Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[Diamondpilot]

Unbelievable !! :shocked:

When I was in college o had a friend drive a S10 3 blocks that way with a failed front drivers spindle. Had his buddy ride on the hood and steer the jack.

I drove a tractor a mile that way also after breaking the front axle off.

Chris

 

[dragoneggs]

Got to give credit for ingenuity! But there must be a pucker factor too.

 

[HHR]

 

[vulcancowboy]

Hope those straps hold.

 

[boggen]

I have moved a car that way, but it was to move it back 20 feet to where the rollback could pick it up to scrap it...

Aaron Z

hhhmmsss wow!
and i thought i was going to see someone forget to remove jack... but man that just takes the cake.

 

[edkemper]

Neat looking pickup. Wouldn't mind owning one or making a street rod out of it.

Can you imagine the value of that set-up? Never seen one before. VW collectors would give the price of a house for that. Can't imagine taking a valuable set-up like that and making it into anything else. However, a copy of it into a street rod would be way cool.

 

[cormier]

I was on I95 in Kitery Maine a couple of years ago following a big old camper trailer in heavy traffic doing about 40mph. He hit a bump in the road and sparks flew from behind the unit. When i got a chance to pass him i took it. It was about 35ft long 1980s camper coupled to a crown vic!!!!! The hitch was about 2" off the road. An Old bearded man driving and smiling looked happy as could be. HAHA i had a good laugh.

 

[aczlan]

I didn't get a picture, but the other day I saw someone pulling a 30+ foot wing disk (like: http://www.tractorhouse.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=7875285 ) behind a 3/4 ton Chevy or GMC SRW pickup. The current version of that disk weighs 12k-14k pounds, no brakes and the back of the truck was way low.
Talk about the tail wagging the dog...

Aaron Z

 

[sixdogs]

I was on I95 in Kitery Maine a couple of years ago following a big old camper trailer in heavy traffic doing about 40mph. He hit a bump in the road and sparks flew from behind the unit. When i got a chance to pass him i took it. It was about 35ft long 1980s camper coupled to a crown vic!!!!! The hitch was about 2" off the road. An Old bearded man driving and smiling looked happy as could be. HAHA i had a good laugh.

I didn't get a picture, but the other day I saw someone pulling a 30+ foot wing disk (like: http://www.tractorhouse.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=7875285 ) behind a 3/4 ton Chevy or GMC SRW pickup. The current version of that disk weighs 12k-14k pounds, no brakes and the back of the truck was way low.
Talk about the tail wagging the dog...

Aaron Z

That may be unique in Maine or another state with limited agriculture but in the flat ground of the Midwest it is common to see 25ft wide equipment going down a 24 ft road all the time. Also common to see a Deere 9000 series tractor with duals and wide equipment going down a state road ..and driven by a really young kid. Maybe age 12 or not much more.

I used to be sort of concerned when I first moved here but everyone knows to steer clear and give a wide berth. Someone flipped a combine in a stream a couple years ago but other than that I can't recall an accident.

And the equipment keeps getting wider and taller.

 

[aczlan]

That may be unique in Maine or another state with limited agriculture but in the flat ground of the Midwest it is common to see 25ft wide equipment going down a 24 ft road all the time. Also common to see a Deere 9000 series tractor with duals and wide equipment going down a state road ..and driven by a really young kid. Maybe age 12 or not much more.

The problem wasn't so much the disk, I see those all the time but that it was towed at 30-40MPH down the road behind a 3/4 ton pickup.

Aaron Z