Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[Jstpssng]

I'm going to post a few photos that I feel belong here. I may be taking a loose interpretation on this thread, but I think you'll all let it slide.

To start with, something that may not necessarily be wrong, but it sure isn't right.

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Now these two, they're towing, and they're wrong.

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I was sorting through old photos and came upon these, figured I'd pass them along.

Aren't they special! Some people do seem to believe that towing a trailer gives them special priveleges. I've always believed that if you can't drive it, leave it at home.

 

[California]

... spent WAY too much time at the casinos & skiing Heavenly ...Had a guy try to sell me his wife's engagement ring at the table while she was crying next to him. Told him if that wasn't a sign from God to pack up & drive back to SF nothing would be ...

I saw similar once. Asian grandpa, I assume a tourist from overseas, losing $50k bets again and again. With his entire family gathered around as he ignored them pleading that he give up trying to make up his losses.

I'll bet that was a once in a lifetime family vacation that none of them will forget.

 

[bcp]

So we got a call..

Sponsored by Jerkum (old wire) Ropes.



Bruce

 

[bcp]

Truck stuck? Call a tow ship.

Another example of the stuck vehicle digging a hole to make itself more stuck, while being recovered. Would have come out sooner in neutral..

Bruce

 

[bcp]

No high speed cornering for you!

Bruce

 

[bcp]

No bridge? No problem.

Bruce

 

[bcp]

Another GPS casualty.

Bruce

 

[RobertN]

Yes Pioneer Trail was that parallel detour that had to be opened to replace US 50. The landslide was about 10? miles west of Echo Summit.

Donner Summit is the highest point on modern I -80. Where the eastbound rest area is.

Donner Pass, old US40 is parallel to new I-80 and a mile south of it. Now just a scenic 2 lane winding county secondary road. Still where the transcontinental railroad crosses the summit. And the UC snow reporting station is there, at Norden.

They opened Mormon Immigrant Trail from Pollock Pines to H-88 the two times I saw H-50 blocked 20 some odd years ago. Took them a while to plow it, as it's normally closed in the winter.

I like it, because it made Kirkwood a short trip from Placerville. Otherwise it was a much longer drive to get to Kirkwood by H-49 to H-88...

 

[California]

They opened Mormon Immigrant Trail from Pollock Pines to H-88 the two times I saw H-50 blocked 20 some odd years ago. Took them a while to plow it, as it's normally closed in the winter.

I like it, because it made Kirkwood a short trip from Placerville. Otherwise it was a much longer drive to get to Kirkwood by H-49 to H-88...

You're right, the proper name for that detour is Mormon Immigrant Trail.

I thought I remembered that when the bulldozers met in the middle they said they were above so many layers of ice and snow that they were 12 ft above the pavement. But that seems so incredible that I didn't mention it above. Do you remember what was in the news at the time?

More Sierra storms trivia - when I was a little kid I remember the passenger train from the east, the City of San Francisco, disappeared in 1952. It was 3 days before rescuers reached it. A tiny avalanche had blocked its forward motion and it was snowed in so badly that it couldn't back up. Finally the storm let up and US-40 got plowed so that the passengers could walk out to the highway. To a little kid the breathless news updates seemed like the sinking of the Titantic or something!

 

[Yogi05]

If you look closely, can you spot anything he did right? Nope, me either...

I'm inclined to think that is a disgruntled employee.