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[buckeyefarmer]

Passed a honda pilot on the interstate today with 2 mattresses on top. They were driving 30 mph....

 

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It irritates me to no end, because I tend to go at or perhaps slightly above the average speed of traffic as a whole, which means, I have to at times shift into the left [PASSING] lane to pass a slow-boat, and then I go back to the [DRIVING] lane right to let faster cars go by.

Until THAT GUY locks himself to my shoulder- usually after closely tailgating me when I drive at a deliberately faster-than-the-driving-lane-speed in the left lane to make my pass, which means that instead of being able to continue to cruise at my set speed [I love my cruise-control]- I have to brake to get him to pass or get stuck behind the next slow boat.

This gets me all the time. Travelling with horse trailer and I like to keep my speed, especially as we come onto hills and I don't want to slow down at the bottom then have to power up in a lower gear. I average about 10 kph over the speed limit on the highway and the truck usually won't have to gear down unless it is a steep hill. How many times though do I get someone who wants to park behind my right shoulder and sit there while I get closer and closer to the car in front of me and I have to brake? Sometimes they are watching the horses, which I am fine with especially if they have kids. To a certain extent.

Sometimes they are just oblivious to the world around them though. Don't drive there for 5 minutes while your girlfriend videos the horses with her phone. One time I had someone sitting there until I got bogged down by a rig in front of me, and then he slowed down to keep time with me while the gf videoed the horses. Meanwhile traffic is piling up behind him and I know I am never going to get past this slow truck in front of me. A line forms behind me and a bigger line behind him, and still he is sitting there beside me while she videos. Finally I blow my horn a few times and wave my arm for him to pass, and then he gives me the finger and speeds away leaving a 20 vehicle clog behind him.

 

[Redlands Okie]

Found this one yesterday. View attachment 566159

I am seeing a lot of straps. Not sure about some of them. One thing is for sure. Those bottles do not have any safety caps or rings on them to protect the valves. Gees

 

[Eric_Phillips]

Here are a couple more pictures from the Union Hill FD's Facebook page: On Saturday July 21st at approximately... - Union Hill Fire Department | Facebook
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Reportedly, this truck stopped and when the other truck tried to stop, the boat went flying:
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Aaron Z

Sorry I am late to the party but I have been on vacation. A relative of mine knows a relative of the driver. He thought the truck in front was going to run the yellow light and he was going to follow. When the front truck decided to stop he had to make a panic stop. He also claims the boat was strapped down and that the straps broke. I didn't see any broken straps in the pics.

 

[TheFarmerInAdell]

Here are some of the thing's I've seen out and about recently.

They must have had a hard stop without trailer brakes. I wonder how his tailgate works?

The only strap on the plow is across the back. Sure, it won't fall out, but it didn't seem very tight and a few good bounces might dislodge it.

 

[TheFarmerInAdell]

And here's one of my recent loads.



I'm sure I was over weight, but I only had a little ways to go and I went slow with the flashers on. 14k trailer (9k load rating). The dump bed picked it up without a problem, didn't have to hand-unload it. And everything was strapped down well.

 

[Industrial Toys]

That's an AMAZING load. What kind of wood?

 

[TheFarmerInAdell]

Willow, unfortunately. A friend needed it taken down and I had the resources to do it. Another friend wanted the wood for his wood stove. Even after I told him that he didn't really want it, he still took it. His mentality is "free wood is free wood!".

 

[Industrial Toys]

Not the greatest scanned picture from the 90s. I had a friends unlicensed truck and thought it would be good to deliver this frame for a pond shack some twenty miles away. It was put on a K-Car axle!

My friend went Ballistic, when he found out. I guess I was kind of out of line. Easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission.

 

[Doofy]

Hardly any BTUs in willow. Great for making ashes and creosote. Will rot before it dries unless split. Better than nothing but not by much. Awesome load though.

 

[mbergeon]

I am seeing a lot of straps. Not sure about some of them. One thing is for sure. Those bottles do not have any safety caps or rings on them to protect the valves. Gees

Zoom in on the picture, you can see the gauges on the tank on the left, they are pressurized .... YIKES

 

[BigBlue1]

Here are some of the thing's I've seen out and about recently.

They must have had a hard stop without trailer brakes. I wonder how his tailgate works?View attachment 566733

I highly doubt that the crunched truck had a trailer issue. That damage is from getting run into.

Rob

 

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Not the greatest scanned picture from the 90s. I had a friends unlicensed truck and thought it would be good to deliver this frame for a pond shack some twenty miles away. It was put on a K-Car axle!

My friend went Ballistic, when he found out. I guess I was kind of out of line. Easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission.

That looks like it would make a solid shack. Is the shack still there?

 

[ultrarunner]

^^^I had the same thoughts... good way to go if you have the material.

 

[cqaigy2]

I highly doubt that the crunched truck had a trailer issue. That damage is from getting run into.

Rob

Quick stop in front of a Miata driver on the phone.

Disclaimer:Nothing against Miatas.

 

[Fallon]

I highly doubt that the crunched truck had a trailer issue. That damage is from getting run into.

Rob

I'm guessing it's a 50/50 chance that tailgate opens. Given it already doesnt match the rest of the truck its probably not the first time that happened. I'm guessing small car rather than trailer as well. At least for one of the impacts. The damage area is to wide fir a trailer tongue. I suppose the tongue could have gone all the way under & the deck or load did the damage. Would think a deck would mangle the whole bumper equally rather than mostly in the middle.

 

[cmyoung2]

I'm guessing it's a 50/50 chance that tailgate opens. Given it already doesnt match the rest of the truck its probably not the first time that happened. I'm guessing small car rather than trailer as well. At least for one of the impacts. The damage area is to wide fir a trailer tongue. I suppose the tongue could have gone all the way under & the deck or load did the damage. Would think a deck would mangle the whole bumper equally rather than mostly in the middle.

I've seen similar damage on bumper mounted hitches when you try to back a trailer over a curb or log, although mine went down instead of up, just because of the hitch angle.

 

[bcp]

I wonder what went wrong here, with the car and trailer rolled in opposite directions.

Rollover crash on northbound I-5 blocking 2 traffic lanes | The Columbian

Bruce

 

[ultrarunner]

Maybe severely tongue light and the trailer whipped violently at speed?

Only had the happen once... I did not load and was told ready to go and had to get going.

Got on the freeway and accelerated up to speed and the car trailer violently fishtailed... scariest thing ever and it was box trailer so no trailer brakes which would have helped to regain control

 

[two_bit_score]

Maybe severely tongue light and the trailer whipped violently at speed?

Only had the happen once... I did not load and was told ready to go and had to get going.

Got on the freeway and accelerated up to speed and the car trailer violently fishtailed... scariest thing ever and it was box trailer so no trailer brakes which would have helped to regain control

So....did you flip it?



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