Car Trains

[MossRoad]

In our travels back and forth to OK over the past month, in Missouri we've seen a junky car towing a junky car towing a junky car. Triples. Sometimes it's a junky car towing a junky car with a tow-bar and the 2nd car is towing a 3rd junky car on a tow dolly. Sometimes the 3rd car is just another tow-bar. Sometimes it's a truck or SUV in front, sometimes its a larger car.

We saw this 20-30 times. Anyone know what's up with that?

 

[Gee Ray]

Mostly people buying cars from Co-parts, or Manheim which are totaled by the insurance companies. The cars are purchased form the insurance company by rebuilders or junk yards which are to cheap to pay for a truck to move the cars. So they drag them back to their shops instead of hauling them.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I have never seen that in Oklahoma; I suspect it's illegal. I know at one time a lot of cars were hauled into Mexico.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I have never seen that in Oklahoma; I suspect it's illegal. I know at one time a lot of cars were hauled into Mexico.

I remember seeing them as pretty common when I was stationed in NM in the 80's. They did all seem to be heading towards Mexico, but it could have also just been rebuilders in El Paso, TX.

I did see one guy a couple years ago heading towards Bismarck with 3 pickup trucks that way. Was pulling 2 pickups with tow bars hooked between them. I didn't think that was legal here, but?

 

[fiddlearound]

We see it frequently here in Texas. Buyers coming from auto auctions heading to Mexico.

 

[MossRoad]

They were on 44 heading west between st. louis and joplin. My guess is they'd have to cut through ok.

Thanks for the explanations. Seems a car wouldn't have the towing capacity to pull two more legally.

 

[ljjhouser]

In our travels back and forth to OK over the past month, in Missouri we've seen a junky car towing a junky car towing a junky car. Triples. Sometimes it's a junky car towing a junky car with a tow-bar and the 2nd car is towing a 3rd junky car on a tow dolly. Sometimes the 3rd car is just another tow-bar. Sometimes it's a truck or SUV in front, sometimes its a larger car.

We saw this 20-30 times. Anyone know what's up with that?

What??? Is that unusual?? You clearly are not from the wonderful state of Missouri, with beautiful rolling hills and the Ozarks!! And the Gateway to the West .....ah er which way is that anyway. Did you check out the tags on the cars? If there were tags, they were not ours. Probably had Indiana tags. Ha. What you did not see is a junky truck pulling three nice cars!!. Is some parts of Missouri, a successful marriage is being married to a woman who buys you a nice truck and has a job! What do you think about that! LOL

 

[MossRoad]

I grabbed some pics off various sources...

This one's using a pickup to pull a tow dolly with some suv towing a mustang.







this one's three cars

 

[Jstpssng]

I guarantee they wouldn't get far in this state. Piggy backing is only legal in limited situations, and this ain't one of them.

 

[von-mil]

I have seen these junker caravans several times on the roads from Dodge City, KS down into New Mexico. I always presumed they are headed south of the border. Sometimes the lead car under power appears to be in worse shape than the one or two being pulled.