Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[natedog75]

It makes me think of the stresses on long drop hitches. I see some jacked up trucks with 6”+ drops. I can only image the stress on that hitch/frame with all the leverage from the drop hitch acting as a lever.

 

[RandyT]

It makes me think of the stresses on long drop hitches. I see some jacked up trucks with 6”+ drops. I can only image the stress on that hitch/frame with all the leverage from the drop hitch acting as a lever.

Can't find it now, but there was a chart for rise and drop hitches. Something like for every 2 inches of rise or drop reduced the towing capacity by 10%.

 

[duramaxsky]

That could be. That is the worst truck to do that with. Long beds have more overhang. And single cabs have the least length in front of the rear axel. Plus they are lighter overall. I don't use a weight distributing hitch on my short bed extended cab truck and it works fine. But I have auto adjust air bags so it always sits at the same height. And with very little rear overhang and the longer and heavier truck it's fine. I have so many different height trailers it's nice just to quick adjust the hitch. And I use a weigh safe hitch so I always know the tongue weight and trailer balance. No guessing. I have hooked up my RV trailer and the tongue weight has been too light so we move stuff around inside to make it right. The little lady loads it and dose not understand weight dist. She dose know if she hauls the tractor she needs between 700 and 1000 on the hitch so she will move it until it's in there before she straps it down. The good thong about the 20' tilt deck is she can load and balance it pretty easy. The long deck makes it balance no matter what implements are on it. My truck is a 2500 diesel so it is heavy and the engine is a lot of weight up front. That helps.

I can see that. My other thought was depending on the vehicle should of been using weight distributor system, and the driver lost control due to the unloading of front tires from the hitch weight, which in this case should be 1000# plus. And because of the undistributed weight it over stressed the hitch mounting bolts causing them to break on impact with the tree.

 

[adam728]

Wish I had a picture, but I don't. Back in the mid 1960's, when the front wheel drive Oldsmobile Toronado first hit the market, the Olds dealer here had one hitched to a car hauler trailer via an EZ lift hitch with the tension bars pulled up, then removed the rear wheels of the car and hooked the safety chains tight. It was kind of awesome to watch him drive around town like that, but to a kid in a small town, it didn't take much to entertain us.:cool2:...Dan.

Found online

 

[duramaxsky]

My dad had a trailer life with an article about that test. He was very impressed. That was back when most cars could pull a trailer. But the rear suspension could not hold the hitch weight. Those hitches were a game changer.

 

[Morning Wood]

So this just happened beside me...

Remember to check your trailer brakes, kids.

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It looks like the trailer tongue is fubard as well.

 

[lucky llama]

Saw this one the other day. Not wrong, but very impressive.

 

[fruitcakesa]

Saw this one the other day. Not wrong, but very impressive. View attachment 640843

That is an impressive piece.
Any idea of the species?

 

[Fallon]

Saw this one the other day. Not wrong, but very impressive. View attachment 640843

Rough guess... That tree is almost the size of a tanker. Tankers can be 5-10k gallons. Trees are slightly lighter than water. That puts it at 40k lbs or something, which seems crazy. I'm less impressed with hauling it than I am with the ability to load that in the field.

 

[RandyT]

That is an impressive piece.
Any idea of the species?

Cypress maybe.