Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[Capricious]

That trailer-with-pallet looks like it may be a little light on tongue weight.

 

[square1]

That trailer-with-pallet looks like it may be a little light on tongue weight.

One nice quick stop should remedy that

 

[sixdogs]

Not wanting to turn away a free boat lift, I made arrangements to do a recovery of the free-to-me-boat-lift. After getting the lift on my trailer, a garage fire broke out two doors down.

Upon getting back to my truck, it dawned to me that all of our local police were over at the fire, and right now would be a good time to hit the highway with my unsecured load. So off I went! ...

and the pallet itself was leashed down with nothing more than gravity.

This confirms what I have always suspected...that TBN members are among the smartest people in the room. Good, clear thinking under duress. When you get lemons, make lemonade

 

[square1]

Not sure what went wrong here, but I'm sure the driver of the yellow truck will have it sorted out soon enough...

 

[bcp]

Not sure what went wrong here, but I'm sure the driver of the yellow truck will have it sorted out soon enough...

About what you would expect from hitting a paint truck.

Russian truck driver left covered in thick yellow paint after explosion | Daily Mail Online

Bruce

 

[jaotguy]

but he wanted a quick truck paint job !

 

[MinnesotaEric]

The yellow truck paint reminded me a of a classic Mr. Bean skit.

 

[bcp]

Ball coupler on trailer?

Pintle hook on truck?

Cutting torch?

Problem solved.



Bruce

 

[thirdroc17]

Thankfully, so far at least, I haven't seen any pictures of me headed home from Menard's a month or so ago. Seems I neglected to add up the total weight of the load. I made sure it was balanced, but oh boy, was I overloaded. No ill effects of the transport transpired. In fact, since I decided to add trailer brakes, even though brakes are not required on a trailer of that size, I had a shorter stopping distance overloaded than I would have without an overload and no brakes. Just imagine the stopping distance without overload but WITH trailer brakes!

Never, ever, EVER again will I have a brakeless trailer, no matter it's GVWR.

 

[thirdroc17]

Thankfully, so far at least, I haven't seen any pictures of me headed home from Menard's a month or so ago. Seems I neglected to add up the total weight of the load. I made sure it was balanced, but oh boy, was I overloaded. No ill effects of the transport transpired. In fact, since I decided to add trailer brakes, even though brakes are not required on a trailer of that size, I had a shorter stopping distance overloaded than I would have without an overload and no brakes. Just imagine the stopping distance without overload but WITH trailer brakes!

Never, ever, EVER again will I have a brakeless trailer, no matter it's GVWR.

 

[AaronS]

Thankfully, so far at least, I haven't seen any pictures of me headed home from Menard's a month or so ago. Seems I neglected to add up the total weight of the load. I made sure it was balanced, but oh boy, was I overloaded. No ill effects of the transport transpired. In fact, since I decided to add trailer brakes, even though brakes are not required on a trailer of that size, I had a shorter stopping distance overloaded than I would have without an overload and no brakes. Just imagine the stopping distance without overload but WITH trailer brakes!

Never, ever, EVER again will I have a brakeless trailer, no matter it's GVWR.

You're excused! Gotta take advantage of that 11% rebate while it lasts!

 

[Creamer]

Thankfully, so far at least, I haven't seen any pictures of me headed home from Menard's a month or so ago. Seems I neglected to add up the total weight of the load. I made sure it was balanced, but oh boy, was I overloaded. No ill effects of the transport transpired. In fact, since I decided to add trailer brakes, even though brakes are not required on a trailer of that size, I had a shorter stopping distance overloaded than I would have without an overload and no brakes. Just imagine the stopping distance without overload but WITH trailer brakes!

Never, ever, EVER again will I have a brakeless trailer, no matter it's GVWR.

I know the feeling. I will never forget the lesson I got one day hauling 12' long sheetrock on a 10' trailer. Was a little heavy in the tail. nothing serious happened but it was a lot slower trip home than i expected.

 

[scaredychicken]

I know that it is probably somewhere in this thread ... worth a repeat

 

[R_Walter]

This was an interesting tow.

 

[sixdogs]

I know that it is probably somewhere in this thread ... worth a repeat View attachment 429393

No one could be this dumb, right?

 

[scaredychicken]

No one could be this dumb, right?

one would hope...

 

[scaredychicken]

this is great

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

<img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/trailers-transportation/429444-share-pics-people-hauling-towing-20140919__434327-s500-ph_500-jpg"/> this is great

Love that one!!! I bet they are a great company to work for with that attitude.

 

[chopped]

 

[square1]

The back story (I think) makes this qualify for this thread