Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

Redlands Okie · Oct 4, 2018

Battery set loose on top of the tin. Loosely ran jumper cables and some wire or string ran to the bumper for tie downs. Did have a flag.........

rd_macgregor · Oct 4, 2018

Redlands Okie said:
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Battery set loose on top of the tin. Loosely ran jumper cables and some wire or string ran to the bumper for tie downs. Did have a flag.........

Well, it looks like the jumper cables are clipped to each other so that should be secure.

Doofy · Oct 4, 2018

Redlands Okie said:
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A bit to much gravel

CBD?:thumbsup:

Midniteoyl · Oct 9, 2018

Just gonna drop this here..

farm boy00 · Oct 9, 2018

What do you all think? Total load with trailer and what's in the truck is about 6,600lb. Truck is squatting good but not as bad as the flatbed makes it look (unlevel flatbed).

4570Man · Oct 9, 2018

I saw this a few days ago. It looks like a bad day for those 2. It’s actually loaded on a flat bed truck so the 1500 isn’t the tow vehicle. Btw I wasn’t driving.

dragoneggs · Oct 9, 2018

farm boy00 said:
What do you all think? Total load with trailer and what's in the truck is about 6,600lb. Truck is squatting good but not as bad as the flatbed makes it look (unlevel flatbed). View attachment 574232

And he is probably inside loading up on pizza!

4570Man · Oct 9, 2018

farm boy00 said:
What do you all think? Total load with trailer and what's in the truck is about 6,600lb. Truck is squatting good but not as bad as the flatbed makes it look (unlevel flatbed). View attachment 574232

Maybe not awful if you had trailer brakes but otherwise it’s pretty bad. I hauled this load on the road, but only about 200 yards.

farm boy00 · Oct 9, 2018

4570Man said:
Maybe not awful if you had trailer brakes but otherwise it’s pretty bad. I hauled this load on the road, but only about 200 yards.View attachment 574238

No trailer brakes. But being a manual transmission I just downshifts and had no braking problems.

Just got home. No problems besides michigan roads being so bad they shake your straps loose no matter what. Had to fix 2 once. And had a contact for my eye mess up about 15 minutes away from home.

farm boy00 · Oct 9, 2018

dragoneggs said:
And he is probably inside loading up on pizza!

Nope was me. Whole store behind the truck closed. Those are the units from the kitchen ventilation

Sysop · Oct 9, 2018

Fella driving past my house today with an old Chevy (70s) 1500 hadda old bowed and bent car hauler toted along behind him. Up top of the trailer he hadda newer (80s) Chevy 2500 4x4.

As he stood on the binders to bring the speed down (road has a limit of 55) so he could make the turn in front of my house (turn has a recommended speed posted, 25MPH), I heard a piece of steel hit the ground and go skipping along the pavement. It skipped and bounced across onto my side of the road, so I picked my curious butt up off the porch and walked out to the road and started looking around. Only thing I found was the hook off the end of a 3" ratchet strap...

California · Oct 10, 2018

4570Man said:
I saw this a few days ago. It looks like a bad day for those 2.
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Beehives?

aczlan · Oct 10, 2018

California said:
Beehives?

I would be surprised if it was unless they were empties. Someone moving that many beehives will usually have them all on pallets with four hives to a pallet. If they were all tipped over like that, it would also be a huge cloud of these and those people would be wearing bee suits.

Aaron Z

zing · Oct 10, 2018

4570Man said:
I saw this a few days ago. It looks like a bad day for those 2. It痴 actually loaded on a flat bed truck so the 1500 isn稚 the tow vehicle. Btw I wasn稚 driving.View attachment 574237

Yeah, definitely would have been easier to cover it with a net and secure it properly before leaving, instead of trying to do it on the side of the road after it had shifted.

sklunk · Oct 10, 2018

Midniteoyl said:
Just gonna drop this here..

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Okay I'll say it -- that guy should be shot.

Not for the load but for dragging the flag

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HCJtractor · Oct 10, 2018

It looks like it’s mounted on a flag pole. I hope that he was just careless and it slid back and drug. Of course either way it’s really stupid. Worst case he is using the flag to mark his load. And that is horrendous. Best case he’s clueless about how to properly handle our flag with respect, and too lazy to remove it from the pole and fold it.

I remember in the late 69’s during the hippie era, I bought a shirt with the American flag design. Brought it home and my Dad had a fit. He scolded me and made me return it. I was stupid then too.

Of course in today’s climate, it’s not surprising. A generation who have never been taught the greatness of America. Sad.

KubotainNH · Oct 10, 2018

farm boy00 said:
What do you all think? Total load with trailer and what's in the truck is about 6,600lb. Truck is squatting good but not as bad as the flatbed makes it look (unlevel flatbed). View attachment 574232

I hope the frame on that old Ranger is better than the typical frame around here.

Typical for them to be swiss cheese right behind where the front half rivets to the rear half. Plus the ends where the rear bumper attaches disappear.

farm boy00 · Oct 10, 2018

KubotainNH said:
I hope the frame on that old Ranger is better than the typical frame around here.

Typical for them to be swiss cheese right behind where the front half rivets to the rear half. Plus the ends where the rear bumper attaches disappear.

Everything is good on this trucks frame. Had the original stock step side bed off this winter when I switched to the flatbed. Cleaned it up and painted it some and everything was fine.

Different story for my other ranger that is going to just be a daily driver. Back by the bumper on driver side has a rust hole so I've cleaned it up and will be welding a patch in. In Michigan there are no inspections so it doesn't matter if you weld to frames (it will still be done well)

LouNY · Oct 10, 2018

HCJtractor said:
It looks like it’s mounted on a flag pole. I hope that he was just careless and it slid back and drug. Of course either way it’s really stupid. Worst case he is using the flag to mark his load. And that is horrendous. Best case he’s clueless about how to properly handle our flag with respect, and too lazy to remove it from the pole and fold it.

I remember in the late 69’s during the hippie era, I bought a shirt with the American flag design. Brought it home and my Dad had a fit. He scolded me and made me return it. I was stupid then too.

Of course in today’s climate, it’s not surprising. A generation who have never been taught the greatness of America. Sad.

Amen to that, :drink:

Jstpssng · Oct 10, 2018

farm boy00 said:
Everything is good on this trucks frame. Had the original stock step side bed off this winter when I switched to the flatbed. Cleaned it up and painted it some and everything was fine.

Different story for my other ranger that is going to just be a daily driver. Back by the bumper on driver side has a rust hole so I've cleaned it up and will be welding a patch in. In Michigan there are no inspections so it doesn't matter if you weld to frames (it will still be done well)

I don't know about your truck, but maximum specs for a properly set up trailer behind my Ranger is 7K. That includes load levelers and of course brakes on both trailer axles. Laws vary by state, but any trailer over 2K behind a Ranger should have brakes as per the manufacturer.

That may not ever be an issue; yet it will become one if somebody decides to pull out in front of you and you can't stop in time.