ukraine war) into the right perspective...

There were only very few privately held cars in Russia until death of communism. Owning a car was dream so distant that people didn't dream of it. The disregard for law has roots in another thing. As long as you didn't rebel against the system you could get by with behavior that would put you in jail or at least fired in any western country. In example stealing stuff from construction site because you needed it but couldn't buy it (it was not on the market). In fact the people who had the material would help you to get it if you could steal something you had access to for them. If you wouldn't break the law you couldn't live in any Eastern Bloc country. We used to say: If you don't steal from government you are stealing from your family." The regime changed but the corruption didn't. So the disregard for law continues. Driving crazy is just one demonstration of it.

 

[jhlittle]

A lot of that comes from the fact that humans evolved to walk and our brains react best at walking speeds. The more basic cause is that people are, for the most part, stupid.

 

[bcp]

Fifty percent of all people are below the median, no matter what you are talking about.



Bruce

 

[Locoweed]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/parts-repairs/320761-can-anyone-id-engine.html

 

[paulharvey]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/parts-repairs/320761-can-anyone-id-engine.html

That's kinda low, taking a picture from someone's first post as a example of towing wrong. All though it looks like it can roll forward freely;

 

[JJZ 109]

That's kinda low, taking a picture from someone's first post as a example of towing wrong. All though it looks like it can roll forward freely;

And who actually knows if the person even towed the trailer a foot after that pic? None of us. It's simply a picture of a tractor loaded onto a trailer. Quite possible the tractor was secured better after the pic was taken. Although it may be a good idea to add another strap or two in addition to those shown, it does appear that it has at least one strap pulling the front of the tractor toward the front of the trailer and another is pulling the rear of the tractor rearward.
Which was the point that I was trying to make earlier when I criticized folks for condemning others. I was sorta "called out" by one of the forum know it alls. It seems that everyone likes to dog pile on and point out what the other guy is doing wrong. News flash: most self appointed "experts" on TBN probably are not. We've all made mistakes and have learned by the trial & error method at some point in our careers.
Take something away from another's mistake so that you don't repeat it, or give some pointers to the less experienced if you can to help them out. No need to contribute to the negativity.

 

[yelbike]

And who actually knows if the person even towed the trailer a foot after that pic? None of us. It's simply a picture of a tractor loaded onto a trailer. Quite possible the tractor was secured after the pic was taken.
Which was the point that I was trying to make earlier when I criticized folks for condemning others. I was sorta "called out" by one of the forum know it alls. It seems that everyone likes to dog pile on and point out what the other guy is doing wrong. News flash: most self appointed "experts" on TBN probably are not. We've all made mistakes and have learned by the trial & error method at some point in our careers.
Take something away from another's mistake so that you don't repeat it, or give some pointers to the less experienced if you can to help them out. No need to contribute to the negativity.

Good post. Applies to forums and life. Don't assume.