Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

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Or ones that can get into or out of gas stations. Crikey.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

Decades ago I used to tow and be towed with a chain. We could not afford a tow bar much less a trailer. So we did what we had to do. Probably illegal now but we never had a problem.

It's all in knowing how. I got towed clear across town once with a chain. I was a kid, but the old man towing me told me what I needed to know. I did all the braking, and that chain never went slack. Learned some good lessons.

 

[jimmysisson]

I recall running the tow chain through a length of 3" pipe, felt like cheating but cut down on surprises.
Jim

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I got one better. Saw a Honda broke down at a gas station in Ohio. Guy in a truck was going to pull him home.

They opened the hood, dropped a strap between the radiator and the engine, ran the strap through the loop on the end of the srap and back to the hitch on the truck and shut the hood and off they went.

Bet that was good on the radiator, core support, and grill area.

So you were the guy staring at us that day!

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

In the mid 80's, I once towed a roomate's car from Picacho, AZ to Alamogordo, NM with a tow strap. We got all the way into Alamogordo and a city cop pulled us over (police state back then) to tell us how unsafe that was. Didn't have the heart to tell him that we'd just pulled it four hundred miles that way. I wouldn't do it today, because I wouldn't have to, but back then it was the only choice we had. Being active duty enlisted, we didn't have a pot to pee in, let alone be able to afford a 400 mile tow bill.

 

[Sysop]

In the mid 80's, I once towed a roomate's car from Picacho, AZ to Alamogordo, NM with a tow strap. We got all the way into Alamogordo and a city cop pulled us over (police state back then) to tell us how unsafe that was. Didn't have the heart to tell him that we'd just pulled it four hundred miles that way. I wouldn't do it today, because I wouldn't have to, but back then it was the only choice we had. Being active duty enlisted, we didn't have a pot to pee in, let alone be able to afford a 400 mile tow bill.

Lots of places it is legal as long as you hang a flag on the chain/strap halfway between the vehicles.

 

[3930dave]

This guy obviously dislikes RV's that you have to step up to get into ...

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Heading for Moab ? :laughing:

Camping at Walmart,yes; most sites I go to, not a chance....

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

Decades ago I used to tow and be towed with a chain. We could not afford a tow bar much less a trailer. So we did what we had to do. Probably illegal now but we never had a problem.

Back in about '86, I lived out in the country, on a long straight street that dead-ended at a river. I lived in the second house from the river.

Helped a neighbour out on a Sunday morning in January. He had a small standard pickup (Dodge branded Mitsu) that he couldn't get to fire up, and wanted to pull-start it. He only had a short (maybe not even 6') chain. Pulled it out of his garage with his larger vehicle and onto the street. Only took a a short pull down the street to get the Mitsu to fire.

Didn't think twice about doing it back then - very quiet street with only local traffic, and at about -40 that morning nobody else was (stupid enough to be) out that time on a Sunday.

On that exact same street today, I might think think twice..... but I'd probably still do a short distance pull like that, as I can now afford a longer chain

Rgds, D.

 

[Gem99ultra]

Chevy had a light duty 3/4 ton in the mid 90s that was 6 lug. Semi floater axle, 3/4 ton diff, 6 lug flanges, drum brakes rear.

yep - my '97 C2500 Chevy has the same, i.e 6 lugs, 6.5 liter diesel - with less power than my '97 C1500 5.7 Chevy gas pickup. Advantage though, it is much heavier which is needed for stopping when pulling a trailer.

(Maybe I'm stuck in a time warp, 2 running '97s.)

 

[Gem99ultra]

Back in about '86, I lived out in the country, on a long straight street that dead-ended at a river. I lived in the second house from the river.

Helped a neighbour out on a Sunday morning in January. He had a small standard pickup (Dodge branded Mitsu) that he couldn't get to fire up, and wanted to pull-start it. He only had a short (maybe not even 6') chain. Pulled it out of his garage with his larger vehicle and onto the street. Only took a a short pull down the street to get the Mitsu to fire.

Didn't think twice about doing it back then - very quiet street with only local traffic, and at about -40 that morning nobody else was (stupid enough to be) out that time on a Sunday.

On that exact same street today, I might think think twice..... but I'd probably still do a short distance pull like that, as I can now afford a longer chain

Rgds, D.

It's illegal these days to pull a car with a chain? 'Back in the day', it was a lot better than pushing one. Maybe 'bumpers' were actually bumpers back then?