Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[RobertN]

Not really hauling badly, but why would you try to take a trailer through a drive through.

Guy cleared by about 4", and then the tires and fender missed the side of the building by about a 1/2".

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[4570Man]

Not really hauling badly, but why would you try to take a trailer through a drive through.

Guy cleared by about 4", and then the tires and fender missed the side of the building by about a 1/2".

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I’ve done it back when everything was drive through only for Covid. Maybe he couldn’t park the trailer. Fast food places aren’t known for having big parking lots.

 

[Dftodd]

I’ve done it back when everything was drive through only for Covid. Maybe he couldn’t park the trailer. Fast food places aren’t known for having big parking lots.

He had plenty of room off to his right to park.

 

[jjeff]

This is why I don't like straps for tieing my wheeler and snowsled into the truck. This is the second time... first time I don't know how the sled stayed on.View attachment 3760480

View attachment 3760481 This old piece of rope is the only reason I didn't lose it.

I learned a long time ago to try and find a place like an a arm to strap without compressing the suspension , add the low pressure tires I will lose a srap. Definitely not recommended but I use the winch hook on a weld on dring like a failsafe. See quite a few folks hauling snowmobiles with out running a strap in the back. Luckily I always do took one trip to the ditch long ago with a two place snapped both aluminum tie down bars over the snow machines skis only thing that kept the snowmobiles on the trailer were the rear straps.

 

[LouNY]

This is why I don't like straps for tieing my wheeler and snowsled into the truck. This is the second time... first time I don't know how the sled stayed on.View attachment 3760480

View attachment 3760481 This old piece of rope is the only reason I didn't lose it.

Anything with a suspension that can move and allow some slack is likely to come unhooked. Even just a tire flexing can be enough to relax a binder. Any hook that is not latched on a load that can move is asking for trouble.

 

[dstig1]

This is why I don't like straps for tieing my wheeler and snowsled into the truck. This is the second time... first time I don't know how the sled stayed on.View attachment 3760480

View attachment 3760481 This old piece of rope is the only reason I didn't lose it.

Well color me curious... if you don't use straps, what do you use? Chains? Ropes? Faith?

 

[groundcover]

Tractor-trailer cab located in water after driving off Delaware Memorial Bridge, driver presumed dead

The driver of the tractor-trailer that crashed off the Delaware Memorial Bridge and into the Delaware River is presumed dead, officials say.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Grumpycat]

This is why I don't like straps for tieing my wheeler and snowsled into the truck. This is the second time... first time I don't know how the sled stayed on.View attachment 3760480

View attachment 3760481 This old piece of rope is the only reason I didn't lose it.

There are hooks with carabiner style spring loaded closed ends which will not unhook during momentary slack in the tie strap. I wish I could find some for reasonable prices. Or a carabiner honestly rated 2000 pounds or more.

I don't have a picture but many dirtbike friends use a rubber hose which fits over their hook end and the other end is loosely threaded through the strap end of the hook. Appears you have a double wire hook for which a hose might not fit over as well as the single wire hooks.

 

[jjeff]

Like these 2k and 6k straps with locking hooks?

 

[Runner]

There are hooks with carabiner style spring loaded closed ends which will not unhook during momentary slack in the tie strap. I wish I could find some for reasonable prices. Or a carabiner honestly rated 2000 pounds or more.

I don't have a picture but many dirtbike friends use a rubber hose which fits over their hook end and the other end is loosely threaded through the strap end of the hook. Appears you have a double wire hook for which a hose might not fit over as well as the single wire hooks.

Places that sell tree climbing gear will have biners rated at 5000 or so. Like this:

DMM Ultra O Carabiner - Standard

The DMM Ultra O is a hot-forged, reliable, aluminum carabiner with a triple-action auto-locking gate designed for industrial and arborist use.

www.treestuff.com

My local Vermeer dealer also sells climbing gear.