Git-N-Er Done!

[Diamondpilot]

Saw this while on a towing tip last Sunday in my Titan. I was cruising along I69 between Detroit and Indy doing about 75mph pulling 8,000# when I came around the bend and seen this rig wagging all over the place. He was only doing about 60mph and the tail was wagging the dog for sure. Truck was a short bed and as you can see he has a 5,000# SUV on a single axle trailer secured by 4 1" 1,000# ratchet straps from WalMart.

I slowed to take the picture then got the He11 out of there before I became a statistic with them. I guess it may be legal since he had Handicap Plates though.:confused2:

Chris

 

[beppington]

I don't see any snow on the road, so ... :confused3:


:laughing:

 

[Diamondpilot]

I don't see any snow on the road, so ... :confused2:


:laughing:

Its back 60's from Wed to Saturday and now its snowing. Even got a little rain and ice for a few hours before the snow started a few hours ago.

Chris

 

[Ryan03]

As long as he added some air lift bags and 4.56's to his F-150, he should be good. :laughing:

 

[Markcuda]

Ya, It's ashame the guy just didn't have as good of equipment as you did.
Probably doesn't have as good of job as you, hence the shoddy stuff.

 

[Dmace]

He should have put that old Ford on the trailer and pulled it with the Jeep.

 

[Agrantina]

Those wal-mart straps are rated at 1,500# so 4 of them would be 6,000k more than enough!!! Just a JOKE guys!

AndyG

 

[powerstroke444e]

I would have thought it would have been tongue heavy??? I could only guess what put this guy in the postion that he need to haul it on that trailer. I wish him the best and hope next time he is able get it done safely or afford the $100 for the roll back.

 

[crazyal]

I don't think I've ever seen a single axle car hauling trailer before. I can only guess what it's rated for or what it's designed to pull.

 

[LD1]

All I can say is WOW.

Not to hijack your thread, but I seen a similar situation on my way home from work the other night going up I-71 just north of columbus.

It was about a 24' goosneck trailer with dual tandems. I dont know much about heavy trailers, maybe a 21k rating????

Anyway, it had a FULL sized tandem axle day cab semi on it. I am not sure what them weigh, maybe 18-20k???? It was ALL the way at the back of the trailer. The rear axle wasnt even touching the deck as it was over the dovetail. And the truck was STILL squating pretty good. Mainly because it was only a F-250:confused2: Truck and trailer was probabally easially 25k lbs. And he was running between 65-70MPH to boot:confused2:

Again, I am no expert and dont know the weights for sure, but I would be willing to wager a bet that he was a good bit over his limit.