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Chevy Silverado Driver Ticketed for Towing 53-Foot-Long Trailer
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| 20 Dec 2019
| Colin Beresford
Posted on 12/21/2019 8:27:22 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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Once double trailered a VW square back and a motorcycle trailer behind a Pontiac GTO. Texas to Ohio.
Stopping for gas in Arkansas, the county Shariff pulled next to us, got out shaking his head. He said, "What you boys got there is illegal!"
I could hear his radio squawking, his partner called over that Mabel has breakfast ready!
He then said to get directly on the interstate and out of his county!!
I was in uniform at the time.
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posted on
12/21/2019 8:27:22 PM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
“Was that wrong? Should he not have done that?”
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posted on
12/21/2019 8:29:38 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: ClearCase_guy
To: ClearCase_guy
It depends on the kind of weight he was pulling.
His torch cut holes appear a bit oversize, but still sufficient meat for a light load?
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posted on
12/21/2019 8:42:01 PM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
12/21/2019 8:47:52 PM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: DUMBGRUNT
My first reaction when I saw the photos was that this guy isnt hauling any cargo at all ... and is just using this setup to transport an empty trailer.
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posted on
12/21/2019 8:49:07 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
That looks like something my youngest brother would do & hes not even Canadian..
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posted on
12/21/2019 8:51:08 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Is that a beer keg for the air reservoir?
Was it the Mackesey brothers?
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posted on
12/21/2019 8:54:07 PM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: ClearCase_guy
The story is in Canada - In the USA it is called Hot Shot towing. A Ford F 350 can tow close to 30K. - you see a lot of hot shot towing with Car carriers, boats, etc. Lot of videos of F 350’s or Ram trucks towing an empty 53 foot trailer.
To: DUMBGRUNT
I see those Messican caravans on the interstate here all the time. Usually it's a tow car full of used debris inside (I guess tube TV's and 1970's-era component stereos are hot commodities in Sinaloa), with one munched up vehicle on a tow bar in back, and maybe three to a convoy. But once, I saw one with three cars all hitched together behind a pick-'em-up truck, and the cops had that thing boxed in on the shoulder. I figure they're driving down with some of Obama's old Cash For Clunkers, fixing them up (you know, chopping the tops, hydraulic front shocks to make them Mexican jumping beans, fuzzy mirror dice, Our Lady of Guadalupe dashboard bobbleheads, etc.), and selling them off at cartel business fronts. (Recommend that you buy in cash or have your head and hands found in a combination drainage ditch/raw sewage outfall/potable water culvert if you miss a payment.)
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posted on
12/21/2019 8:54:48 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(..........and Epstein didn't kill himself. Yeah, I went there.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Many moons ago like early 1970, when the Honda CB-750 four cylinder motocycle first came out, the local rag had a picture. Some guy decided to tow his small sailboat with it. Cops were not amused.
I always wondered how the bike’s clutch dealt with it. Braking with only a front brake worth a damn would be fun.
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posted on
12/21/2019 8:59:50 PM PST
by
doorgunner69
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
To: DUMBGRUNT
He had air to the trailer brakes so whats the problem?I dont see any problem except pulled by a brand X product.
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posted on
12/21/2019 9:00:05 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: smokingfrog
Here in DuPage County Il, such equipment is thought to be more prevalent south of the county line?
That said, there is nothing wrong with “Get’er done”!
To: DUMBGRUNT
Not a tow but... As a teenager working for a certain grocery store I once drove a van wildly overloaded with frozen food from a warehouse to the store. One of those things you realize you did as a kid when you didn’t really know what you were doing. 2 full pallets in one van, basically squashed out flat.
To: HANG THE EXPENSE
He had air to the trailer brakes so whats the problem?I dont see any problem except pulled by a brand X product.
I don't doubt that the Silverado can pull it
I am doubtful about the pin.
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posted on
12/21/2019 9:06:57 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: DUMBGRUNT
You should see the way things are towed in China.
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posted on
12/21/2019 9:08:13 PM PST
by
Fai Mao
(There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
To: doorgunner69
Some guy decided to tow his small sailboat with it. Cops were not amused.
A surge brake or electric brakes should work?
What the beef?
To: DUMBGRUNT
Comming back from summer camp one year i think half the vehicles were being towed.
The wrecker was towing a five ton with a duce and a half behind it and ajeep trailer hooked on the rear for good luck.
To: fproy2222
The wrecker was towing a five ton with a duce and a half behind it and ajeep trailer hooked on the rear for good luck.
With an M88 retriever you could pull a full convoy, and then some!
To: fella
I think you mean McKenzie brothers.
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posted on
12/21/2019 9:19:16 PM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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