Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[4570Man]

If it's like it looks (a 4wd pickup locked into 4wd with the rear driveline disconnected), it should hold up as long as it's not abused.

Aaron Z

The front end wasn’t meant to continuously pull the entire vehicle plus a load.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

The front end wasn’t meant to continuously pull the entire vehicle plus a load.

I'm no mechanic... Is there a way to switch the rear drive train to the front? This guy had no problem going up some steep inclines.

 

[dstig1]

Don't they do that sort of thing for some special rigs for moving airplanes around? I seem to recall pictures that had something to do with seaplanes and 4wd trucks with only front axles. But I think those are for yard use only, not freeway.

 

[4570Man]

I'm no mechanic... Is there a way to switch the rear drive train to the front? This guy had no problem going up some steep inclines.

It wouldn’t make any difference to the motor and transmission . I’d worry about the durability of the front axle and associated parts. You can get a heavier one but no the rear axle can’t be used on the front because it doesn’t steer.

 

[duramaxsky]

The drive chain in the transfer case is not strong enough either.

 

[4570Man]

The drive chain in the transfer case is not strong enough either.

I doubt it has very good brakes either. They were probably barely adequate to start with and he took off one axle.

 

[Fallon]

Don't they do that sort of thing for some special rigs for moving airplanes around? I seem to recall pictures that had something to do with seaplanes and 4wd trucks with only front axles. But I think those are for yard use only, not freeway.

Floatplane trucks, amusing to Google & look at the photos. This literal half truck ferries float planes around the airport (With images) | Float plane, Car, Racing

 

[Chilliwack Murray]

Around here the Riviera chassis was popular for floatplane tugs. Later the K-Cars were used a lot.

 

[ruffdog]

Man, this takes the cake...towing a long singlewide trailer with a pickup on small country roads....around corners??????!!!!!!!!!!! PS...warning....smoking trucks, tempers, and broken drive shafts will be seen.

These pickups towing a single wide is the wildest thing you'll see on the internet today

 

[Ford850]

Man, this takes the cake...towing a long singlewide trailer with a pickup on small country roads....around corners??????!!!!!!!!!!! PS...warning....smoking trucks, tempers, and broken drive shafts will be seen.

These pickups towing a single wide is the wildest thing you'll see on the internet today

The best part: "Update theyæ±*e still out there trying to pull it. Also apparently the guy pulling the trailer originally in the video only has 1 leg and the Cummins is a manual"

Also, it appears to be a dove tail single wide. :laughing: