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Saw this yesterday.

I have to think this is overloaded or at least way too top heavy.
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crispins said:
Saw this yesterday.

I have to think this is overloaded or at least way too top heavy.
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I was involved in doing something similar years ago.

My brother borrowed a trailer to haul a friend's 3/4 ton 4x4 truck behind his 1/2 ton 2wd truck. The trailer was a bit short so it started wagging and ended up bending the tongue to an unusable point. He was on the freeway during rush hour traffic in Portland. We borrowed a rollback and winched the trailer and the broken-down truck onto it. The tires of the trailer had about 2" of overlap with the bed. It was pretty sketchy, but it worked.
 
It's funny how some people are so quick to call someone with a car trailer, and start a whole fiasco when a short distance tow is usually less than $100 :homer:
 
YotaAtieToo said:
It's funny how some people are so quick to call someone with a car trailer, and start a whole fiasco when a short distance tow is usually less than $100 :homer:
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No way you're getting a car on the hook for $100 at least in the Northeast.
 
Man it's been a while, but I swear it's was around $80 last time I saw the bill to haul a pickup like 20-30 miles.

On the opposite side of the spectrum. We had an F450 that needed to be hauled by a big wrecker and that was like $1200 for 60 miles :laughing:
 
We have a local guy who advertises $35 tows inside the city limits. It's a very small city. Everyone else is around $125 just to come out and hook up, then extra for the mileage.
 
arse_sidewards said:
No way you're getting a car on the hook for $100 at least in the Northeast.
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depends on location.
the northeast being just about as heavily regulated as you can get for towing I'd assume it costs a fuck ton.

if I called my local towing place and asked them to move something like ten miles, it would cost me $50.
 
Prozon said:
Well now.. it’s being pulled too! 😂
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Genius Redneck Motorhome setup but it needs a hitch to pull a car trailer. That roof spoiler is a must for high speed driving.:D I have seen another Chrysler minivan with the rear tires removed and 16' trailer grafted on.
 
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My turn
this is a galvy tray feeder or trough guessing 18-24" deep10-12' dia.
held down with a chunk of shade cloth tied down on 3 corners.
at 40 mph the thing was lifting up and dancing side to side.
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I took this last year, heading towards Mexico, as usual

I recently missed a medium duty box truck with an SUV in the back being pulled on a tow bar, by a medium duty box truck, with an SUV in the back....

laws are for white people

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After seeing all this, maybe I should have bought the bigger travel trailer yesterday instead of the one that is within gross, tongue and payload capacity of my Tahoe. :shaking:
 
Didn't notice it was an attachment on the other page. And it's usually faster/easier to copy the image location.

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Impressive lack of squat (don't see datsuns working around here much)...
 
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