Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

duramaxsky · Oct 15, 2022

I also should mention the straps on the truck are 1" commercial grade rated at 2300 pounds each. They are much thicker than cheap 1" straps. They are expensive but it's worth it because they fit the anchor points in the truck bed. And it's not squatting. I don't like how those 2500HDs look up high with the square wheel arches and the nose down slope. So I put drop shackles on the rear to level it and an autolevelling air bag setup so it won't bottom out when loaded.it sits the same empty. It handled that load just fine. I stopped at a state scale that was closed on the way home and the truck was under the GRAW and right at capacity on the trailer.

BigBlue1 · Oct 15, 2022

dodge man said:
I think that load would have been fine if the tire hadn’t blown.

I don't think that's just a tire blow-out...

dodge man · Oct 15, 2022

BigBlue1 said:
I don't think that's just a tire blow-out...

Your correct, loose lug nut too.

rangerfredbob · Oct 15, 2022

dodge man said:
Your correct, loose lug nut too.

looks like it's just the middle lug nut that's loose...

BravoXray · Oct 15, 2022

Renze said:
View attachment 766392properly secured though...

I wonder how far he actually made it before it gave out and how fast he was going.

Renze · Oct 16, 2022

BravoXray said:
I wonder how far he actually made it before it gave out and how fast he was going.

I dont know, i picked it up from a Slovak site..

Helogabals · Oct 21, 2022

Not really according topic, but ...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1582773435151056898

square1 · Oct 21, 2022

deezler · Oct 21, 2022

^ photoshop.

That rear-steer combine on the bridge is funny. What a pickle, no room to steer away from the edge.

aczlan · Oct 21, 2022

deezler said:
^ photoshop.

That rear-steer combine on the bridge is funny. What a pickle, no room to steer away from the edge.

Crank the wheel hard to one side, then the other to push the back end away from the wall using the steering, then back up until the front end clears.

Aaron Z

kevin37b · Oct 22, 2022

Nevermind .

groundcover · Oct 22, 2022

Must be safe, it's flagged !

aczlan · Oct 23, 2022

groundcover said:
View attachment 767416Must be safe, it's flagged !

Given that the pin doesn't actually carry any of the force of the jaw trying to open, it should be fine as a temporary fix...
I would have probably twisted the ends together though so there is no way for it to walk out.

Aaron Z

rangerfredbob · Oct 24, 2022

On my pintle hitch it came with a big cotter pin for some reason, I spread the ends a little so it's springy, works fine, as said that's just a safety since the latch is spring loaded... I haven't found a pin I like so I just keep using the cotter pin...

KennyG · Oct 24, 2022

Here is a little lesson on how to transport flammable material - not in a backpack while being pursued by police:

WATCH: Cops Tase Fleeing Felon, He Explodes Into a Human Fireball

This reminds me of something I recently saw in my old hometown weekly newspaper. They bring back a few stories from the archives. It seems in 1927 there was a fatal motorcycle accident. The victim had stolen some nitroglycerin and hit a bump on the road, detonating the nitro. The story didn't go into detail on the results but said it did blow a hole in the concrete highway.