Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[edkemper]

I can't believe there was traffic there. On 80 between Sac and SF? Now you're going to tell me there's traffic on 5 also? I am so glad I am out of that area. A friend calls me driving from Elk Grove to Sac on 5. That's when I share with him that I recently got into traffic where I live driving downtown. Then I share the traffic cost me an extra 30-45 seconds. Amazing how different things are in small town America.

Be safe my friend.

 

[Capricious]

"..Ah yes the daily ladder report..."


I have my own, although it has been about (2) years since.

Driving westbound on I44 just east of Lebanon, MO, was passed by a 80's Chevy long bed pickup with an extension ladder
in the bed, extending about (8) feet beyond the tailgate. Shortly after the pickup passed me, I went over into the left lane to
pass a semi when the ladder came out of the pickup just up ahead, landed in the middle of the highway, and was slowly rotating
as it slid down the center of the two lanes. At this point I am right alongside the semi with nowhere to go, and the semi has nowhere
to go either. The ladder stopped rotating and, luckily, was aligned with the center line and almost right on the center line, I went over
on the left shoulder and the semi went over on the right shoulder, and we got around the thing. But then the semi had to avoid the
pickup, which had pulled over onto the right shoulder to retrieve his ladder, so I stayed over on the left shoulder for a bit.

If that ladder had stopped rotating crosswise across both lanes things might not have worked out so well.

 

[dodge man]

I hate to admit but I lost a ladder out of my truck about a year ago. I was using the gravity tie down method and the wind caught it and it slide down the road at about 50 mph. I slowed down and it about passed me on the shoulder side of the road.

The biggest problem with hauling something like that isn't always just the fact it isn't tied down, you forget its back there, which is what happened to me. Still its no excuse for not putting a strap on it.

 

[dodge man]

I hate to admit but I lost a ladder out of my truck about a year ago. I was using the gravity tie down method and the wind caught it and it slide down the road at about 50 mph. I slowed down and it about passed me on the shoulder side of the road.

The biggest problem with hauling something like that isn't always just the fact it isn't tied down, you forget its back there, which is what happened to me. Still its no excuse for not putting a strap on it.

 

[fordmantpw]

And the double-post 'feature' made you admit it twice!

 

[Gem99ultra]

I hate to admit but I lost a ladder out of my truck about a year ago. I was using the gravity tie down method and the wind caught it and it slide down the road at about 50 mph. I slowed down and it about passed me on the shoulder side of the road.

The biggest problem with hauling something like that isn't always just the fact it isn't tied down, you forget its back there, which is what happened to me. Still its no excuse for not putting a strap on it.

I have good news for you dodge man! I FOUND your ladder. Unfortunately, I hit that sucker long ways, doing about 70 on my Harley, pulling a Bushtec trailer. Me, my Harley and trailer all went airborne for about 8' in the air for about 50'. No damage to the bike or trailer, but I figure that you owe me a pair of pants. Those brown stains never did come out.

 

[TomSeller]

I have good news for you dodge man! I FOUND your ladder. Unfortunately, I hit that sucker long ways, doing about 70 on my Harley, pulling a Bushtec trailer.

Careful driving on the shoulder of the road !

 

[ultrarunner]

Who needs a truck? Note the extra safety chain with S hooks on the tailgate.

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/29/30382.jpg

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/29/30383.jpg

Jackknifed Trailer


http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/29/30209.jpg

 

[chopped]

Who needs a truck? Note the extra safety chain with S hooks on the tailgate.

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/29/30382.jpg

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/29/30383.jpg

Jackknifed Trailer


http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/29/30209.jpg

Ouch on the Jackknifed one..amased it ripped the wheels off

 

[TomSeller]

Ouch on the Jackknifed one..amased it ripped the wheels off

Yeah, he must have been driving that tractor real fast. Taller gears than I have for sure. Tractors aren't known for stability at high speeds so no surprise the trailer he was towing jackknifed on him