Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[Code54]

Lol you are one of the few people that says their dodge doesn't get 20+mpg.

I really like my 2012 Dodge 2500 with 6.7 Cummins but I am also one of those people. I recently checked and was getting about 13 around here running around, 15 highway. Now we are all hills and mountains and I am running 34" tires but this truck even new with factory tires didn't get more than 16 highway.
The nice thing was towing my mini through the mountains (about 10,500 total) 5 hrs I still got 10mph and no issues with power.....

 

[California]

... towing my mini through the mountains I still got 10mph

Hope you used the pullouts to let cars go by.

 

[RobS]

A friend sent me this:

 

[yanmars]

Interesting

 

[CADplans]

A friend sent me this:

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That is the new Class Six semi permanent hitch,,,

 

[BigBlue1]

A friend sent me this:

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That's the new shock-absorbing model. "Three-axis load-deferring." It may be European-only.

Rob

 

[civilian]

A friend sent me this:

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But it is on a RX30???? Can't read the rest and don't know the make. Is is a cheap one or expensive car? Jon

 

[BigBlue1]

But it is on a RX30???? Can't read the rest and don't know the make. Is is a cheap one or expensive car? Jon

That would be a Lexus RX300.

 

[civilian]

That would be a Lexus RX300.

"But I spent my last dollar on the big ________ tractor I need at the farm!" the owner said. LOL Jon

 

[lostcreekranch]

Lexus RX300

 

[prichard]

A friend sent me this:

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Let's hope that's a joke

 

[dragoneggs]

A friend sent me this:

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Somebody likes all-thread! Down right scary.

 

[Code54]

Side adjustable hitch. If your not really centered when you line up the trailer just twist the all thread.....

 

[MickeyDBC]

That is the new Class Six semi permanent hitch,,,

That is the hitch that comes with the Harbor Freight $199 trailer kit.

 

[RobertN]

I still have that book somewhere... Got it 47 or so years ago.

I think there's an earlier VW Bug version of this. [VW Rabbit magazine ad].

Or - maybe memories from long before that are still rolling around in my head.

 

[California]

I still have that book somewhere... Got it 47 or so years ago. [Katy and the Big Snow]

I had that book as a child and loved it. I recently bought a copy for our niece to read to her little kids as their Christmas present. I hope they like as much as I did.

And after a career working for the Highway Department - C/T - I have even more respect for the guys up at Whitmore and Kingvale maintenance stations up on I-80 who keep Donner Pass open over the Sierras in the worst winter weather. That little book isn't far from the world they manage.

 

[California]

Definitely towing something wrong .... probable brake failure.

 

[Redneck in training]

Definitely towing something wrong .... probable brake failure.

Looking at some of the cars on the road the video is from Russia. If I am not mistaken cameras are mandatory there. looks to me like sleepy or more likely drunk driver. While working in Russia we were not allowed to take any rides including company cars and taxi on mondays or after holiday. It was pretty much certain the drivers were drunk.

 

[JPRambo]

After the truck rolls over you can see the tractors rear tires are smoking. But the trailers are not

 

[California]

I think it's the brakes smoking.

Where I found that vid - there was no explanation at all.

There's probably a source out there somewhere with a better explanation.