How do you move your ATV??

markct · Sep 20, 2004

theres still plenty of guys my age being "little gangsters" as ya say, far too many lowered civics and that crap around here, just a few days ago i saw some cops busting a bunch of guys with imports lowered to the ground, they would take and roll a tennis ball under the car, if it didnt make it across then the car is considered lower than the legal limit. looked like alot of times the ball didnt make it so im sure they wrote out alot of tickets! of course my F350 you could roll a beach ball under so i dont think i have to worry!!! altho loading stuff into the bed is a bit of a pain when theres no loader or forklift handy, so maybe i should look into one of them snazy lowering kits..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

bczoom · Sep 20, 2004

( my friends always make fun of me for using too many tie downs, i will be tying on lumber with a 2 inch ratchet strap to hold a half dozen two by fours)

markct,

I'm with you on this one!!! Haven't lost a load yet /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

markct · Sep 20, 2004

yea i gota say that i havent lost a thing yet either, i remember at work when we were moving machinery from one plant to another a while back i was always very carefull about tying down and blocking everything in the truck, my boss sorta had more of the idea that it didnt need much tie downs since it was an enclosed box truck, but the walls on one of those trucks wouldnt stand up very well to a 3000lb machine sliding up against one, im sure it would go right out the side and land in the road, not a chance i would wanna take, just today i saw a quad in the back of a friends pickup, not a single tie down, just had the tailgate closed, well you can bet i wouldnt do that, i dont trust tailgate latches one bit, i have seen them pop open before on trucks new and old, when i load a pickup i dont rely on the tailgate to hold in any more than gas cans and other small light objects, never a atv or riding mower or anything with weight to it

PineRidge · Sep 22, 2004

That's not safe at all! The left rear tire on the car looks just a little low on air to me. As an added safety measure that guy should have first checked the air in all 4 tires before loading up. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Junkman · Sep 22, 2004

I think that there is a loose nut behind the steering wheel also... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

MikeFromVA · Sep 30, 2004

( I think that there is a loose nut behind the steering wheel also... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

LOL /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

hobbyfarm · Oct 4, 2004

Hey Junkman,
If you lived as close to Mexico as I do, this type of "load on a vehicle not made for the load" is a fairly common thing here.

The other day I saw an old Chevy pickup with a wrecked pickup in the bed, the back end of the wreck was secured to the bed with an extension cord on one side, and one cable of a set of battery cables on the other side. And he apparently had no concern that the whole rear axle tettered haphazardly on one spring shackle and the driveshaft for support. That was hanging several feet from the end of the bed.
The best part's coming.
This old 70's C10 is driving with not a hint of shocks [bounce, bounce]. We stopped at the redlight next to him and his Cantina music played loud as him and his buddy popped open a beer as they were stopped.
You could bet money that this person had no insurance!

Sorry for the epic novel, but stuff like this is fairly common here in South Texas.
phil

Phred · Oct 5, 2004

I am just supprised that he does not have some guy tail gating him by about half a car length..... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

It never ceases to amaze me how people will tail gate heavy loads or unsafe loads.
I can be pulling my baler or a load of lime or fert. and some guy in a small car will pull up right on my bumper. Now my load is always safe, unlike the above, but
A) He is hardly going to scare me into speeding up when my combined weight is ~15K and his honda weights what 3K?
B) Hitches break. Blow outs happen. So in the rare event that something goes wrong we will be pealing what is left of that honda and driver off the back of my trailer and I might end up with a dented trailer.....

go figure..... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Fred