Can Anyone Beat This?

[Iowachild]

Sorry, I did not have time to snap a photo, but today I saw a pick-up towing a trailer with a mid size car on the trailer, and the only visible means of securement was a 2" strap running through the windows of the car!:shocked:

 

[Diamondpilot]

Whats the problem with that?:laughing: I am sure he set the parking brake and put it in park also.

Chris

 

[DavidNPro]

Actually I might be able to at least tie that one. Last week a saw a car on a trailer with a winch cable up over the trunk, roof, hood and then back to the trailer frame. It appears as if they may have pulled it a little to tight as the hood and trunk were a little more flat than intended.

Probably car going for junk but still, very interesting tie down approach and no fail safe if the winch malfunctioned. :shocked:

 

[reelbig]

Sorry, I did not have time to snap a photo, but today I saw a pick-up towing a trailer with a mid size car on the trailer, and the only visible means of securement was a 2" strap running through the windows of the car!:shocked:

I was going slower than the speed limit :laughing:

 

[Diamondpilot]

I do not have the picture anymore but my neighbor takes 5 week vacation each year and pulls his 5th wheel between 6,000 and 10,000 miles. He always finds something interesting to snap a shot of at a truck stop or RV park.

He had a picture of a $350,000 diesel pusher pulling a beautiful $5,000 Feather Lite Aluminum Car Hauler with a brand new $75,000 Porsche. It was held to the trailer with 4 1" orange $10 per pack WalMart ratchet straps. What made it even worse was the straps were hooked to the D-rings on the trailer then just the hook was attached to each of the 4 wheels on one of the maybe 6 spokes of the aluminum wheels. So basically if the car shifted any the straps would slacken.

Killed me that the guy had nearly 1/2 million dollar rig with $10 worth of straps holding everything together.

Chris

 

[wrooster]

Sorry, I did not have time to snap a photo, but today I saw a pick-up towing a trailer with a mid size car on the trailer, and the only visible means of securement was a 2" strap running through the windows of the car!:shocked:

I got that beat!!! With PICS!

ps:
Details are in this thread over on ARFCOM:
Awesome Pickup truck load Pic **4/21 more detailed pics** - AR15.COM

Wrooster

 

[Iowachild]

Yep, that definitely tops what I saw!:thumbsup:

 

[Diamondpilot]

Around here we say that guy is Get-R-Done!

Chris

 

[milkman636]

The pic with the $20 come-a-long hooked to the driver side bed rail is my favorite. The other end was properly secured on to the steering wheel.

I just wish my brother would of smiled for that pic of him in the passenger seat.:laughing:

 

[crazyal]

Don't think I could top it but the other day I saw a Semi from Home Depot with a brand new riding mower on it and a granite counter top, looks like they were going to deliver it to a customer. They used one of those 4" straps that are mounted to the side of the flat bed to hold the tractor down. They ran it right in front of the seat (where your leg passes through) and tightened the heck out of it. As they drove by you could see that they actually bent the frame.

 

[rd_macgregor]

So, to save $50 on a trailer rental, they did $500 damage to the truck bed. Good thinking!
Maybe the moral is: Don't let Bubba borrow your truck?!
BOB

 

[aczlan]

Don't think I could top it but the other day I saw a Semi from Home Depot with a brand new riding mower on it and a granite counter top, looks like they were going to deliver it to a customer. They used one of those 4" straps that are mounted to the side of the flat bed to hold the tractor down. They ran it right in front of the seat (where your leg passes through) and tightened the heck out of it. As they drove by you could see that they actually bent the frame.

Not a bad way to secure a mower (even better with 2 straps angled), but the overtightening is not a good thing

Aaron Z

 

[Diamondpilot]

You guys all have it wrong. Man what a bunch of dummies. He is taking that old GMC to the crusher. He will use that Good Ford to get home. Gosh, I have to point everything out to this bunch. What you expect him to do, Walk?:laughing::laughing::laughing:

Public service announcement: Just a joke!

Chris

 

[Mitigator33]

Saw a car with the Air Conditioning out and they had a generator strapped to the top of the trunk with a AC house hold window unit duct taped in the rear passenger side window.

That is ingenuity.

 

[bosshoss]

Man look how that truck sits low in the back should of had a 3/4 ton IMO.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I posted this rig a while back. It's not really a tie down issue, but I have to think there will be problems.

And a closer shot...

 

[Iowachild]

I posted this rig a while back. It's not really a tie down issue, but I have to think there will be problems.

It's more like problems piled on top of problems!:laughing:

Remember the good ole days of $2.79 gas?:drool:

 

[burnetma]

My wife saw this during her commute. She called me to tell say "You won't believe what I just saw!". Fortunately, she was heading in the opposite direction. Obviously, this traffic stop hit the evening news, but I never did hear who was responsible or what happened to him.

Makes me so darn proud of where I live!

 

[tractorboy5500]

In the first pic, It will be hard to beat those gas prices.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

The other day, we were driving down a busy multi-lane road...All the sudden, a guy driving a small forklift appeared. He just continued on his way making turns and such. It looked like he was going on a long drive...:laughing: