Git-N-Er Done!

[Diamondpilot]

Saw this while on a towing tip last Sunday in my Titan. I was cruising along I69 between Detroit and Indy doing about 75mph pulling 8,000# when I came around the bend and seen this rig wagging all over the place. He was only doing about 60mph and the tail was wagging the dog for sure. Truck was a short bed and as you can see he has a 5,000# SUV on a single axle trailer secured by 4 1" 1,000# ratchet straps from WalMart.

I slowed to take the picture then got the He11 out of there before I became a statistic with them. I guess it may be legal since he had Handicap Plates though.:confused2:

Chris

 

[beppington]

I don't see any snow on the road, so ... :confused3:


:laughing:

 

[Diamondpilot]

I don't see any snow on the road, so ... :confused2:


:laughing:

Its back 60's from Wed to Saturday and now its snowing. Even got a little rain and ice for a few hours before the snow started a few hours ago.

Chris

 

[Ryan03]

As long as he added some air lift bags and 4.56's to his F-150, he should be good. :laughing:

 

[Markcuda]

Ya, It's ashame the guy just didn't have as good of equipment as you did.
Probably doesn't have as good of job as you, hence the shoddy stuff.

 

[Dmace]

He should have put that old Ford on the trailer and pulled it with the Jeep.

 

[Agrantina]

Those wal-mart straps are rated at 1,500# so 4 of them would be 6,000k more than enough!!! Just a JOKE guys!

AndyG

 

[powerstroke444e]

I would have thought it would have been tongue heavy??? I could only guess what put this guy in the postion that he need to haul it on that trailer. I wish him the best and hope next time he is able get it done safely or afford the $100 for the roll back.

 

[crazyal]

I don't think I've ever seen a single axle car hauling trailer before. I can only guess what it's rated for or what it's designed to pull.

 

[LD1]

All I can say is WOW.

Not to hijack your thread, but I seen a similar situation on my way home from work the other night going up I-71 just north of columbus.

It was about a 24' goosneck trailer with dual tandems. I dont know much about heavy trailers, maybe a 21k rating????

Anyway, it had a FULL sized tandem axle day cab semi on it. I am not sure what them weigh, maybe 18-20k???? It was ALL the way at the back of the trailer. The rear axle wasnt even touching the deck as it was over the dovetail. And the truck was STILL squating pretty good. Mainly because it was only a F-250:confused2: Truck and trailer was probabally easially 25k lbs. And he was running between 65-70MPH to boot:confused2:

Again, I am no expert and dont know the weights for sure, but I would be willing to wager a bet that he was a good bit over his limit.

 

[JB4310]

I would have thought it would have been tongue heavy???

It is tongue heavy, you can see when you zoom in.

Single axle trailer + light front of tow rig, would definitly contribute to the wagging effect. Should of at least slowed down, probably no brakes as well?

He would really be in trouble if he had to stop in a hurry

I saw a good one the other day at Lowes, this little spanish woman was getting sheetrock with a tiny pick up, not sure what make but she had the loaders stack it as high as the top of the cab, it wouldn't fit in the bed so it was up on the sides. she put one STRING over it from wheel well to wheel well and drove off, as you could easily imagine the was truck dragging under the load. I couldn't believe it, was thinking after it would of been a good picture to share here :laughing:

JB

 

[tlbuser]

He should have put that old Ford on the trailer and pulled it with the Jeep.

Come on.....driving a Ford. He was probably scared by all that extra HP and torque. Was it a 4x4 with the heavy duty towing package ? Standard or automatic? What class hitch ? WD bars? What brand brake controller was it using?

 

[Diamondpilot]

Ya, It's ashame the guy just didn't have as good of equipment as you did.
Probably doesn't have as good of job as you, hence the shoddy stuff.

What does this mean? You know nothing at all about me so do not assume. I work hard long days for what I have. 2 jobs at that plus stuff on the side weekly so what I have I earned.

Chris

 

[Diamondpilot]

All I can say is WOW.

Not to hijack your thread, but I seen a similar situation on my way home from work the other night going up I-71 just north of columbus.

It was about a 24' goosneck trailer with dual tandems. I dont know much about heavy trailers, maybe a 21k rating????

Anyway, it had a FULL sized tandem axle day cab semi on it. I am not sure what them weigh, maybe 18-20k???? It was ALL the way at the back of the trailer. The rear axle wasnt even touching the deck as it was over the dovetail. And the truck was STILL squating pretty good. Mainly because it was only a F-250:confused2: Truck and trailer was probabally easially 25k lbs. And he was running between 65-70MPH to boot:confused2:

Again, I am no expert and dont know the weights for sure, but I would be willing to wager a bet that he was a good bit over his limit.

I was on my way to work one morning early. I was on Indiana 67, a 4 lane 60 mph road. As I rounded a bend I saw what looked to be a semi with trailer tailgating a older Dually Ford. They were doing about 55mph. As I passed I soon realized the Dually was pulling him with a short 15' chain.

I have pulled fully loaded semis out of snow banks, mud, ect with my diesels but that was at 3mph in 4 low, not 55mph on the highway.

Chris

 

[chopped]

75? wow you guys sure move out there.. I havent been over 60 in ages.. lol But then I have the Handicapped plate lol

 

[Diamondpilot]

75? wow you guys shure move out there.. I havent been over 60 in ages.. lol

Speed limit here.

Chris

 

[RobertN]

Ya, out here it is 55mph towing limit. Stinks... Except so many California roads are marginal, might not want to go faster

75? wow you guys sure move out there.. I havent been over 60 in ages.. lol But then I have the Handicapped plate lol

 

[Topkicker]

I lived in Texas for over two years and saw folks tow some crazy, heavy stuff with 1/2 ton trucks. The one that took the cake was a Ford F-150 pulling a 5th wheel camper AND A bass boat behind the camper going south down 35W. I know. No pic and it didn't happen. Wish I had a camera phone back then instead of the stupid Nextel. I was in shock. Is that even legal.

 

[Duffster]

Isn't it at least possible that the trailer is adequate?