Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

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Cycle transporter, found on the internet.

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Bruce

With a little bit more customizing, he could drop the back tire of that bike and add a throttle cable for the bike, and get rid of the car engine altogether! I realize it isn't a very practical suggestion, but at this point he seems to already be past the point of being worried about conventional solutions.

 

[DavesTractor]

The logic isn't too confusing, putting it on a flat deck solves only half of the problems. This cop is making a big deal about listing all of those problems on twitter, and then they tow it away with half the problems still in place. IMO, that makes them hypocrites.

I know this can be argued either way, especially when the safety police get their dander up. We all want to save the children. I just personally think this is an average guy getting the book thrown at him by a cop that is an attention hound.

I do understand that the load was still somewhat dangerous after being loaded up by the tow company as it remained precariously perched on the original trailer. The other option would have been a crane and a real boat moving trailer, but that would have cost a bunch of money, shut down the street, etc. And who would have paid for that? So that part of your logic I can see, but I'd much rather have an iffy load on a proper truck/trailer than being pulled behind and SUV with no brakes.

And really, this is not "an average guy getting the book thrown at him". This guy was pretty foolish, although we can sort of admire his "get er done" mentality. He's not lazy.

To say the cops are hypocrites for enforcing the law on this dangerous load must draw from some other life experiences, because this particular situation alone would not lead a reasonable person to that conclusion in my opinion.

 

[aczlan]

The article describes the cop going on about the boat being blocked up by pallets and held on with duct taped straps, as well as the homemade axle and no brakes, and you can see in the picture that they didn't add straps or improve the blocking in any significant way.
The logic isn't too confusing, putting it on a flat deck solves only half of the problems. This cop is making a big deal about listing all of those problems on twitter, and then they tow it away with half the problems still in place. IMO, that makes them hypocrites. This was more about publicity than safety, or they would have solved ALL of the safety concerns before they towed it away.

Was there another picture (other than the one from Twitter with the boat/trailer on the flatbed) that you are referring to?
Do you know when the picture from Twitter was taken? Was it right after the trailer was winched onto the flatbed, or after it was blocked up, strapped down and ready to tow? Its very possible that the tow company added blocks, straps, etc before they towed it anywhere.
Edit, from the Twitter comments:

It was professionally towed by a local company. The load was too unsafe to dismantle roadside. It was pulled onto a lowbed tractor trailer then chained/strapped down as a single piece. Once it was secured and met all Motor Vehicle Act standards it was towed away

Aaron Z

 

[WVBill]

Although the picture is pretty dramatic, the cop chose the wrong example to make a public service announcement about the proper way to move recreational boats on the highway.
This is clearly not a recreational boat move. That boat has not been in the water recently and it certainly wasn't pulled out of the water using that trailer and pallet cribbing. The boat was most likely in a boat storage yard, was put up for sale and the guy is moving it to another location where he plans to restore it He didn't want to pay for moving it on a proper boat moving vehicle so he tried the "DIY" method for the cribbing and had the boat yard crane drop it on the trailer.

All of the things the cop said are wrong clearly are wrong - but it his target audience is recreational boaters moving their boats from one launch ramp to storage and back, they're going to look at it and get a chuckle about it but they're NOT going to get ANY message applicable to their recreational boating.

JMHO.

 

[Midniteoyl]

Although the picture is pretty dramatic, the cop chose the wrong example to make a public service announcement about the proper way to move recreational boats on the highway.
This is clearly not a recreational boat move. That boat has not been in the water recently and it certainly wasn't pulled out of the water using that trailer and pallet cribbing. The boat was most likely in a boat storage yard, was put up for sale and the guy is moving it to another location where he plans to restore it He didn't want to pay for moving it on a proper boat moving vehicle so he tried the "DIY" method for the cribbing and had the boat yard crane drop it on the trailer.

All of the things the cop said are wrong clearly are wrong - but it his target audience is recreational boaters moving their boats from one launch ramp to storage and back, they're going to look at it and get a chuckle about it but they're NOT going to get ANY message applicable to their recreational boating.

JMHO.

This ^^

 

[tjkubota93]

If he drives a s-10 blazer and was trying to use that home made trailer, does he have money to fix that old turd boat?

 

[prichard]

If he drives a s-10 blazer and was trying to use that home made trailer, does he have money to fix that old turd boat?

Don't go getting logical. He probably got a great deal on it. Then it'll sit and rot in his yard.

 

[Howling]

If he drives a s-10 blazer and was trying to use that home made trailer, does he have money to fix that old turd boat?

If he doing the work himself. Have seen old boats parked in driveway or yard. May take a decade but the work slowly gets done.

 

[BigBlue1]

Two fatalities with this one....

Man charged after rock falls from lorry and kills mum and daughter - BBC News

Rgds, D.

Already posted that here yesterday.

Rob

 

[Midniteoyl]

Speaking of cut up cars, hauling fuel and strapping down items (on the roof).. The Trifecta KeKe bonus..: