Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[two_bit_score]

That picture's been posted before and I think it was determined the slabs were properly secured to the A frame between them which may be bolted to the truck bed. Not sure about the overweight issue.

And once again you miss the point because you focus on conjecture, supposition and assumptions.

 

[aeblank]

The question being discussed - value of motor vehicle safety inspections - is directly on point for a thread which is about people hauling or towing something wrong.

<Shrug>. Seems like politics bickering. It's run its course. No minds are being changed. No actual information/stats/learning is happening.

If you want to see more pics instead of words why are you not posting any pictures?

If I had one, I would. I'd have to go do something wrong to get the pic... I can tell a story about losing half a dozen sheets of OSB out of my truck (many years ago). People showed up from all over and we loaded it back up. Probably equal to the time it'd have taken to strap it down... Good lesson, won't happen again.

 

[rangerfredbob]

What is the material?

Just because a load is untypically high doesn't make it dangerous.

Shame the Tractor was obscured.

Can someone explain, why someone would put those tires on a truck? Is it for extra road noise or to increase fuel consumption, or just to spend more regularly on tires and front end work?

I have yet to figure out why people do that... put wide offroad type tires on it that have zero clearance and zero side wall, you could air down to -10psi and not increase the surface area a lick... I like sidewall... My Ranger has 35" tires on 15" wheels, my F350 has 35" tires on 16" wheels... the previous owner of my F350 put a 4" lift on it, I lowered it back down 2"... People claim the short sidewalls are for towing or handling but they take corners like a granny carrying a basket of eggs on her head while I'm passing them with my tall sidewall vehicles carrying a camper while towing another one of them...

 

[Redlands Okie]

The question being discussed - value of motor vehicle safety inspections - is directly on point for a thread which is about people hauling or towing something wrong.

If you want to see more pics instead of words why are you not posting any pictures?

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In my opinion this was a very unsafe load. It was insufficiency secured and seemed to be too much weight for the truck. Had those slabs fell out of the back of that truck in the traffic on IH35 there would have been some major problems.

But it didn’t and no yearly motor vehicle safety inspection was going to impact it.



TBS

Incorrectly securing loads and hauling or towing unsafe loads has little to do with vehicle safety inspections.

With a properly maintained vehicle at least there is less possibility of a accident.

Un safe loads and towing issues are items that have to be handled as the situation arises by law enforcement. Often overlooked around here and ignored on accident reports.

This smoker bouncing down the highway with tires that should not be on a state highway , or highway speeds, no lights, no safety chains is a typical example.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have wondered if the low profile tires are just aimed at the ultra stupid. Sell them a quarter of the tire for four times the price. Wreck your rims and dental work when you hit a pothole!

The biggest crime with that smoker has to be the paint job.

 

[Redlands Okie]

I have wondered if the low profile tires are just aimed at the ultra stupid. Sell them a quarter of the tire for four times the price. Wreck your rims and dental work when you hit a pothole!

The biggest crime with that smoker has to be the paint job.

Apparently they have the sales pitch worked out pretty well from what I can see

 

[Industrial Toys]

Oh, and make them super soft, so they wear out quickly.

 

[Diggin It]

The question being discussed - value of motor vehicle safety inspections - is directly on point for a thread which is about people hauling or towing something wrong.

Incorrectly securing loads and hauling or towing unsafe loads has little to do with vehicle safety inspections.

An unsafe load can cause even the safest and most up to date vehicle to wreck.

 

[two_bit_score]

An unsafe load can cause even the safest and most up to date vehicle to wreck.

Thank you Captain Obvious!

 

[RandyT]

I had a customer tow a DR field and brush mower like the type you tow behind a atv or garden tractor 35 miles behind their pickup truck to my shop for engine repairs.