How Not To Load Your Vehicle

frank_f15 · Oct 27, 2003

( If that had been an old Valiant or Nova or Falcon it would have held up )

HECK i thought i was the only one that remembered those CARS

Junkman · Oct 28, 2003

( ( If that had been an old Valiant or Nova or Falcon it would have held up )

HECK i thought i was the only one that remembered those CARS )

I have tried my best to forget them....... along with a Maverick that I once owned.....

yooperdave · Oct 28, 2003

How about this one?

Yooper Dave

bgott · Oct 28, 2003

I saw one today that was funny. Some of the details are guesstimates because I was driving by this mess in traffic at about 50 MPH. 18' or 20' lowboy trailer loaded with three or four cars cut in two. They were stacked 12' high or more. Trailer tongue on the ground along with the broken off hitch from the Ford Explorer that had been towing it. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif The hitch didn't break completely off so he was able to drag it to the side of the road. He'll probably try to blame it on his Firestone tires. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

chim · Oct 28, 2003

A couple of friends are coming. Do you have some space for them in the campground?

Junkman · Oct 28, 2003

Guess that he didn't F lip O ver R ead D irections....... /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

AMP762 · Oct 28, 2003

Some of these pictures remind me of the scooters in Nam /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif wish I had taken pictures.

wroughtn_harv · Oct 29, 2003

What is amazing about these vehicles and their loads is they survive. Sometimes they survive longer than if they were pampered here by so smart Americans. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Every now and then I'll encounter a project that is almost overwhelming. I have a real life image that's locked into the back of my mind. It inspires me and gives me confidence to try under those circumstances.

In 1967 while driving in a convoy we came upon a loading area for Vietnamese loggers. Humungus logs, hardwoods, tuff stuff, being loaded onto WWII vintage American all wheel drive military three quarter tons set up to haul like regular logging truck and trailers.

They had no tractors, cranes, or other modern pieces of equipment. But they did have some I beams and rail road jacks. It was totally impressive. Little men, big big logs, little old trucks, and it happened.

I have to believe that if they could do that with what they had then there has to be something available to me at the moment that will work if I'm only smart enough to recognise it. That and equipment can be used beyond it's conceivable capacity if it isn't abused.

chim · Oct 29, 2003

Harv, your recollection reminds me of a guy at work. I've said that he could show up on a jobsite with no more than a Swiss Army knife where he needed to get a 4000 pound piece of equipment into the penthouse, and pull it off................chim

dieselsmoke1 · Oct 29, 2003

Now that's ingenuity!

Reminds me of a self employed friend that has this plaque on his office wall:

"I've done so much with so little for so long, I'm now convinced I can do practically anything with almost nothing."