Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

sixdogs · Dec 19, 2023

Yogi05 said:
You better be serious. I just spent 4 hours reading the thread.

I'm 30 pages behind and can't seem to catch up.

California · Dec 19, 2023

dodge man said:
The only problem with that last set of photos are the guy should have aired that tire up while getting gas.

Just a guess how he got from the gas station to the tree:

He braked hard, breaking the strap behind the the load. That shifted his load forward, lifting his front tires off the ground so he had no steering. While he was still going too fast. Crunch.

And the flat trailer tire loaded more weight on the hitch, adding to that loss of steering.

bigtiller · Dec 19, 2023

sixdogs said:
I'm 30 pages behind and can't seem to catch up.

It goes faster if you just look at the pictures...and maybe a few one liners.

700R · Dec 19, 2023

WinterDeere said:
Some of these are so obviously generated by Photoshop or similar, that I can't believe they're even up for discussion. These aren't real photos, folks.

Do you have proof they are not? Do you have the original pics? I'm usually very good at spotting fakes, as I've played around with Photoshop quite a bit years ago. No matter how I zoom in or hold my face as close as I can, I cannot definitively claim they are.

WinterDeere · Dec 19, 2023

700R said:
Do you have proof they are not? Do you have the original pics? I'm usually very good at spotting fakes, as I've played around with Photoshop quite a bit years ago. No matter how I zoom in or hold my face as close as I can, I cannot definitively claim they are.

I'm not looking at the photo quality, but the content of what they contain.

The first is a standard cab full-size pickup, which is shown so much larger than the tow vehicle (1980's Nissan?) as to be comical. Have you ever seen a tandem-axle flatbed trailer so small that a standard pickup would completely dwarf it in width, or any mini pickup that would almost fit into the bed of a modern standard body 3/4 ton truck?

The second is a forklift fitting fully within the confines of a 6.5' foot bed. Looking at similar-vintage Toyota forklifts, even the smallest 8FD's are a foot too long to fit into that pickup bed with the tailgate closed. I don't think Toyota made any forklift of that configuration in a similar vintage that would fit into a 6.5' bed with the tailgate closed.

3 Horse Ranch · Dec 19, 2023

Joe Hickerson said:
O Lord, buy me a Ford! Hope that is not a building supply employee helping to lash that monstrosity down

When I worked in a building supply store, I occasionally offered suggestions or sometimes showed them the way to tighten their rope, but I never touched their line beyond that. The only thing I actually did to their load was staple a flag on the overhang.

Creamer · Dec 19, 2023

California said:
Just a guess how he got from the gas station to the tree:

He braked hard, breaking the strap behind the the load. That shifted his load forward, lifting his front tires off the ground so he had no steering. While he was still going too fast. Crunch.

And the flat trailer tire loaded more weight on the hitch, adding to that loss of steering.

I was thinking about the weight of the now full fifty gallon gas tank in the back of the suburban took away what was left of his steering that got him there. Then because he couldn't turn and the tree stood it's ground, the truck wanted to get off of that trailer in a hurry and it didn't turn either. Good thing the suburban was not a Pinto!

700R · Dec 19, 2023

WinterDeere said:
I'm not looking at the photo quality, but the content of what they contain.

The first is a standard cab full-size pickup, which is shown so much larger than the tow vehicle (1980's Nissan?) as to be comical. Have you ever seen a tandem-axle flatbed trailer so small that a standard pickup would completely dwarf it in width, or any mini pickup that would almost fit into the bed of a modern standard body 3/4 ton truck?

The second is a forklift fitting fully within the confines of a 6.5' foot bed. Looking at similar-vintage Toyota forklifts, even the smallest 8FD's are a foot too long to fit into that pickup bed with the tailgate closed. I don't think Toyota made any forklift of that configuration in a similar vintage that would fit into a 6.5' bed with the tailgate closed.

On the first pic, yes, those old Nissan mini-trucks were quite small compared to a newer 3/4 ton truck. Also, you have the F250 closer to the camera (and taller since it's on the trailer) than the Nissan. Hunters and fishermen use this tactic to make their kill/catch look much bigger since it's closer to the camera.
I'm sure you've seen this picture before...same concept:

On the second picture. That is an electric forklift. You can see the black hole under the seat where the battery slides in/out of. We have one at work. Remove the forks, and it would easily fit in a long bed size wise, at 74 inches long, and 41.5 inches wide (based on a similar model I chose which I think is actually the newer, bigger model)