Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[PhysAssist]

Conversation has a tendency to wander. That is just the nature of conversation. The ones complaining must be from Germany...

No, you cannot talk about dogs in a towing thread!

I loved [the old] TopGear!

They towed or hauled wrong all the time:

SUV Caravan Challenge | Top Gear | Series 22 | BBC - YouTube

Campervan Challenge - Top Gear - BBC - YouTube

Car - Boat Challenge - Top Gear series 8 - BBC - YouTube

 

[Midniteoyl]

Not dumb if it works...?

 

[California]

Not dumb if it works...?

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... so long as both vehicles are going on-way to the scrapyard.

 

[Sysop]

Tie downs ARE important, aren't they??

Rob

I bet that was fun to watch in the rearview mirror from the cab.

 

[Code54]

Quick load method of truck so can fit more on the trailer.

Looks like you MIGHT be able to just back it out......

 

[LD48750]

I think I'll stick with due process. We don't need vigilantes deciding who might have committed a crime - best left for third world countries.

Or... who might commit a crime in the future.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

SR

 

[lostcreekranch]

SR

 

[rd_macgregor]

Not dumb if it works...?

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So, if he hooked the car's taillights/brakelights to his truck's, would he still need a red flag on the back of the car? Of course, right and left would be up and down...

 

[ning]

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Gotta say, that excavator was definitely chained onto that trailer well!

 

[David_Kb7uns]

This is what happens when it's you and 4 ladies trying to get everything out of the house before the violent ex boyfriend comes home. .

Only went a few miles on city streets with some extra straps. Nothing lost. Not the smartest thing I've ever done for lots of reasons. :drink:

Co-workers....

That is when you inform them that you have a tractor with a backhoe and you can make the problem "go away"

David

 

[California]

Gotta say, that excavator was definitely chained onto that trailer well!

That, and, 50 tons of inertia just doesn't stop!

I was in Los Angeles doing random project record quality control checks, when I saw on the news there was a similar incident at the overpass widening project I was going to visit in the morning. First thing in the morning I called and cancelled, they had more important things to deal with than an auditor asking for files.

From the TV news it appeared something had gone wrong at the jobsite and the falsework (concrete forms) had collapsed, or a crane had fallen off the overpass, or something. A couple of days later I visited and heard the real story: some guy with a crane truck was motoring along and his boom, cantilevered forward in front of his cab, bounced up and caught the last 12x16 timber supporting the concrete forms. The timber fell and killed him. Caltrans project management and the contractor performing the work had no responsibility at all, the clearance under the falsework was a foot higher than the earlier warning signs and the guy's boom was found to be not strapped down. It had bounced up a few feet from its cradle to snag that timber. True story, with a fatality.

 

[Midniteoyl]

Pallets.. Not really that light..

 

[downslope]

Tie downs ARE important, aren't they??

Rob

Looks like truck has front end damage and struck other vehicle quite hard. Probably broke whatever tie downs were being used.

 

[BigBlue1]

Looks like truck has front end damage and struck other vehicle quite hard. Probably broke whatever tie downs were being used.

My comment was sarcasm. But still, if the tractor was chained down well it shouldn't have come loose.

Rob

 

[Redlands Okie]

Pallets.. Not really that light..

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Amazing use of a nice looking car. Speaking of looking it almost seems as if the driver is waving a interesting signal also.

 

[Ford850]

Pallets.. Not really that light..

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Headed to a field for release.

 

[mykleh]

almost seems like steering could be optional as well... front tires look pretty light with snow coming down..

 

[Ford850]

Pallets.. Not really that light..

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I saw this pic on another site. Someone from Cincinnati commented that they recognized the car and saw it in that area carrying pallets like this occasionally. 'Once and done' seems crazy, but know this guy hauls like this occasionally is insane!

 

[California]

... if the tractor was chained down well it shouldn't have come loose.

Rob

Agree. That big excavator that snagged the overpass stayed secure on its trailer.