See those all the time down in Texas. Think they are headed to Mexico.
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Terrible Towing pics thread
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I saw 3 or 4 trains of them just outside St. Louis earlier this week. At least one of the tow vehicles looked like it had been totaled in an accident. I'd get busted if I tried anything like that but apparently they can do anything they want.
I've been doing it wrong
jerryw1000
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5 of those Mexican tow trains pulled in the rest area truck parking beside me just south of Denver. Junky looking cars and old pickups full of bicycles and washing machines. I was in my motorhome with a car in tow. They jumped out and went to wrenching trying to keep the clunkers together. The truckers on the CB were complaining because there was no parking in the rest area. The state patrol came in to run them out and they jumped in the tow vehicles and took off. The one beside me would not crank so the driver jumped in the towed vehicle and started pushing the other one. Then he jumped out and ran to the lead car and jerked it into gear and cranked it and down the road he went. It was funny because he almost couldn't catch up with the lead car.
Great White North Eh
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I bet you were thinking …trip…trip you S.O.B.
It’s ok, he’s got a safety pin in both latches.
Rockcrawlindude
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That'll Buff Out on Instagram
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Eatonpcat
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The Box Truck handled that well!!
Rockcrawlindude
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They had it strapped down good, too
SpeyRam
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Never ceases to amaze me the stupidity out there.That'll Buff Out on Instagram
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This one is my own. I was just moving the trailer 20 feet forward on a level driverway though.
Rockcrawlindude
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why spend $20.00 on straps when you can get a story for the grandkids!DieselTrucking™️ on Instagram: "I can see this going bad What’s your first thought? —— Follow us @dieseltrucking for more! Visit www.dieseltrucking.co to shop Tag the owner #dieseltrucking"
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unclelala
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Im going to tell their mother.DieselTrucking™️ on Instagram: "I can see this going bad What’s your first thought? —— Follow us @dieseltrucking for more! Visit www.dieseltrucking.co to shop Tag the owner #dieseltrucking"
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Ehhhh, it's a Honda. No problem!
I don't know how fast they were going but I bet those guys had their hands full. I was hauling a 1,000# wood stove one time that I didn't put any straps on because the outer shell was just light gauge stainless and a strap would have just crushed it. So I slid it up tight against the headache rack of my flatbed. 1,000# - couldn't possibly come off, right? Wrong. It blew off at about 60mph and it wasn't much higher than my headache rack.DieselTrucking™️ on Instagram: "I can see this going bad What’s your first thought? —— Follow us @dieseltrucking for more! Visit www.dieseltrucking.co to shop Tag the owner #dieseltrucking"
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Another time I picked up a used electric range after work. Slid it up tight against the headache rack and ran a 1" strap around behind it. Before I even got up to highway speed, that MF blew up from behind the strap and fell over it backwards.
The air coming up between a pickup cab and bed must rival the thrust of a small jet engine. I strap the shti out things anymore.
CharlieL
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That this occurred In Portland explains it all to me! Our oldest lives there & we've visited a few times. So, this one's not too surprising for me all things considered!DieselTrucking™️ on Instagram: "I can see this going bad What’s your first thought? —— Follow us @dieseltrucking for more! Visit www.dieseltrucking.co to shop Tag the owner #dieseltrucking"
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That's in Pendleton, OR, crossing under I-84 on US 395. It's about 4 hours from Portland geographically, but well inside "Greater Idaho" culturally.
