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Thought I'd seen it all

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NCWayne

10-31-2006 19:12:15




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Over the years I've seen some many overloaded trailers, often being towed by an equally overloaded vehicle. This morning I think I saw one that has them all beat hands down. I was in a parking lot waiting to turn out onto Hwy29 when a fairly new Ford pickup came by towing a triple axel trailer. I couldn't tell wether the truck was an F150 or 250 but either way it wasn't a dually and judging by the small tires on the trailer it probably wasn't rated but for 12,000lbs or so. That said, the front bumper of the truck was so high off the road it looked like it was getting ready to take flight and the rear was only missing the ground by maybe 10 inches... Had to have been stearing with his brakes, or what was left of them after trying to stop the first time... Kinda reminded me of watching the old "taildragger" planes taking off. Anyway, on the trailer behind the truck was one of the larger extenda boom type rough terrain forklifts, sorta like the old Lulls. I wouldn't even venture to guess what the lift weighed, WAY TOO MUCH FOR THIS RIG IS ALL I KNOW, but he was merrily towing it along keeping up with traffic going nearly 50 MPH.....Never caught up with him after I finally got turned out and never saw a pileup so I'm guessing he turned down the ramp to the interstate....now that really makes my hair stand on end thinking about that rolling weight hazard moving 65 MPH plus and having to stop. I see the DMV guys all the time stopping garbage trucks not three miles from where this happened...where were they when they could have probably written a ticket big enough to pay their salary???

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Jerry Cent. Mi.

11-01-2006 17:04:59




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 Re: Thought I'd seen it all in reply to NCWayne, 10-31-2006 19:12:15  
Best one I ever saw was one where a fellow had tried to steel a coil of steel by rolling it off the back of the truck into his pickup. It was probably a 10,000 lb coil.



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trw

11-01-2006 05:44:03




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 Re: Thought I'd seen it all in reply to NCWayne, 10-31-2006 19:12:15  
Back when the "new body" Dodge pickup came out, late 80's or early 90's, I saw someone pulling a gooseneck trailer with a Dodge pickup and on the trailer was a 1460 Axial Flow IH combine. I was impressed until I realized how dangerous it was.



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Don Wadge

11-01-2006 04:59:07




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 Re: Thought I'd seen it all in reply to NCWayne, 10-31-2006 19:12:15  
How come they"re all Fords doing this? Couldn"t the other guys get their overload off the yard?



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hillbillyOH

11-01-2006 04:28:28




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 Re: Thought I'd seen it all in reply to NCWayne, 10-31-2006 19:12:15  
Snapped in the parking lot of a Home Depot:

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john *.?-!.* cub owner

11-01-2006 10:23:00




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 Re: Thought I'd seen it all in reply to hillbillyOH, 11-01-2006 04:28:28  
I have seen pictures of that overlaoded car before, but the funniest thing I have ever seen was back in the late 60s when i was going to college. There was a VW Beetle setting by the road with a large boat hooked to it. the VW's rear bumper was on the ground and the front wheels 2 or 3 feet above the road. LOL



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Stinky Cheese

11-01-2006 05:55:56




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 Re: Thought I'd seen it all in reply to hillbillyOH, 11-01-2006 04:28:28  
That right there is funny, I don`t care who you are. I`d like to see the driver and the two college (soon to be drop outs) kids who helped with the loading.



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Davis In SC

10-31-2006 21:03:22




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 Re: Thought I'd seen it all in reply to NCWayne, 10-31-2006 19:12:15  
A few years ago, on a real busy road, stop & go traffic, I saw a scarey rig.. F-250 Ford P/U, pulling a big Hudson Float trailer, the type with wheels under the middle, carrying a 450 JD dozer. as he passed me, I noticed it was an air-braked trailer, so he had no brakes on it... He was all over the road... Needless to say, I slowed down & let him go on...



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jhill52

10-31-2006 20:07:01




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 Re: Thought I'd seen it all in reply to NCWayne, 10-31-2006 19:12:15  
Saw something similar in Phoenix. F-350 ford with a dump body towing a dual axle dump trailor. Both were loaded with boulders. The rig was so overloaded that the trailer hitch was almost dragging on the ground. Good thing was the cops had him puled over and were writing tickets.



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john_bud

10-31-2006 19:53:58




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 Re: Thought I'd seen it all in reply to NCWayne, 10-31-2006 19:12:15  
Wow, that must have raised the hair on the back of your neck!

Saw as similar, if not stupider, situation just this weekend. On a new portion of divided highway, going 65+ mph was an old ford truck pulling a car hauler with a smallish 4 door junky looking car on it. There were 2 of the yellow straps in plain site.

They were holding the second junky car that was stacked on top of the first one. One strap across the hood and one across the trunk going down to the trailer. No straps, chains or other load holding devices could be seen. I'm not ruling out double stick tape or old bubble gum under the tires, just couldn't see any...

I can only imagine the excitement if he had an emergency stop for a bus load of orphans and nuns.

jb

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730virgil

11-01-2006 15:07:47




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 Re: Thought I'd seen it all in reply to john_bud, 10-31-2006 19:53:58  
he was using the Red Green secert weapon duc tape



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Aaron Ford

10-31-2006 20:15:29




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 Re: Thought I'd seen it all in reply to john_bud, 10-31-2006 19:53:58  
I can shed some light on the "what would have happened" question.

A gentleman lost control of his car hauler and struck my mothers car. He continued on dragging her car by the rear bumper into a ravine. Upon impact, the car on the hauler passed through the cab of the truck. Mom was stoved up bad, but the gentleman will never see his kids again.

This car was tied down properly.

So much can go wrong, even if everything is right...

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