Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

ptsg · Oct 17, 2023

California said:
Oops...

https://imgur.com/a/UJ1wYi5

Isn't that one of those small scale RC trucks?

WinterDeere · Oct 17, 2023

California said:
Oops...

https://imgur.com/a/UJ1wYi5

Managed to land on his tires... I'd call it a win!

I had a dump truck nearly turn itself over in my own back yard, several hundred feet from the nearest asphalt, and behind an old stone wall with no direct path for retrieval. Idiot forgot to unlock his tailgate before raising bed, and only stopped because I started waiving and yelling when I saw his front tires leaving the ground. Not saying driver experience had anything to do with that video, but it seems some businesses will put any untrained fool in dump trucks.

WinterDeere · Oct 17, 2023

Rockbadchild said:
Not upping you but these are the one I used, I would think they are better since its rubber to rubber and not steal to rubber but I used metal screw to secure them and lots of them snap off after some time I would think they where too tight and the vibration cause them to snap.

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Yeah, those are definitely better. I use those on battery cables and audio stuff, as well as hoses and tubing.

gstrom99 · Oct 17, 2023

I added reflectors on my log splitter, but no lights. My small (4x6) trailer lights gave me grief from day one until I finally replaced the regular push-in bulb type with LED's. They work EVERY time now.

Oaktree · Oct 17, 2023

WinterDeere said:
What do you think went wrong with yours? Usually, the only trouble I ever see with trailer wiring is corrosion at the connection points, on trailers left outdoors, or UV breakdown of the wiring insulation if they're left in the sun. Both of those failures take years, not days!

The cheap Chinesium "wire" that comes with many trailer light kits will self destruct within a year or so.

woody · Oct 17, 2023

Oaktree said:
The cheap Chinesium "wire" that comes with many trailer light kits will self destruct within a year or so.

mine didn't take two weeks, I completely rewired my trailer and tested the lights then parked it. Two weeks later I hooked it up to make a run to the lumber yard but the lights didn't work so I pulled it up to the shop and was looking for something I did wrong but the only thing I did wrong was not reading the package to see where it was made because the ground wire was rotten I broke it with my hands all the way up to the plug.

deezler · Oct 17, 2023

ptsg said:
Isn't that one of those small scale RC trucks?

Good call. The way the camera so easily runs down the hill as the action is underway. And the preposterous loading of "boulders" up above the dump bed. It's not a real truck.

old and tired · Oct 17, 2023

woody said:
...the ground wire was rotten...

I used to to have a heck of a problem with my trailer lights. Not sure if it's because I have a tilt trailer or not but I finally ended up running a ground wire straight to the lights. Tied it into where it bolts up. Have not had an issue since and I think the lights are brighter, too...