Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[California]

I avoid CL as a rule. Don't like low ballers and tire kickers.

Well you need to have lots of patience, and a sense of humor helps.

Here's what I posted back finally to some old guy who kept sending lowball offers that I continually rejected.

After this he never responded .....

 

[goeduck]

I sold a car on CL earlier this year; I only had one inquiry and it was legit. I met the buyer with the car (after the test drive) at my bank and only signed the transfer paperwork after the teller ran his cash through the bill counter. That said, yes there are flakes on CL. I lucked out.

 

[bcp]

Bruce

 

[kenmbz]

Bruce

The weird part is none of them seem to slow down once they start wagging, until way too late. Though I doubt slowing down would have helped all that much..

 

[ning]

Most of those tow vehicles weren't too light, and most of those trailers were under 30'.
They likely all had insufficient tongue weight and most of them were definitely driving too fast - especially that first one, which looked to be going 75+ passing a semi

The weird part is none of them seem to slow down once they start wagging, until way too late. Though I doubt slowing down would have helped all that much..

Hitting the trailer brakes would've probably helped some - particularly if used early enough, but not the truck's brakes

 

[Dftodd]

I offered a couple free things on Craigslist and one guy came out to pick up a pile of long cutoff hardwood strips from a cabinet shop. He was a college prof if it matters.

He was late so wasted my time there, left assorted zip ties in my yard along with some trash and never said than you.


I too have had people ask me to deliver things for them. I think they catch my drift when I chuckle out loud.

Once I did deliver something when the guy offered me $15 delivery on an overpriced $75 TV. He said he had no transportation since his wife recently left and "took everything" except a stool. Fat chance, I thought.
He sounded OK so I agreed and when I got to his trailer, it was 100% empty, including the drapes and all he had was the stool. He said he could watch TV that way.

I sold some stuff off from Facebook market place.

One item was a weigh distribution hitch. Guy asked if he could pick it up in a couple days. Said he would be driving through Little Rock on his way home. Said my address wasn't too far out of the way.

Told him that it wasn't a problem. Guy called that day and asked if I could meet him in Little Rock, he would pay me extra.

I said no problem, and listed a truck stop to meet him at that was on his route to where he was headed.

Guy paid me $30 extra to meet him in Little Rock. I didn't tell him the truck stop I listed was 3/4 of a mile up from where I worked.

 

[California]

Hitting the trailer brakes would've probably helped some - particularly if used early enough, but not the truck's brakes

Not a single brake light showing in any of those incidents.

 

[Jstpssng]

Not a single brake light showing in any of those incidents.

Do brake lights come on if you only apply the trailer brakes?

 

[BigBlue1]

Not a single brake light showing in any of those incidents.

Pretty sure applying vehicle brakes in a sway situation is not the solution. You either need to apply trailer brakes separately or give it gas. And I'm not sure most folks have the cajones to punch the gas in those situations.

 

[Peter 315]

Pretty sure applying vehicle brakes in a sway situation is not the solution. You either need to apply trailer brakes separately or give it gas. And I'm not sure most folks have the cajones to punch the gas in those situations.

Kinda of hard to reach the trailer brake controller when you have the two handed death grip on the steering wheel....