Terrible Towing pics thread

[2001WS6]

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Trailer wouldn't fit in the Walgreens parking lot

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

Worth the watch. Pretty dang capable ram

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[flan]

 

[Great White North Eh]

Driving them both to the dump…perhaps?

 

[Brutal_HO]

 

[unclelala]

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How would u not be arrested ?

 

[flan]

 

[Great White North Eh]

Ah I think she just rolled ahead a we bit. Back her on up and hit the freeway.

 

[Blythkd1]

Probably headed to another stop to put another truck on the back end

 

[CaptainMike]

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You steer it by shifting your weight in the cab left or right.

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

 

[TexasGuy]

I missed a photo opportunity Lexus Rx 350 towing a 33’ RV Nose up. Trailer tongue had about 6” of clearance

 

[CaptainMike]

I missed a photo opportunity Lexus Rx 350 towing a 33’ RV Nose up. Trailer tongue had about 6” of clearance

Yeah, I saw something similar last week that I couldn't get a pic of. An older, not-so-gently used Escalade nose up and hitched to a very heavy and long 3 axle trailer with a very nice looking Jet Ranger on it. I'm pretty sure the helicopter on a light trailer wouldn't be too much weight for the tow vehicle, but the trailer was a beast built for hauling heavy equipment that by itself was too much for the tow rig. Definitely a WTF moment, but when you gotta haul a helicopter right now you go with what you got.

 

[Metternacht]

Planning. It’s all about the planning.

 

[CaptainMike]

I got the pics of the helicopter tow job from my buddy who owns the tire store where they stopped to get a trailer tire fixed/replaced. It looks like an Agusta, though I'm not certain, but definitely heavier than what I initially thought was a JetRanger. Apparently, this guy buys and sells copters and copter parts and this rig had a blown engine and tranny (something that happened on or near the ground, it would seem). He had already driven it from Riverside, CA and the pic was taken in Mount Shasta, CA, basically the length of the state! The tire guys fixed him up and sent him on his way, next stop Seattle (maybe). The wooden crate on the trailer contained the rotor blades. There's no "N" number on the tail boom so who knows what the real story is.

 

[Great White North Eh]

Ya would think if he’s haulin such stuff he would by a friggen HD. The Jack foot is almost scraping the ground.

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

Why didn’t they just fly the f-ing helicopter where they needed it to go ?

 

[CaptainMike]

Why didn’t they just fly the f-ing helicopter where they needed it to go ?

Blown engine and tranny, a salvage copter for parts. Or so the guy said.

 

[CdnHO]

Just sort of dumb towing several million dollars (even with a bad engine and transmission) with what is basically a half ton.

 

[CaptainMike]

Just sort of dumb towing several million dollars (even with a bad engine and transmission) with what is basically a half ton.

They guys looked up the towing capacity of the Avalanche and it's rated at 3K lbs or so. I bet the trailer weighed that much.