OT You cant fix stupid

As one who has pulled many a truck or car behind the motorhome (but NOT like this lol), this video represents a persons worst nightmare. The driver must have left the towed truck behind in park or something and when he was stopped (fast forward it a bit) he was still too stupid to cure it and drove away with the wheel (tire long flat) still locked up and dragging.......

John T (one who tows but prefers the towed vehicle to have all 4 wheels free lol)
You cant fix stupid

RV driver needs to hang up license and semi driver not to bright either for using camera.

That is one of the dumber things I have seen in a long time.

At least he will keep the local tire shop and mechanics in business for a long time.

Rick

And to top it off even when he stops he still wont take it out of park or see whats the problem, just drives off lol

John T

I'll bet he didn't have the keys to the pickup. There's probably a bit more to the story. Like, for instance if there's an ex-wife involved; a lot of guys would have no problem destroying a vehicle just to keep their ex from getting it. Of course, the smart thing would be to pull the drive shaft or call a tow truck, but it's clear that guy wasn't thinking clearly.

Funny you should mention stupid today. Yesterday I made a delivery in Austin Tx. and the dock guy and owner of the facility were just PO'd at me and my company. They were having a hard time getting stacks of insulation out of the truck because they were stacked tight. They were mad because they said our trailers were narrower than other companies which made it harder to get the stuff out. I showed them the sticker on the inside the trailer that said it was 53'x102", but they weren't buying it. I got my DOT book out and showed them that 102" was the max allowed outside dimension, but still no good. I even got out my trusty tape measure and showed them that the trailer had a 101.5" inside measurement, but they still insisted that ours were narrower. I even compared my manifest with the one they said was wider and showed them that because my tractor is lighter they were able to put more product in the trailer and that was why it was tighter since they turned 1/2 the pallets sideways to get more in and the sideways way is longer, so it was because they wanted more freight for the same price that it was harder to unload. But they still insisted that it was our trailers that were to blame. Sometime you just gotta shake your head and walk away.

We went to the Rosine Bluegrass Festival a few years ago, and I got to talking to an old man there - discovered he was in a very confused mental state - he had towed a small Ford sedan from somewhere down in southern Tennessee to Rosine Kentucky, via Paducah (big circle) and he had left the little car in gear for the whole trip. I don't know the extent of the damage, or even if there was any damage. He was needing help real bad, and I got hold of the event organizers and their security people who assured me that they'd contact someone in his family to come and get him and his equipment home. He was a fine old man, but had made one trip past his mental ability. We're all headed that direction - hopefully someone will help us too, before we make one trip too many.

Being on the side of a major highway we see all kinds.Some just make you wonder.How can anyone be that stupid.

Years back, when front wheel drive cars were first coming out, I was at our local Chevy dealer one evening BSing when an older woman with a new Citation? pulled in and said something was wrong with her car. Mechanic came back in laughing his butt off. She had left the emergency brake on, and had worn both back tires down to the rims.
Loren, the Acg.

I can or have towed two different 4 x 4 trucks to Florida, but they are towable Four Down by placing the transfer case in Neutral. The ones capable of towing all 4 wheels on the road are Dodge Dakota 4 x 4 and a Chevy Colorado (and others) 4 x 4 with the 4L60E Transmission. No speed or mileage limits on either, no driveshaft removing, no other requirements (but be sure Transfer case etc (per owners manual) is in neutral). Similar I can tow GM cars with the 2.2 engine and auto tranny as well as Subarus. However, I check the set up a ton of times and read the owners manual and the Remco Tow Guide several times before attempting PLUS use an auxiliary brake system, safety chains, have all lights working, and check and re check very very often. So far so good after several tows to Florida and Texas........

John T

If you were to deliver the smaller, easier to unload arrangement, would they stop complaining? It sounds like that is what they want. Let their purchasing department and accountants fight it out with that loading dock.

While I watched the first 3/4 of the video I thought "ho-hum, empty semi trailers can do that too when the trailer brakes freeze or cam over and the driver doesn't know it". But the last 1/4 of the video was unreal. Whoever was behind the wheel of the RV shouldn't have been driving.

A retired neighbor and his wife pulled a small car behind their RV. They installed a rear camera after the car got a flat and they didn't know it. People were waving at them trying to stop them and they were waving back being friendly. LOL

Truck driver pulls into parking lot of loading dock one day to pick up a load. His tires on his semi trailor were completely smoked off. He had released the brakes on the tractor but not the trailor when leaving from his last stop. Drove the hole way like that. The guy running the laoding dock called the truck company owner. They siad to tell him to un-hook the trailor, drive the tractor back to head quarters and pick up his personal belongings and he was done.

Remember, 50% of everybody out there is below average!!

my $0.02 worth

Yes, at that point I had actually exceded the "no arguing with the customers" rule, so I just said they needed to take it up with the shipper.

I was heading east across 80 in Wyoming one time, and an RV ahead of me had a tire blow on the Jimmy they were pulling along behind. I was able to get up beside them, blew the air horn 5 or 6 times to get their attention, and got them pulled over. They left pieces of fender, tire, and a small plastic tank of some sort, on the road.

Face it, if you are driving a tandem RV, 40+ feet long, you aren't going to hear or feel the tire let go on something like a Jimmy.