Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[Grumpycat]

It looks like 2WD to me, you can see the front axle underneath. One of the "cool" things today is to level your truck... which I haven't been able to understand. I have a hard enough time looking over the hood t see where my tires are going when on marginal roads, I don't know why you would want to extand that distance.

One "levels" one's truck when it is a poser-truck and not a truck.

Have only once seen a lifted truck actually used where the lift could have helped but the problem was the rear differential was no higher than stock. Only the body of the truck was higher.

 

[Jstpssng]

Knew a semi driver who also rode dirtbikes tied a 230 pound dirtbike in the middle of a flatbed one day, just like that. He did it just to be silly.

A TBN member once posted a picture of hauling his son's toy tractor home. The tot wanted him to haul it "Just like Daddy's". He brought it home strapped down on his gooseneck trailer.

 

[sixdogs]

I had a washer and dryer up against the cab in my pickup once. Brand new in the box and the dryer started to lift up a little. I had a buddy with me and I asked him if he saw that and he said yes. We stopped and did a better job of strapping it down.

I'm sure I mentioned this in some other thread but the old "levitating plywood" thing is a shock the first time you see it.

Slide some plywood or chipboard in the truck and on the way home discover the plywood is suspended mid air in the bed of the truck. Somehow, the winds lifts it and floats in mid air in the back of the truck until you slow down. First time is a shocker

 

[Captain Dirty]

Knew a semi driver who also rode dirtbikes tied a 230 pound dirtbike in the middle of a flatbed one day, just like that. He did it just to be silly.

A TBN member once posted a picture of hauling his son's toy tractor home. The tot wanted him to haul it "Just like Daddy's". He brought it home strapped down on his gooseneck trailer.

A diligent search of this thread will reveal multiple posts of photos of a Tonka toy dump truck as the sole item on a flatbed semitrailer secured with a single 4 or 5" strap. Often accompanied by a comment about the driver being cited for 49 CFR 393.128 (A light truck less than 10,000 lbs. requires 2 tie downs).

 

[Jstpssng]

Not towing wrong, but today my dashcam recorded a school bus blowing through a red light so stale that it was green from my direction before he even entered the intersection. I'm not going to post it as I am still debating if I should report the driver.

 

[notaz3]

Not towing wrong, but today my dashcam recorded a school bus blowing through a red light so stale that it was green from my direction before he even entered the intersection. I'm not going to post it as I am still debating if I should report the driver.

Yes, call the district and talk to the transportation manager and at least let them know.

 

[Jstpssng]

Yes, call the district and talk to the transportation manager and at least let them know.

I'm thinking about sending them a copy of the picture. Nobody likes a tattletale. Plus I was in my company truck...

 

[Hoot Owl]

Yes but how many people did the driver endanger. What if your child was on that bus???

 

[Jstpssng]

Yes but how many people did the driver endanger. What if your child was on that bus???

That was my first thought. I mentioned it here first as I was waffling what to do. At the end of the day though I was in my company truck, and the video is on their dash cam. (Also on their computer, as soon as I got home.)

I sent an email to my boss and the department head, with two pictures attached. I am meeting with them tomorrow on an altogether different matter, and will have the original with me. It's up to them to decide if it should be reported or not.

All of the comments above are spot on, however. If I'd been in my truck I would have reported him before mentioning it here. I probably would also have gotten up close enough to get the plate number, although the video should give them enough information to go on.

 

[ning]

That was my first thought. I mentioned it here first as I was waffling what to do. At the end of the day though I was in my company truck, and the video is on their dash cam. (Also on their computer, as soon as I got home.)

I sent an email to my boss and the department head, with two pictures attached. I am meeting with them tomorrow on an altogether different matter, and will have the original with me. It's up to them to decide if it should be reported or not.

All of the comments above are spot on, however. If I'd been in my truck I would have reported him before mentioning it here. I probably would also have gotten up close enough to get the plate number, although the video should give them enough information to go on.

I gather from this that your company / truck info is also on the video, so you have concerns about professional repercussions for reporting it? Or, what's keeping you from reporting it regardless of the video source?