Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

aczlan · Oct 26, 2016

coldsteelva said:
Who in the world buys a receiver hitch with a tri-ball, when they have no receiver and then uses a lag bolt and a couple of non-hardened nuts to secure it? HAHAHAHA Crazy Arizonans.

I was going to say, nice grade 3 bolt (or is it a ungraded Chinese bolt?)

Aaron Z

Gunny · Oct 26, 2016

At least he's got a locking pin in it so it can't be stolen, unless the thief has a couple of crescent wrenches

And at least he's got it double nutted!

rd_macgregor · Oct 26, 2016

People were commenting on bumping with pintle hitches...imagine what kind of sway this setup could suffer. If the bolt loosened even a bit, a hard stop could rotate the whole shebang into the bumper.

sixdogs · Oct 26, 2016

No pics of this because I have a low end cell phone but I saw a pickup truck today with two boards over the sides of the bed and two tractor tires with wheels on top of those boards. No straps. A cop would bag him in a heartbeat.

4570Man · Oct 26, 2016

rd_macgregor said:
People were commenting on bumping with pintle hitches...imagine what kind of sway this setup could suffer. If the bolt loosened even a bit, a hard stop could rotate the whole shebang into the bumper.

Even if the bolt was tight it wouldn't take much force to rotate it. Leverage is certainly not in this guys favor.

roadhunter · Oct 27, 2016

coldsteelva said:
Who in the world buys a receiver hitch with a tri-ball, when they have no receiver and then uses a lag bolt and a couple of non-hardened nuts to secure it? HAHAHAHA Crazy Arizonans.

You call that a lag bolt in VA?

Everywhere I've lived a lag bolt was made for wood.

On a good note at least he wasn't pulling a bigger trailer that required the 2-5/16 ball. LOL