Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[Slowpoke Slim]

Or,

Slow
Wagon
In
Fast
Traffic

Or how about,

Sure
Wish
I'd
Finished
Training

Those were the 2 I remember from when I drove for them (for a whopping 2 months) in the early 90's. Didn't take me long to figure out they were not the company I wanted to work for.

 

[duramaxsky]

Or,

Slow
Wagon
In
Fast
Traffic

Or how about,

Sure
Wish
I'd
Finished
Training

Those were the 2 I remember from when I drove for them (for a whopping 2 months) in the early 90's. Didn't take me long to figure out they were not the company I wanted to work for.

Yeah the Slow Wagon In Fast Traffic comes from when they were governed at 55. The states told them that was a no go as speed limits went up.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

They were a 55 fleet when I drove for them. The trucks weren't "governed", but every one of them had a "taddle box" in them that monitored your truck, and you were required to plug in at your next Swift terminal, so it could download your average speed, max speed, idle time, etc. And if you had too much idle time (sitting with the engine idling so you could have heat or A/C while sleeping in the sleeper for example) OR if you had much "over 55" time, you got in trouble for it. They also docked your pay (removed part of your "bonus") for these things. It wasn't the reason I left quickly, but it didn't help matters. The crappy unsafe equipment fleet and the absolute GARBAGE way they treated their drivers were the main reasons I left.

 

[duramaxsky]

The company i work for governs the trucks at 68 or the highest speed limits they travel in. Any that go to Utah are set at 80. Here in Washington we have a 60 truck limit so 68 is good. They won't stop you for that.

 

[Renze]

Remember, surge brakes have a threshold for activation, not just *any* differential between the tow vehicle and trailer. That border case is a *****.

You do know the theory...

 

[blee03]

I sympathize, but I view it as that much more punishment for tailgaters, like one that hit-n-run me at a light when I didn't launch as quickly as he expected. Definitely punched a hole in his radiator with my hitch...

Yeah I leave mine in as a Prius catcher.

I don’t want any small cars getting lodged under my rear bumper or hitting my rear axle.

 

[5030]

Yeah I leave mine in as a Prius catcher.

I don’t want any small cars getting lodged under my rear bumper or hitting my rear axle.

Put a nice Class 5 receiver drop hitch on the hitch box and be happy. No way can some econo box car do any damage and certainly not get to your axle.

 

[Captain Dirty]

ning, blee03, and 5030, don't get overconfident. A Dodge Colt rear-ended my 2500 PU. My naked 2-1/2" receiver was unscathed despite crippling the Colt, but the Colt managed to dent the tailpipe extension.

 

[sea2summit]

Personally, I wish everyone would take the hitch out of the receiver if not towing something. I ran into one in a dark parking lot a few years ago and damn near broke my leg. It was sticking out over a foot from the receiver. I could show you the scar it left. I've seen other people walk into them too.

Is it really that big of a deal to take a few seconds and pull it out and toss it into the back of the truck or trunk of the car? Just be a little considerate for other people.

Next time you're out and about just look around at the smaller cars and how many have the "hitch mark" on their bumper grill from playing bumpercar parallel parking. It's crazy how many people parallels park by Braille.

 

[ning]

ning, blee03, and 5030, don't get overconfident. A Dodge Colt rear-ended my 2500 PU. My naked 2-1/2" receiver was unscathed despite crippling the Colt, but the Colt managed to dent the tailpipe extension.

Yeah I learned my lesson that day. After looking at the pool of coolant that the guy had left behind (I felt an impact, stopped pretty much on the crosswalk, to look for damage - it was a quiet day and no other cars were around, which is funny, because tailgator could've been in the adjacent lane), I did find that the chrome on the hitch ball was marred

 

[bcp]

Bruce

 

[old and tired]

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Bruce

But how many can you count? I got see 5 problems...

 

[goeduck]

But how many can you count? I got see 5 problems...

I cannot come up with 5, but I can get to 3. Maybe 4

Picture is certainly not the way I hitch up.

 

[Jstpssng]

He had to hook it that way, the chain was too short to reach the reciever.

 

[goeduck]

He had to hook it that way, the chain was too short to reach the reciever.

Yeah, that is a good reason

 

[old and tired]

Single chain instead of two.
Dog chain clip instead of a tow hook.
The obvious attaching to the pin clip instead of the toe hooks of the hitch.
No latch clip (or bolt) for the latch on the ball.
The last one is a stretch, but the wiring harness looks like a cherry bomb wired to go off when you hit the brakes.

 

[goeduck]

I missed the dog chain clip

 

[BravoXray]

Next time you're out and about just look around at the smaller cars and how many have the "hitch mark" on their bumper grill from playing bumpercar parallel parking. It's crazy how many people parallels park by Braille.

I parallel parked behind a pickup with a ball hitch in the receiver one morning when we went to breakfast. As we walked by it I commented to my buddy that I hoped the driver of the truck didn't back into my truck when he tried getting out of the space, even though I had purposefully gave him as much space as I could.
Sure enough, when came back, the truck was gone and there was a dent in my front bumper where he backed into it. Inconsiderate a-hole!!

 

[Jstpssng]

I was getting gas last month at a station with multiple pumps which are too close together to fit more than one vehicle. I had my snowsled on, which sticks out past the open tailgate. Some bozo pulled in so close that I couldn't even walk between my sled and his front bumper. I thought of saying something but he obviously already knew he was an idjit, so I walked away.
This month I had my ATV on, again with the tailgate down. After unloading and putting the tailgate up I noticed a divot in top of the tailgate. I don't remember getting close enough to anything to do it, and suspect that it happened in a parking lot.

I need to get that tailgate extender welded up so that's what people hit rather than my load.

 

[Rockbadchild]