Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[mrmikey]

Done that with 12' 2 x 8's before. Have to watch the turns at intersections and lots of weight on the front. I was always going to make a bed extender but never got around to it..............Mike

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

LOL.. I've done that before with 12' drywall in a 6' bed... ladder and all Though I did buy a 8' 7/16" OSB and used the 5gal pals of mud as counter balance.

Sure glad none of you guys were around

Lol.

This guy had no weight on the front of his boards, his cargo strap is loose, and it was "teeter-tottering" up and down in the back the whole way. Don't know which part was more remarkable, that and he was flying down the road with this. After catching up to him to take the pic, I backed way off, half expecting it all to come out the back on the next dip in the road.

I think the only thing keeping it in the bed was the red flag on the back.

:laughing:

 

[Deere Dude]

Looks pretty creative to me? He has red flags and all?

He just needed a long strap to go from the end of the boards, over the top of the cap and then hook it too the front bumper. That could work.

 

[CajunRider]

Done that with 12' 2 x 8's before. Have to watch the turns at intersections and lots of weight on the front. I was always going to make a bed extender but never got around to it..............Mike

When I put anything longer than 10 ft in my truck bed, I put two stakes (4-5 ft long) into the side extenders then tie a rope from the front ends of the bed to the top of the stakes then to the end of the load. The stakes become booms that hold my load up and keep them from flexing and sliding off the bed

 

[dragoneggs]

I will admit that I have less than desirable loading/securing of loads on rare occasions, hauling outsized items in my F150. One thing for sure, is that I am not passing other people. I am going slow and minimizing G forces the whole way home. It is the 'bump in the road' (dynamic 'G's) that will bite you. Problem is so many people don't have enough sense or cents to safely secure and transport things that are not a normal part of their routine. Scary really... and they have no comprehension of the risk they are putting on others in their path.

 

[rd_macgregor]

A couple of years ago, when we traded in our long-bed truck for a short-bed model, I got a bed extender. Mostly we use it to support the canoe or kayaks when we make a boating outing, but it works well for long building materials, too.

 

[GLyford]

What's even worse is when you have everything balanced like that and the tailgate straps decide to let go...since the entire weight is balanced on the outside edge of the tailgate.

 

[California]

Oops.

Was that an Audi?

(Source says the driver survived).

 

[flyerdan]

He should have gone missed. That's a great example of why it's a very bad idea to cut off something that outweighs you by several ton and can't match your stopping power to make your turn.

I had to haul some 12' railroad ties once, I put them on top of my Datsun bed trailer, elevated the front end of them with a 4x4 so they would clear the tow pickup and used two 2" straps on them. Plenty of clearance, no dangerous overhang on the back.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I hauled my house stairs home from the factory in the back of an 8' bed, probably close to 16' long.

 

[Creamer]

I hauled a 28' sailboat mast in my 8' bed for over a 100 miles. Not an issue. I had the tailgate up and used a couple of 2 x 4's 12' long to support it over the tailgate. It had two straps on it.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I hauled a 28' sailboat mast in my 8' bed for over a 100 miles. Not an issue. I had the tailgate up and used a couple of 2 x 4's 12' long to support it over the tailgate. It had two straps on it.

Awe man! I had everyone else beat until this post lol.

I hauled x6 2x12x16 boards along with x24 2x8x8, box of joist hangers and 8 bags of quick Quick Crete in the bed of a 1999 F150 SuperCab with a 6ft bed.

I had the tailgate up and everything strapped down, it was an hour drive home.

 

[Midniteoyl]

I hauled a 28' sailboat mast in my 8' bed for over a 100 miles. Not an issue. I had the tailgate up and used a couple of 2 x 4's 12' long to support it over the tailgate. It had two straps on it.

James May would be proud

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Saw this today, rural ND.

What do you do when you need to haul 14ft boards, and only have a 6ft truck bed?

This guy passed me in the oncoming lane @ 70 mph. I had to hit the gas pretty hard to catch him again, just to see if what I saw was really what I saw.

Yup. It was.

That's an aluminum extension ladder btw, in case you can't tell from the pics (sorry for the dirty windshield - bugs).

We do this often, just need to strap it down properly and not exceed the capacity of the truck tie downs. Make sure you have a flag and you're good. Police only care if there is not a flag.

 

[TractorGuy]

This just popped up on Hot Rod's FB page. I had to steal it and share here.

 

[DieselBound]

I'm thinking that the guy couldn't figure out how to strap on a short trailer. Um... strap cross-wise front to rear and rear to front: yeah, that would require getting down underneath, so perhaps it was more about being just plain lazy (vs being plain stupid).

 

[dragoneggs]

This just popped up on Hot Rod's FB page. I had to steal it and share here.

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Yeah I heard those cars can really fly! Good they strapped it down so it didn't get any ideas.

 

[TMGT]

And that's a uhaul, they usually have over the tire straps for the front and pull down ties in the rear.

 

[Midniteoyl]

And that's a uhaul, they usually have over the tire straps for the front and pull down ties in the rear.

Which it looks like it has..

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Saw a pickup strapped like that on a trailer recently.